Principal Incident Response Analyst

Referral Board; United States; Remote; USD 159,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Principal Incident Response Analyst to safeguard products and services. In this pivotal role, you will respond to alerts, analyze logs, and coordinate incident response across teams. Your expertise will help identify threats and improve security posture while mentoring colleagues in modern incident response practices. Join a forward-thinking company that values diversity and offers a supportive environment for professional growth. This role promises a blend of exciting challenges and the opportunity to make a significant impact in the realm of security.

Benefits

Health coverage for you and your family

Flexible locations and schedules

Generous vacation days

Company-matched donations

Volunteer project hours

Parental leave of at least 16 weeks

Qualifications

• 5+ years in security operations/incident response in a complex environment.
• Experience with log and system analysis, especially using Elastic Stack.

Responsibilities

• Review and respond to alerts from Elastic Detection Engine and other sources.
• Conduct analysis on SIEM and endpoint logs during complex investigations.

Skills

Security Operations

Incident Response

Log Analysis

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related field

Tools

Elastic Stack

SIEM Tools

Job description

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

What is The Role

As a Principal Incident Response Analyst at Elastic you are one of the front-line defenders for ensuring we are delivering safe and secure products and services to our customers, users, and fellow Elasticians. You will be responsible for reviewing and responding to alerts across a wide variety of sources that include multiple cloud providers, CI/CD environments, SaaS services, user workstations, and much more. Elastic is distributed globally by design, and we model our response practice around that same concept; enabling domain experts to respond with oversight from the Incident Response team and relying on you to provide oversight and guidance to these experts. You’ll also dive in and provide support in identifying what happened, who did it, when, and where to ensure we’ve accurately secured our environment during and after security events. If doing all of this with the Elastic Stack excites you, then we’d love to meet you!

What you would be doing:

• Review and respond to alerts generated from our Elastic Detection Engine and other monitoring sources
• Provide feedback to the Threat Detection team to improve the quality of detections by identifying false positives, enrichment opportunities, and automated response possibilities
• Conduct analysis on SIEM and/or endpoint logs during complex investigations
• Develop and document innovative approaches to detect, respond to, and eradicate advanced threats and improve overall time to respond
• Identify the root cause of events and collaborate with teams to remediate any identified control gaps or failures
• Oversee and coordinate response activities that span multiple teams and products to ensure comprehensive remediation and sufficient mitigation of any identified gaps in security posture
• Mentor team members across the company, junior and senior, in modern incident response practices
• Work with Incident Response leadership to identify areas for improvement and develop plans to implement those improvements

What you bring along:

• At least 5 years of experience related to security operations / incident response in a complex, global environment. SaaS and cloud experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex IT and security problems through log and system analysis (Incident Response, SRE, System Administration). If you’ve done this with the help of the Elastic Stack, even better!
• Demonstrated ability to think innovatively about solving critical security problems
• Experience coordinating response activities to resolve IT and security-related problems with the right people in a timely manner
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to make sound decisions with limited information, and embrace challenging the status quo
• Are eligible to work in DoD Impact Level 4 or above cloud service environments

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:

$159,800 - $252,800 USD

The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is:

$191,900 - $303,500 USD

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [e-mail] We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.