Incident Response Analyst: Detect, Contain & Restore

Vylor; Johnston (IA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

Parental leave

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Vylor, part of the Corteva separation plan, seeks an Incident Response Analyst to join our security team in a fast-paced environment. You will investigate incidents, analyze threats, and coordinate containment across endpoints, cloud services, and networks while improving detection and response playbooks.

Ideal candidates have 6+ years in security operations with hands-on incident response, SIEM/EDR proficiency, and scripting skills (Python/PowerShell).

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in cybersecurity or related field with security operations/incident response experience.
• Certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, Security+, CySA+, CISSP or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience investigating and responding to security incidents.
• Strong knowledge of attack techniques, MITRE ATT&CK, and threat actor behaviors.
• Familiarity with SIEM/EDR, identity, cloud security and logging technologies.
• Proven ability to analyze logs and telemetry and to script/automate (Python/PowerShell).

Responsibilities

• Monitor, triage, investigate, and respond to cybersecurity incidents and alerts.
• Conduct investigations across endpoints, identities, cloud environments, networks, SaaS, and other systems.
• Perform incident scoping, root-cause analysis, and impact assessments.
• Identify IOCs and attacker techniques; track suspicious activity.
• Lead or support containment, eradication, and recovery efforts.
• Document investigations, timelines, evidence, and remediation actions.
• Develop and improve incident response playbooks and detections.

Skills

Incident response

Threat analysis

Scripting

MITRE ATT&CK

SIEM/EDR

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Cybersecurity

Certifications: GCIH / GCFA / GCIA / Security+ / CySA+ / CISSP

Tools

CrowdStrike

Microsoft Defender

SentinelOne

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Vylor, part of the Corteva separation plan, seeks an Incident Response Analyst to join our security team in a fast-paced environment. You will investigate incidents, analyze threats, and coordinate containment across endpoints, cloud services, and networks while improving detection and response playbooks.

Ideal candidates have 6+ years in security operations with hands-on incident response, SIEM/EDR proficiency, and scripting skills (Python/PowerShell).