Blue Team Senior Analyst

Summary

Join Kraken's Blue Team as a Senior Cyber Security Analyst based in the APAC time zone and contribute to the security of a leading cryptocurrency exchange. As a fully remote position, you will be an active participant in the 24/7 operation, monitoring and analyzing security events, improving security toolsets, responding to incidents, and developing detection strategies. You will also perform threat hunting, participate in training activities, and mentor other analysts. This role requires proven experience in security event triage, incident management, and various security disciplines. Kraken is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourages applications from individuals who may not meet all listed requirements.

Requirements

• Proven experience as an analyst working with security event triage and incident management workflows
• Strong background in security disciplines such as, Detection Engineering, Incident Response, Threat hunting or Digital forensics
• Experience with monitoring, maintaining and managing threat detection systems, threat intelligence platforms, SIEM and security devices
• In-depth understanding of the cyber threat landscape and advanced adversary tactics

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the 24x7 Blue Team operation
• Provide monitoring and analysis of security events
• Improve and maintain the Blue Team security toolsets
• Act as responder for security incidents identified
• Develop detection strategies and deploy alerting to identify malicious behavior
• Define and mature Blue Team playbooks of operational response to cyber threats
• Perform threat hunting for sophisticated, advanced threats
• Participate in and lead training activities, working groups, teaching / mentoring to other analysts in the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Security relevant experience in one or more technologies is an advantage; Cloud infrastructure, Container orchestration, MacOS, Linux, Automation toolsets (SOAR)
• Experience with crypto/web3 related security issues is an advantage