Cybersecurity Analyst: SIEM & Incident Response Pro

Redwood Credit Union; Napa (CA); On-site; USD 101,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Employee performance incentive plan

401(k) with employer match

PTO and holidays

Job summary

Redwood Credit Union is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst to safeguard information resources and collaborate with architects, engineers, and audit teams. You will design, implement, and monitor security controls across systems, and champion security awareness to meet best practices and regulatory requirements.

The role involves incident response, threat monitoring, and working with cross-functional teams to reduce risk. A bachelor’s degree and 5+ years IT experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• M365, EDR/XDR platform experience (Crowdstrike, Palo Alto or MS Defender) and Azure administration experience required.
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel.
• Experience with managing network devices like firewalls, VPN appliances, remote access & servers.
• Intermediate experience with managing Microsoft and Linux servers, endpoints across Mac and Windows, and MDM solutions.
• Thorough knowledge of processes, procedures, rules, and regulations pertaining to information technology security.
• Ability to use and administer ticket tracking software like Jira.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision and/or direction.
• Ability to develop and implement technology projects.
• Ability to interact and communicate with outside vendors and internal clients.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse group of people.
• Ability to travel 10% of the time.
• Ability to work on an on-call rotation for after-hours Incident escalations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth security analysis, including vulnerability assessments, threat modeling, risk assessments, vendor risk and alert management.
• Knowledge of SEIM systems, establish standards and evaluation criteria for SIEM log analysis on logs and detections; write detection rules using KQL.
• Manage cybersecurity ticket queue, setting triage priorities and defining escalation thresholds to ensure alignment with organizational risk appetite.
• Investigate and respond to security events meeting SLAs during event investigations, containment, resolution and escalation.
• Identify avenues to improve cybersecurity processes, and incident response.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze and mitigate security threats.
• Develop recommendations to prevent future incidents based on forensic analysis.
• Monitor and interpret emerging threat trends to stay informed and advise management to address evolving risks.
• Make recommendations to management to reduce risk profile of systems and processes.

Skills

M365/EDR-XDR

Azure administration

Microsoft Sentinel

Firewalls & VPN

Windows/Linux servers

Mac endpoints

MDM solutions

Communication

Independent work

On-call rotation

Travel 10%

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Job description

Redwood Credit Union is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst to safeguard information resources and collaborate with architects, engineers, and audit teams. You will design, implement, and monitor security controls across systems, and champion security awareness to meet best practices and regulatory requirements.

The role involves incident response, threat monitoring, and working with cross-functional teams to reduce risk. A bachelor’s degree and 5+ years IT experience are preferred.