Senior Security Analyst
Core
Senior escalation point for complex/high-severity alerts leading end-to-end incident response, threat hunting, and SOC tooling improvement in a financial services firm.
Role type
Senior Security Analyst (Incident Response & Threat Hunting)
Builds
Incident response playbooks, detection logic, and AI-assisted investigation workflows
Domain
Financial Services / Cybersecurity
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Incident Management, SIEM/EDR tools, Cloud infrastructure (SaaS/IaaS/PaaS), Threat Intelligence, MITRE ATT&CK frameworks, Vulnerability Management, Detection Engineering, Regulatory Compliance (SOX/GLBA)
Preferred skills
AI/ML in security products, SOAR workflows, Large-scale enterprise experience, Information Security certifications (SANS, Cloud)
Technologies
SIEM, EDR, Cloud platforms, SOAR, AI-enabled SOC tooling
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end incident response (investigation, containment, eradication), Conduct proactive threat hunting using behavioral analytics, Mentor junior analysts, Collaborate with Security Engineering on automation, Produce investigation summaries for stakeholders, Tune alerts and manage exclusions
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentoring responsibilities