Security Analyst, 2nd Shift

Nuharbor Security; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

nuHarbor Security Inc. is seeking a Security Analyst to join the Managed Services Security Operations team. The role involves monitoring client environments, triaging security alerts, and conducting investigations through to disposition and escalation within SLA requirements.

The analyst will work on complex findings independently, escalating when necessary, and will perform containment and response actions on endpoints in accordance with client engagement rules of engagement.

Qualifications

• Analytical thinking with ability to triage security alerts
• Strong written and verbal communication with clients
• Ability to document investigations and dispositions clearly
• Team-oriented but able to work independently on assigned tasks

Responsibilities

• Live by nuHarbor values: Help Clients Win, Always Improve, Protect the House.
• Analyze security alerts, events, and trends; communicate value of services to clients.
• Perform alert triage, classification, disposition, and escalation within SLA.
• Conduct investigations independently, handling complex or high-severity findings.
• Execute containment and response actions on client endpoints per rules of engagement.
• Document tickets with evidence, reasoning, and disposition rationale.
• Operate with SIEM, MDR, and mXDR tooling per engagement rules.
• Identify security gaps and mitigations; communicate to internal teams and clients.
• Communicate clearly with internal support teams and clients.
• Participate in client meetings on security operations as scheduled.
• Demonstrate a team-first mindset, supporting operations regardless of manager presence.
• Generate reports to nuHarbor standards and schedules.
• Develop, implement, and improve documentation.
• Identify and scope opportunities for process improvements.
• Flag noisy, low-fidelity, or broken detections

Job description

Cybersecurity for the public good

At nuHarbor, we help organizations navigate an increasingly complex cybersecurity landscape with confidence. By combining expert guidance, innovative technology, and trusted partnerships, we make security stronger, more effective, and easier to understand. We're looking for talented individuals who are passionate about solving meaningful challenges, helping clients succeed, and continuously improving alongside a team that values curiosity, collaboration, and impact.

The Opportunity

The Security Analyst is an individual contributor within nuHarbor's Managed Services Security Operations team, responsible for monitoring client environments, triaging security alerts, and conducting investigations, including complex or high-severity findings, through to disposition and escalation to clients and internal teams within SLA requirements. Analysts are expected to work through difficult findings on their own, escalating to a Senior Analyst or the Security Operations Manager when a finding exceeds their scope, tooling access, or authority to act.

Shift

The assigned shift for this role is Wednesday - Saturday, 3:00pm-1:30am ET.

What Success Looks Like

In this role, you will:

• Live by the nuHarbor corporate values: Help Clients Win, Always Improve, Protect the House.
• Analyze security alerts, events, and trends, and effectively communicate the value of NuHarbor services to clients.
• Perform alert triage, classification, disposition, and escalation within SLA requirements.
• Conduct investigations independently, including complex or high-severity findings, providing actionable, context-relevant escalations and recommendations; escalation to a Senior Analyst or the Security Operations Manager when a finding exceeds the Analyst's scope, tooling access, or authority to act.
• Execute containment and response actions (e.g., host isolation, process termination, indicator blocking) on client endpoints and in-scope tooling, in accordance with documented client rules of engagement.
• Document each ticket with a clear evidence trail, investigative reasoning, and disposition rationale, to a standard that supports escalation or client delivery without requiring rework.
• Operate within the scope of SIEM, MDR, mXDR, and operational incident response tooling in accordance with documented rules of engagement.
• Identify security gaps and mitigations in client environments and communicate them to internal teams and clients as directed.
• Communicate effectively and clearly with internal support teams and nuHarbor clients.
• Participate in client meetings on security operations as scheduled.
• Demonstrate a team-first mindset, operating independently on assigned work and proactively supporting operations regardless of whether a manager is actively present.
• Generate reports to nuHarbor standards and schedules.
• Develop, implement, and improve documentation.
• Identify and scope opportunities for process improvements.
• Flag noisy, low-fidelity, or broken detections