Senior Security Operations Center Analyst

Summary

Join Huntress, a fully remote cybersecurity company, as a Senior Security Operations Center Analyst! Based remotely in Australia, you will triage, investigate, and respond to security alerts, perform malware analysis, mentor junior team members, and contribute to detection efforts. This role requires 4+ years of experience in a SOC, incident response, or forensics role, excellent communication skills, and a demonstrated understanding of malware analysis and network administration. A competitive salary ($165,000-$185,000 AUD base plus bonus and equity), remote work, and various benefits are offered. The ideal candidate will possess strong mentoring skills and experience with scripting languages and cybersecurity competitions. Help us protect small and medium-sized businesses from cyberattacks!

Requirements

• 4+ years experience in a SOC, Incident Response, or Forensics role
• Excellent verbal and written skills with the ability to explain possible complex alerts/events in a non-complex way
• Proven mentoring experience and skills to junior team members, allowing them to grow individually and as a team
• Demonstrated equivalent of self-guided study experience or Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, System Administration, or Cyber Security
• Understanding of Malware Analysis (Configuration of isolated Malware Analysis VM, Identification of File Formats, Basic Static & Dynamic analysis)
• Demonstrated experience with Windows OS and/or Mac OS as an attack surface
• Demonstrated experience with basic Threat Actor Tools and techniques: (MITRE ATT&CK Framework, PowerShell & Command Prompt Terminals, WMIC, Scheduled Tasks, SCM, Windows Domain and host Enumeration Techniques, Basic Lateral Movement Techniques, Basic Persistence Mechanisms, Basic Defense Evasion Techniques, other offensive/Red Team TTPs)
• Demonstrated experience with Windows Administration or Enterprise Domain Administration and upkeep (Active Directory, Group Policy, PowerShell, Windows Server Update Service, and Domain Trusts)
• Network Administration Skills: (Network Protocols and ports, OSI Layers, Network Segmentation techniques such as VLANs, Network Address Translation, Public and private IP Addresses, Default Gateways, Subnet Masks, IP Address assignment, DNS, Firewalls, IDS, Load Balancers, and Proxy Servers, Remote Access Methods such as VPNs, RDP, SSH, VNC, and Telnet)
• Network Analysis: (Familiarity with Wireshark, network logging, and basic networking ports used)
• Understanding of web technologies (web servers, OWASP top 10, web services, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Triage, investigate, and respond to alerts coming in from the Huntress platform
• Perform tactical forensic timelining and analysis to identify the root cause of attacks where possible and provide remediations needed to remove the threat
• Perform senior-level malware analysis as part of investigating systems and identities
• Investigate suspicious Microsoft M365 activity and provide remediations
• Assist in escalations from the product support team for threat-related and SOC-relevant questions
• In a limited fashion, assist our SOC Support team by engaging with customers via video/phone to explain or describe activity observed by the SOC
• Contribute to detection efforts. Helping to create or request net new detections as well as tuning detections
• Contribute to our collaboratively mentored team (we're all here to make each other better!)
• Contribute to external facing Huntress content such as blogs, webinars, presentations, and speaking engagements

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with scripting languages (such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, PHP, JavaScript, or Ruby)
• Demonstrated experience on platforms like HackTheBox, TryHackMe, Blue Team Labs Online, etc
• Participation in cybersecurity competitions such as Capture the Flags, the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, etc
• Familiarity with MSP tools such as RMMs
• Previous experience in an MSP/MSSP/MDR role

Benefits

• Fully remote work
• 1-2 trips to the US annually for events such as Sales Kick-Off and Summer Summit!
• New starter home office set up reimbursement ($731 AUD)
• Generous personal leave entitlements
• Digital monthly reimbursement ($169 AUD)
• Superannuation
• Healthcare Benefits
• Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth