Cyber Security Threat Analyst/Specialist - Senior

Global Software Resources; Concord (NH); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

PG&E's Monitoring & Response Team seeks a Senior Cyber Security Threat Analyst/Specialist to monitor, analyze, and respond to cybersecurity events in a 24x7 SOC-like environment.

The role includes malware analysis, threat hunting, phishing investigations, and advanced security tool administration to support enterprise security goals. Hybrid work schedule with 3 days onsite and 2 days work-from-home.

Qualifications

• High School or GED required.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.
• IT-Information Technology Security certification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Monitors daily cybersecurity activity across tools to determine malign vs benign activity.
• Provides malware analysis and escalates to incident response teams as needed.
• Performs baseline threat hunting using intelligence sources.
• Investigates phishing cases and potential compromises/breaches.
• Performs forensic analysis with security tools to locate source of events.
• Assists in internal and external research.
• Executes complex system administration tasks for security tools.
• Develops a strategy to implement work within the department.

Skills

Teamwork

Curiosity

Tenacity

Education

High School or GED

Bachelor's Degree in CS or related

IT Security Certification

Job description

Job Title: Cyber Security Threat Analyst/Specialist - Senior

Location: Concord, CA; LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY. The role is hybrid 3 days onsite (Tues, Wed, and Thurs) and 2 days wfh

Duration: October 12, 2026 -- April 09, 2027

Pay Rate: $96/hr. W2

TOP THINGS:

• teamwork, curiosity, tenacity

WORK SCHEDULE: Monday through Friday (day shift) 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM.

Job Description:

Department Overview

Responsible for the delivery of information security services including intelligence research, threat assessment, security event monitoring/analysis, vulnerability management and security tool administration in support of PG&E's enterprise security goals and objectives. Cyber Threat Specialists use a variety of commercial and custom tools and processes to provide the information security services mentioned above. Cyber Threat Specialists are experts in the operation of these tools and have the ability to design improvised solutions on the fly when dealing with active threats. Cyber Threat Specialists produce metrics and statistics that feed complimentary processes in PG&E such as risk assessment, patching, anti-virus, firewall management, etc. Cyber Threat Specialists are very technically skilled and have the ability to work successfully with other technical teams within PG&E's IT department and beyond.

Position Summary

The Monitoring & Response Team (also known as M&R) is the 24x7 security operations team that is essentially PG&E's first line of defense that is continuously preventing, detecting, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity events to improve the organization's security posture. The Monitoring & Response Team is built with the foundation of a standard SOC but operates differently by utilizing Threat Intelligence in our daily investigations of security events. The Monitoring & Response Team also operates in a proactive/reactive manner to maintain the highest level of efficacy in their tasks.

Job Responsibilities

• Monitors daily cybersecurity activity in shifts through looking at tools to determine if activity is malignant or benign and then engage others as required
• Provides analysis on malware and escalates as appropriate to incident response Teams
• Does baseline threat hunting based on intelligence for utility peers and other intelligence sources
• Provides hunting/analysis on phishing cases and reports of potential compromise/breach
• Performs proficient forensic analysis using security tools and monitoring systems to discover the source of anomalous security events
• Assists in performing basic research internally and externally
• Performs complex system administration tasks (e.g. customization, cross-tool integration) for security tools
• Develops a strategy to implement work in department

Qualifications

Minimum:

• High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma

  Desired:

  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
  • IT-Information Technology Security certification