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Cyber Security Analyst
Perfict Global, Inc.
Location not stated
1 month ago
- SIEM
- EDR
- Threat Intelligence
- Vulnerability Management
- Incident Response
- Microsoft Sentinel
- CrowdStrike
- Microsoft Defender
- Purview
- Python
- PowerShell
- CompTIA Security+
- CySA+
- GSEC
1 month ago
Location: Woburn MA
Location Details: onsite parking available
Duration: ASAP – 1 year contract
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with senior cybersecurity team members to proactively hunt for threats across endpoint, network, cloud, and email environments.
- Monitor and analyze security data from SIEM, EDR, network traffic, logs, and other telemetry sources to identify anomalies, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
- Conduct investigations into suspicious activity, document findings, and provide actionable recommendations.
- Develop, tune, and maintain security detections, alerts, dashboards, and threat hunting playbooks to improve visibility and response capabilities.
- Collaborate with threat intelligence teams to correlate internal findings with emerging external threats.
- Support vulnerability management efforts by identifying security gaps and tracking remediation activities.
- Communicate findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Stay current on emerging threats, attack techniques, cybersecurity tools, and industry best practices.
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in threat hunting, SOC operations, incident response, or cyber threat intelligence.
- Strong knowledge of the MITRE Telecommunication&CK framework, cyber kill chain methodologies, and adversary behaviors.
- Experience with SIEM and EDR platforms such as Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar, CrowdStrike, or Microsoft Defender.
- Experience with email security technologies including Mimecast, Microsoft Defender, and Purview.
- Strong analytical and investigative skills with the ability to identify patterns and anomalies across large datasets.
- Basic scripting experience with Python, PowerShell, or similar technologies for automation and data analysis.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- CompTIA Security+ or CySA+
- GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)
- Certified SOC Analyst (CSA)
- Microsoft SC-200: Security Operations Analyst Associate
Cyber Security Analyst · Perfict Global, Inc.