Senior Security Analyst Tier 3 — AI SOC Lead

7AI, Inc.; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

7AI, Inc. in Christchurch, New Zealand seeks a Tier 3 Security Analyst to serve as the technical lead for junior analysts, validate AI agent investigations, and hunt for threats across customer environments.

You will help quantify risk, improve detection, and ensure high-quality incident response. The role requires 5+ years in security operations, hands-on alert investigation across endpoints, networks, identities, emails, and cloud, and strong knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in security operations.
• Hands-on experience investigating alerts across endpoint, network, identity, email, and cloud sources.
• Strong knowledge of security monitoring tools (XDR, SIEM, IDS/IPS, IDP).
• Familiarity with log and telemetry concepts.
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and incident triage methodologies.
• Ability to verify AI-driven analysis and make independent security decisions.

Responsibilities

• Review and validate the AI agents' investigations for accuracy and completeness, assessing risk.
• Serve as the technical escalation point for junior analysts and mentor them.
• Correlate data across cloud, endpoint, identity, and network sources to build the full picture of an attack.
• Investigate malicious activity the AI agents responded to, and assess the risk that was prevented for customers.
• Use 7AI's AI agents to hunt for emerging threats in customer environments, feeding new detections back into the product.
• Support customers with ongoing threat monitoring, triage, and alert prioritization during active incidents.
• Proactively review logs and findings to catch potential threats and anomalies early.
• Communicate clearly with customers across technical levels, from SOC analysts to CISOs.
• Help design processes that let the team scale while keeping quality consistent.
• Work with Sales, Engineering, and Product to share customer feedback and help tune the platform.
• Stay current on emerging attack techniques and trends, including AI-driven attacks.

Skills

Security operations

Threat investigation

XDR / SIEM

Attack frameworks

Tools

XDR

SIEM

IDS/IPS

IDP

Job description

7AI, Inc. in Christchurch, New Zealand seeks a Tier 3 Security Analyst to serve as the technical lead for junior analysts, validate AI agent investigations, and hunt for threats across customer environments.

You will help quantify risk, improve detection, and ensure high-quality incident response. The role requires 5+ years in security operations, hands-on alert investigation across endpoints, networks, identities, emails, and cloud, and strong knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK.