Security Analyst-Incident Response

Consulting Solutions; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Consulting Solutions in Pittsburgh seeks a senior incident response analyst to join a SOC-style IR team. The role emphasizes effective verbal and written communication, playbook creation, and strong security fundamentals across Windows/Linux and network protocols.

The position offers a hybrid schedule (Hybrid - 3 days on-site, Tue–Thu; Mon & Fri remote) and requires experience with enterprise SIEM (QRadar preferred) and ITSM tooling like ServiceNow. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Senior IR analyst with incident response experience in a SOC.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with playbooks and IR tooling.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement incident response playbooks.
• Analyze data and network activity to detect and respond to threats.
• Collaborate with IT and security teams to contain incidents.

Skills

Sentinel

Detection Engineering

Tools

QRadar

ServiceNow

Job description

Hybrid - 3 days a week, Tues - Thurs onsite with Monday and Friday remote.

Key Skills:

• Sentinel
• Detection Engineering

Looking for a senior level analyst in the area of incident response with experience working in a SOC or otherwise in an actual IR team.

Primary needs for the position:

• Effective at verbal and written Communication
• Playbook Creation
• Excellent understanding of information security concepts, protocols, tools, and industry best practices and strategies.
• Working knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems and security
• Working knowledge of OSI Model, TCP/IP, and network protocols
• Prior experience with Enterprise SIEM; QRadar or Sentinel preferred
• Experience with the use of ServiceNow as an ITSM tool for user level request and incident management
• General firewall knowledge
• Data analysis
• Network Analysis

Consulting Solutions and its family of companies is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application or at any point in the hiring process, please contact us at: [e-mail]