Security Analyst - Tier 3

7AI; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A cybersecurity firm seeks a technical expert to analyze and validate investigations by AI Agents. The role involves mentoring junior analysts, investigating malicious activity, and collaborating with various teams. Required qualifications include over 5 years in cyber security operations, hands-on experience with security monitoring tools, and strong analytical skills. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to a cutting-edge Agentic Security Platform while ensuring customer security. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cyber security operations.
• Hands-on experience with investigating alerts across multiple sources.
• Strong knowledge with Malware Analysis methods.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and validate investigations by AI Agents.
• Lead and mentor junior analysts.
• Investigate malicious activity and understand complexity of attacks.

Skills

Experience in cyber security operations

Strong understanding of security monitoring tools

Analytical and problem‑solving skills

Interpersonal skills with a service-oriented mindset

Education

5+ years of experience in cyber security

Tools

XDR

SIEM

IDS/IPS

Data querying technologies

Job description

7AI is on a mission to put swarming AI agents in the hands of defenders to offload non-human work, shift people up, and finally focus on achieving the security outcomes that teams have been searching for. We are seeking curious, detail-oriented, technical experts who thrive on solving complex, high-stakes puzzles and are deeply customer‑obsessed to continue our mission of building the world’s first Agentic Security Platform.

What You’ll Do

• Analyze and validate investigations completed by the AI Agents for accuracy and completeness, evaluating risk
• Lead and mentor junior analysts and serve as the technical expert and key escalation point for investigations
• Correlate data from various data sources including cloud, endpoint, identity, network, etc. to understand that full picture of a malicious activity
• Investigate malicious activity that the 7AI Agents responded to and understand the complexity of the attack that was stopped including the risk that was prevented for customers
• Use our advanced AI Agents to hunt in customer environments to detect and remediate emerging threats, ultimately contributing to detections that will be folded back into the product
• Assist customers with ongoing threat monitoring, triage, and prioritization of security alerts as needed but especially during incidents to resolve threats and secure the environment
• Proactively identify potential threats and anomalies in customer environments by reviewing logs and malicious findings
• Utilize your supreme communication skills to engage with customers who vary in their level of technical depth and focus (from SOC analysts to CISOs)
• Architect processes while we build out this elite organization to scale the operation sustainably while maintaining consistent quality
• Collaborate with the Sales, Engineering, and Product teams, providing feedback on the customer experience and assist in optimizing and tuning the AI platform
• Stay current with emerging cybersecurity trends, vulnerabilities, and new attack techniques, especially the field of AI-driven attacks

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cyber security operations
• Hands‑on experience with investigating alerts and across multiple sources (endpoint, network, identity, email, cloud, etc.)
• Strong understanding of security monitoring tools (XDR, SIEM, IDS/IPS, IDP, etc.)
• Familiarity with log telemetry concepts
• Experience analyzing and investigating security alerts from multiple sources, including intrusion detection systems, network monitoring tools, and endpoint protection platforms
• Strong knowledge of common attack techniques and frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK) and incident triage methodologies
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to verify AI‑driven analysis and make independent security decisions
• Data querying experience with SIEM querying technologies (SPL, KQL, FQL, SQL, etc) and familiarity with log / telemetry concepts
• Strong knowledge with Malware Analysis methods
• Great interpersonal skills with a service oriented mindset
• Proven track record of successfully collaborating in a team, including mentorship skills and ability to teach complex concepts

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in a Managed Services environment
• Incident Handling experience
• Relevant certifications: Security+, GSEC, GCIH