Lead Cyber Defense & Threat Intelligence Analyst

Genius Road, LLC; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Certified Women’s Business Enterprise

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

Genius Road, LLC in Austin, TX, is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst to lead advanced threat detection, incident response, forensics, and enterprise security operations in a hybrid role. You will drive strategy across SIEM, EDR, SOAR, DLP, CASB, cloud security, and AI governance, mentor junior staff, and advise leadership on security posture and risk.

Strong knowledge of NIST, CIS Controls, Zero Trust, and enterprise security principles is expected. Local candidates only.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field.
• Master's degree preferred in cybersecurity, information technology security, computer engineering, computer information systems, computer science, MIS, or related field.
• 8 years of professional cybersecurity or digital forensics engineering experience.
• 6 years hands-on with SIEM, EDR/XDR, DLP, SOAR, cloud security, email threat management, and vulnerability tooling.
• 5 years leading incident response, forensic investigations, malware analysis, and security engineering.
• Strong knowledge of NIST, CIS Controls, Zero Trust, and enterprise security principles.
• 5 years producing threat intelligence analysis and presenting findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with AI governance and security controls, including evaluating AI tool risk and Shadow AI activity.

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced threat detection engineering, correlation rule development, SIEM tuning, and proactive threat hunting.
• Manage and optimize core cybersecurity tools including SIEM, EDR, SOAR, DLP, CASB, email threat protection, and cloud security systems.
• Direct incident response including forensic analysis, malware analysis, containment, eradication, and executive reporting.
• Conduct vulnerability management using tools such as Tenable or Qualys, with prioritization and remediation planning.
• Assess AI tool risk, enforce responsible-use standards, and monitor Shadow AI for safe/ compliant AI use.
• Develop and enforce cloud security and Zero Trust controls (Azure/M365/AWS/Google).
• Align security operations with NIST, CIS Controls, ISO, PCI, SOC, and other frameworks.
• Mentor junior analysts and serve as senior advisor to leadership.
• Produce intelligence, forensic, and executive security reports.

Skills

Threat detection

Incident response

Forensics

Security operations

Zero Trust

NIST CIS Controls

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in IT/Cybersecurity

Master's degree in cybersecurity / related field

CISSP

GCIH

GCIA

GCFA

CEH

CySA+

CCSP

Tools

SIEM

EDR/XDR

DLP

SOAR

Cloud security

Email threat management

Vulnerability management tooling

Job description

Genius Road, LLC in Austin, TX, is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst to lead advanced threat detection, incident response, forensics, and enterprise security operations in a hybrid role. You will drive strategy across SIEM, EDR, SOAR, DLP, CASB, cloud security, and AI governance, mentor junior staff, and advise leadership on security posture and risk.

Strong knowledge of NIST, CIS Controls, Zero Trust, and enterprise security principles is expected. Local candidates only.