Cyber Defense & Incident Response Specialist

Citizens Financial; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Education reimbursement

Wellness programs

Job summary

Citizens Financial is seeking a Cyber Defense Ops Specialist to join the CDOC. Responsibilities include security monitoring, threat analysis, incident handling, and DLP activities, applying mitigations based on threat intel, and supporting response actions. 1+ year SOC experience preferred; a bachelor’s degree and industry certs recommended.

On-site at Citizens Bank Johnston Campus with a 40-hour week. The role emphasizes strong communication, problem-solving, and independent work, with access

Qualifications

• 1+ year in security/SOC environment preferred.
• Knowledge of SIEM tools (Arcsight, Splunk).
• Experience with IDS/IPS and firewall tools.
• Familiarity with data loss prevention and vulnerability tools.
• Understanding of incident response and threat hunting.

Responsibilities

• Perform ongoing monitoring and threat analysis from logs/NetFlow/pcap.
• Identify potential incidents and escalate to senior staff.
• Assess threat intel and apply mitigations promptly.
• Participate in incident handling and remediation activities.

Skills

Strong verbal and written comms

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Ability to work independently

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Industry certificates (Net+, Sec+, CEH, Pentest+)

Tools

Arcsight

Splunk

FirePower

McAfee

Palo Alto

Guardium

jSonar

Symantec

Triton

Cisco

Check Point

Web Application Firewalls

XDR

CrowdStrike

MS Defender

Job description

Citizens Financial is seeking a Cyber Defense Ops Specialist to join the CDOC. Responsibilities include security monitoring, threat analysis, incident handling, and DLP activities, applying mitigations based on threat intel, and supporting response actions. 1+ year SOC experience preferred; a bachelor’s degree and industry certs recommended.

On-site at Citizens Bank Johnston Campus with a 40-hour week. The role emphasizes strong communication, problem-solving, and independent work, with access