Hiring For Incident Response Analyst role - Remote

Vaco Binary Semantics; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Incident Response Analyst to manage security incidents and collaborate with Business Units. This remote role involves working with EDR tools and requires strong communication skills. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in incident response and security management.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of EDR administration experience with Microsoft Windows Defender & Sentinel.
• 5+ years in incident response or security infrastructure management.

Responsibilities

• Work with Business Units to eliminate shared accounts and manage user reviews.
• Respond to alerts and incidents in Corporate and Product Defender Platforms.

Skills

EDR administration

Incident response

Security infrastructure management

Threat hunting

Communication

Job description

Job Title: Incident Response Analyst

Location: 100% remote

Shift: 1830 to 0330 hours IST

Type: FTE

Responsibilities:

• Work with Business Units to eliminate shared accounts, inactive accounts, and accounts without MFA.
• Assist in developing and managing a quarterly user review process with attestations from Business Units. Handle accounts from multiple identity sources and instances.
• Respond to alerts and incidents in the Corporate and Product Defender Platforms, address phishing messages, and develop runbooks for common security alerts and incidents.
• Escalate issues to client’s Defensive Security FTEs as needed.
• Collaborate with Business Units to implement centralized Defender EDR installations.

Skills Required:

• 3+ years of EDR administration experience with Microsoft Windows Defender & Sentinel.
• 3+ years of experience with EDR tools, including requirements gathering, deployment, configuration, and threat hunting.
• 5+ years in incident response, security infrastructure management, or monitoring services.
• Proactive and initiative-taking attitude, able to lead meetings with Business Units and demonstrate creativity.
• Ability to think quickly and provide solutions proactively.

Personal Skills:

• Good team player.
• Positive attitude and eagerness to learn.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Sense of ownership, ability to prioritize, and work autonomously.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time.