Principal Security Analyst - SOC

Cyderes; Brampton; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A global cybersecurity firm is seeking a Principal Security Analyst in Brampton to manage security solutions for clients. This role emphasizes proactive threat hunting, customer mentorship, and strategic advisory, requiring expert knowledge of cybersecurity practices and strong analytical skills. Join a dynamic team to enhance clients' security postures, utilizing your expertise to address complex cyber threats in diverse client environments.

Qualifications

• Expert-level knowledge of cybersecurity practices.
• Proven experience in threat hunting and incident response.
• Strong analytical skills related to security posture and risk assessment.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of security outcomes for clients.
• Lead and mentor other Security Analysts.
• Develop custom dashboards for customer updates.
• Perform proactive security investigations on client environments.

Skills

Customer relationship management

Threat hunting

Strategic analysis

Collaboration

Mentorship

Job description

Principal Security Analyst - SOC

The job posting describes Cyderes (Cyber Defense and Response) as a pure-play, full life-cycle cybersecurity services provider with award-winning managed security services, identity and access management, and professional services. We specialize in multi-technology, complex environments with the speed and agility needed to tackle the most advanced cyber threats. We leverage our global scale and decades of experience to accelerate our clients’ cyber outcomes through a full lifecycle of cybersecurity services. We are a global company with operating centers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and India.

About the Job: The Managed Services Principal Security Analyst is responsible for security solutions for clients. The Principal Security Analyst will demonstrate the capacity to consistently meet and exceed client expectations representing and reinforcing the Cyderes brand through positive interaction with other teams within the company. This is a customer-facing role responsible for strategic advisory, deep-dive analysis, and custom security content for Cyderes’ managed service customers.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of positive security outcomes for a designated set of customers.
• Provide overall guidance, instruction, mentorship, and leadership to other Security Analysts.
• Drive customer cadence calls and act as trusted advisor to customers.
• Develop custom dashboards and reports for regular customer status updates.
• Ensure quality of SOC deliverables to the Principal Analyst’s customers.
• Perform Threat Hunting on customer networks to detect, isolate threats and provide recommendations.
• Provide proactive security investigation and searches on client environment to detect malicious activities.
• Expert-level Strategic Analysis of customer security posture, risk level, and security data.
• Update documentation and runbooks to ensure repeatable analysis. Advise Detection Engineering, Automation Engineering, and Telemetry Engineering on technology improvements to close gaps in customer security posture.
• Document and communicate recommendations and guidelines based on results of analysis.
• Maintain current knowledge and understanding of threat landscape.

Qualifications

• Take ownership of positive security outcomes for a designated set of customers.
• Provide overall guidance, instruction, mentorship, and leadership to other Security Analysts.
• Drive customer cadence calls and act as trusted advisor to customers.
• Develop custom dashboards and reports for regular customer status updates.
• Ensure quality of SOC deliverables to the Principal Analyst’s customers.
• Perform Threat Hunting on customer networks to detect, isolate threats and provide recommendations.
• Provide proactive security investigation and searches on client environment to detect malicious activities.
• Expert-level Strategic Analysis of customer security posture, risk level, and security data.
• Update documentation and runbooks to ensure repeatable analysis. Advise Detection Engineering, Automation Engineering, and Telemetry Engineering on technology improvements to close gaps in customer security posture.
• Document and communicate recommendations and guidelines based on results of analysis.
• Maintain current knowledge and understanding of threat landscape.

Cyderes is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.

Note: This job posting is intended for direct applicants only. We request that outside recruiters do not contact us regarding this position.

Seniority level Associate

Employment type Full-time

Job function Information Technology

Industries Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage