Senior Cyber Security Analyst

Dun & Bradstreet; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Dun & Bradstreet is seeking an experienced Senior Incident Response Analyst to lead high-fidelity investigations, drive remediation, and elevate the organization’s detection and response maturity. You will create playbooks, mentor junior staff, and collaborate with stakeholders to strengthen the security program.

Responsibilities include owning complex investigations, developing scalable workflows, and refining incident response documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• Eight+ years of experience in incident response, security operations, or a related field.
• Hold at least one SANS/GIAC certification, with GCIH, GREM, or GCFA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-fidelity alert investigations, performing deep technical analysis to rapidly identify, contain, and remediate threats.
• Own complex incident investigations, driving technically precise conclusions and elevating detection and response maturity.
• Champion process development by identifying gaps, designing scalable workflows, and implementing improvements that strengthen the incident response program.
• Create and refine technical playbooks, documentation, and response guides to ensure clarity and operational excellence across the program.
• Provide mentorship, guidance, and coaching to less experienced analysts to support skill development and operational readiness.

Skills

Incident response

Security operations

Threat analysis

Mentorship

Communication

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Security

Tools

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

CrowdStrike

Carbon Black

NetFlow

PCAP

MITRE ATT&CK framework

PowerShell

Python

Azure

AWS

GCP

AliCloud

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Lead high-fidelity alert investigations, performing deep technical analysis to rapidly identify, contain, and remediate threats
• Own complex incident investigations, driving technically precise conclusions and elevating the organization's detection and response maturity
• Champion process development by identifying gaps, designing scalable workflows, and implementing improvements that strengthen the incident response program
• Create and refine technical playbooks, documentation, and response guides to ensure clarity, consistency, and operational excellence across the program
• Provide mentorship, guidance, and coaching to less experienced analysts to support skill development and operational readiness.
• Serve as the escalation point for critical and ambiguous cases, applying advanced threat analysis and sound judgment under pressure
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to resolve incidents holistically and drive organization wide security improvements
• Apply analytical and technical expertise to continuously enhance security operations processes, workflows, and response capabilities
• Contribute to the evolution of the detection landscape by partnering with technical stakeholders to improve log ingestion, alert logic, and signal quality
• Assess and mitigate AI-related security risks, including model misuse, prompt injection, data leakage, and emerging automation attack vectors
• Participate in an on-call rotation, responding to high-severity incidents as a subject matter expert.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field
• Minimum of eight years of experience in incident response, security operations, or a related field.
• At least one SANS/GIAC certification, with GCIH, GREM, or GCFA preferred
• Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms, including Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel
• Hands-on experience with EDR tools, including CrowdStrike and Carbon Black
• Experience working in cloud environments, including Azure, AWS, GCP, and AliCloud
• Proficiency in network log analysis, including NetFlow and PCAP files. Deep working knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework and its application to threat detection and response
• Strong understanding of malware behavior, exploitation techniques, and Windows, Linux, and macOS internals
• Ability to analyze scripts across multiple languages, including JavaScript, VBScript, PowerShell, and Python
• Experience conducting malicious binary analysis across Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical findings clearly to peers and senior leadership.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Show an ownership mindset in everything you do; be a problem solver, be curious and be inspired to take action, be proactive, seek ways to collaborate and connect with people and teams in support of driving success
• Continuous growth mindset, keep learning through social experiences and relationships with stakeholders, experts, colleagues and mentors as well as widen and broaden your competencies through structural courses and programs
• Where applicable, fluency in English and languages relevant to the working market.