Remote Senior Cyber Operations Analyst - AI-Driven Defense

CDM Smith; El Paso (TX); Remote; USD 102,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith seeks a Senior Cyber Operations Analyst to monitor, detect, and respond to cybersecurity threats in a fast-paced environment. You will analyze and triage investigations, using AI-powered tools to automate tasks and improve response effectiveness across SOARs, SIEMs, MCP solutions, and cloud infrastructure.

The role requires mentoring junior analysts, coordinating with cross-functional teams, and maintaining up-to-date threat intelligence to protect business operations at scale.

Qualifications

• 6 years of related experience is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Experience with AI-enabled security tooling and automation.

Responsibilities

• Serve as subject matter expert for 24/7/365 monitoring and response.
• Investigate and respond to cybersecurity incidents, including on-call rotations.
• Automate repetitive tasks within SOAR using Cloud, ML and AI.
• Develop detections aligned with MITRE ATT&CK and enhance with automation.
• Collaborate with data science and engineering teams to improve AI models.

Skills

SOC monitoring

AI & ML in security

NLP for logs

MCP servers & agents

Scripting: Python/Bash/PowerShell

MITRE ATT&CK

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Threat intelligence

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SOAR

SIEM

EDR/XDR tools

Threat intel platforms

Job description

CDM Smith seeks a Senior Cyber Operations Analyst to monitor, detect, and respond to cybersecurity threats in a fast-paced environment. You will analyze and triage investigations, using AI-powered tools to automate tasks and improve response effectiveness across SOARs, SIEMs, MCP solutions, and cloud infrastructure.

The role requires mentoring junior analysts, coordinating with cross-functional teams, and maintaining up-to-date threat intelligence to protect business operations at scale.