Cyber Security Operations Analyst – Threat Detection

VHB; Orlando (FL); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Best-in-class benefits

Learning & development

Job summary

VHB is seeking a Cyber Security Operations Analyst to join our IT Security team. The role reports to the Cyber Security Operations Manager and collaborates with infrastructure, systems, network, endpoint, and cloud teams to monitor, investigate, and respond to security events across the enterprise.

This hands-on position is ideal for someone with a solid IT systems, networking, or security operations background who wants to grow deeper into cybersecurity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 3–5+ years of experience in IT roles such as system/network administration, infrastructure support, endpoint/ cloud administration, IT operations, or cybersecurity.
• Strong understanding of Windows systems, networking fundamentals, authentication, and enterprise IT environments.
• Ability to investigate technical issues using logs, alerts, system data, and user activity.
• Strong written communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with infrastructure, network, endpoint, and support teams.
• Interest in cybersecurity operations, incident response, detection, and risk reduction.

Responsibilities

• Monitor security alerts, SIEM tools, dashboards, and endpoint platforms to identify threats and suspicious activity across the enterprise.
• Investigate security events through log, endpoint, authentication, cloud, email, and network analysis to determine root cause, scope, and impact.
• Support incident response activities, including investigation, containment, escalation, documentation, and coordination with IT teams.
• Perform threat hunting and vulnerability management by analyzing suspicious behavior, reviewing scan results, prioritizing findings, and tracking remediation.
• Develop and tune SIEM detections, alert logic, monitoring use cases, and security operations workflows.
• Create and maintain incident response procedures, alert triage playbooks, investigation documentation, and case management records.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, network, cloud, endpoint, and support teams to resolve security-related issues and improve monitoring coverage.
• Support phishing simulations, security awareness initiatives, reporting, automation, and continuous improvement efforts.

Skills

Threat analysis

SIEM & logs

Windows systems

Networking fundamentals

Incident response

Documentation

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/IT/CS

Tools

Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Sentinel

PowerShell

KQL

Job description

VHB is seeking a Cyber Security Operations Analyst to join our IT Security team. The role reports to the Cyber Security Operations Manager and collaborates with infrastructure, systems, network, endpoint, and cloud teams to monitor, investigate, and respond to security events across the enterprise.

This hands-on position is ideal for someone with a solid IT systems, networking, or security operations background who wants to grow deeper into cybersecurity.