Senior Cybersecurity Analyst (Incident Response & Threat Hunting) (Information Security Department) [NIE]
Core
Lead end-to-end incident response lifecycle and conduct proactive threat hunting to identify and mitigate emerging cybersecurity threats.
Role type
Senior IC cybersecurity analyst (incident response & threat hunting)
Builds
Detection use cases, monitoring capabilities, and security operations processes
Domain
Education sector cybersecurity
Required skills
Incident response lifecycle management, threat hunting, SIEM, EDR, digital forensics, log analysis, threat detection, security monitoring, cyber threat intelligence, cloud security, identity security
Preferred skills
GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, CISSP, SC-200 certifications
Technologies
SIEM, EDR, digital forensics tools, cloud security platforms
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end incident response lifecycle including detection, investigation, containment, remediation, and recovery; Assess and triage cybersecurity incidents escalated by MSSP; Conduct investigations across endpoint, identity, network, cloud, and application environments; Perform proactive and intelligence-led threat hunting; Develop and improve detection use cases and security operations processes; Coordinate incident response activities with internal teams, vendors, MSSP, and external partners; Plan and conduct cyber incident response exercises and resilience validation activities
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC