Security Analyst II: Frontline Incident Response & SOC Ops

Gilder Search Group; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Gilder Search Group seeks an experienced Security Analyst II to investigate and respond to security events across email, identity, endpoint, and network systems. This role reports to the Senior Network Security Engineer and will own daily security operations and respond independently when needed.

You will monitor alerts, perform first-line incident response, help with hardening, document findings, and support security operations when the senior engineer is unavailable.

Qualifications

• Two to four years of hands‑on experience in security operations, IT security, or a closely related role.

Responsibilities

• Investigate security alerts across email security, identity, endpoint, firewall, VPN, and wireless systems.

Skills

Security operations

Incident response

Log analysis

Written communication

AI tooling

Tools

Proofpoint

Microsoft 365

Entra ID

Okta

CrowdStrike Falcon

Palo Alto

GlobalProtect

Arista switches

Ruckus wireless

Zabbix

Syslog

Oxidized backups

Claude AI

Job description

Gilder Search Group seeks an experienced Security Analyst II to investigate and respond to security events across email, identity, endpoint, and network systems. This role reports to the Senior Network Security Engineer and will own daily security operations and respond independently when needed.

You will monitor alerts, perform first-line incident response, help with hardening, document findings, and support security operations when the senior engineer is unavailable.