Cyber Security Analyst

Inversion6; Westlake, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Inversion6 is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst to monitor and defend customer environments from a 24/7 Security Operations Center. You will investigate alerts, analyze threats, and support incident detection and response to protect systems, networks, and data.

Collaboration with SOC peers and internal teams is essential to maintaining the organization’s security posture. The role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and adherence to established processes to ensure effective

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in cyber security.
• Experience with SIEM tools.
• Knowledge of vulnerabilities, IDS/IPS, firewalls.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Certifications such as Security+, GSEC, GCIA preferred.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor SIEM and other applications for security incidents.
• 2nd level analysis and response to security incidents and related requests.
• Log and document event responses per procedures.
• Perform basic administration for security monitoring tools.
• Monitor health of security applications and tools.
• Update security procedures and architecture documentation.
• Stay current on threats and vulnerabilities impacting customers.
• Provide tuning and filtering recommendations to engineering teams.
• Complete related duties as assigned by supervisor.

Skills

SIEM

Incident response

Log analysis

Networking fundamentals

Security monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

The Cybersecurity Analyst is responsible for monitoring and defending our customers’ environments within a 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC). This role investigates security alerts, analyzes potential threats, and supports incident detection and response activities to protect systems, networks, and data. The analyst works closely with other SOC team members and internal teams to identify suspicious activity, elevate incidents when necessary, and help maintain the organization’s overall security posture. The position requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to follow established processes to ensure effective security monitoring and response.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor SIEM and other applications for security incidents
• 2nd level analysis and response to security incident and other security related requests
• Log and document event responses per security operations procedures
• Perform basic application administration for security related monitoring and operations applications
• Monitor Security application health
• Create and/or update security operations procedure/process documentation
• Create and/or update security technical and architectural documentation
• Stay abreast of current threats and vulnerabilities, particularly those that may directly impact the customer
• Provide tuning and filtering recommendations to engineering teams.
• Employee may be asked to complete related duties other than those indicated above as assigned by their supervisor

Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in cyber security
• Experience with SEIM tools
• Experience in the following:
  • Security Vulnerability tools and processes
  • Network Security controls such as IDS/IPS, Firewalls, etc.
  • TCP/IP and networking/system vulnerabilities
  • Experience/knowledge/expertise with security incident processes
  • Experience/knowledge/expertise with trouble isolation, log analysis, event correlation, and data analysis
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Be a self-starter, self-motivated, and self-directed
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Proven to be detail oriented and be able to use many various resources
• Must be able to multi-task and work on numerous projects with different tools
• Desired certifications: Security+, GSEC, GCIA or similar
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

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