Senior Security Operations Analyst
Core
Lead complex security investigations and incident response for a SaaS company, building AI-assisted SOC workflows.
Role type
Senior Security Operations Analyst (Incident Response & Automation)
Builds
AI-assisted security workflows, automations, and detection logic
Domain
Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, SaaS
Deliverable
production ML models (via careerplan.io/jobs/2ed8d301-092a-4717-92c1-39568e06e7c6-senior-security-operations-analyst-at-xero)
Required skills
Incident response, complex investigation leadership, SIEM query writing, cloud/attack-defence knowledge, stakeholder communication
Preferred skills
Python scripting, SOAR platform experience, AI tools in security, incident response certifications, distributed team experience
Technologies
SIEM, SOAR (Tines), Python, Cloud environments
Responsibilities
Lead complex investigations and act as Incident Commander for medium/high impact incidents; Coach junior analysts; Run post-incident reviews to update detections and runbooks; Build and improve automations and AI-assisted workflows; Collaborate with Product Managers and Defence engineers on detection logic; Translate threat intelligence into actionable responses
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities
