Security Operations Analyst

Esri; Redlands (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Job summary

Esri is seeking an Enterprise Security Analyst II to join the Security Operations Center, focusing on monitoring, investigating, and responding to security events. You will apply threat intelligence and conduct threat hunting to enhance detections and response capabilities.

The role emphasizes hand-on security monitoring across endpoints, identity, network, cloud, and email, along with on-call rotation after onboarding and demonstrated familiarity with the tools and response procedures.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of cybersecurity experience with hands-on involvement in security monitoring, alert triage, and incident investigation.
• Experience analyzing endpoint, identity, network, cloud, email, and log data to identify suspicious or malicious activity.
• Working knowledge of SIEM and EDR platforms, common triage workflows, and security telemetry analysis.
• Strong understanding of networking, operating systems, identity and access concepts, cloud security fundamentals, and core security protocols.
• Working knowledge of cyber threat intelligence concepts, including indicators, threat actors, campaigns, vulnerabilities, and adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Ability to write clear investigation notes, incident records, intelligence summaries, and recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
• U.S. citizenship is mandatory
• Ability and willingness to obtain security clearance
• Bachelors in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related STEM degree

Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage the SOC alert queue across endpoint, identity, network, email, cloud, and log monitoring platforms.
• Independently triage and investigate security alerts and events, distinguishing confirmed threats from benign activity using available evidence and telemetry.
• Support the full incident lifecycle, including investigation, escalation, containment support, remediation follow-up, documentation, and closure.
• Escalate incidents with clear evidence, impact assessment, and recommended next steps.
• Apply playbooks and runbooks while identifying opportunities to improve alert quality, response consistency, automation, and analyst enablement.
• Analyze relevant threat intelligence to identify threats, campaigns, vulnerabilities, and adversary behaviors that may affect the organization.
• Enrich alerts and investigations with context about threat actors, malware, indicators, vulnerabilities, and attack techniques.
• Assist with threat hunts across endpoint, identity, network, cloud, and application telemetry.
• Use MITRE ATT&CK to support investigations, communicate adversary behavior, and identify detection gaps.
• Partner with security engineers and analysts to turn relevant intelligence into detections, hunts, watchlists, playbooks, blocking recommendations, or response improvements.

Skills

SOC monitoring

Incident investigation

Threat intelligence

Threat hunting

MITRE ATT&CK

SIEM

EDR

Networking basics

Cloud security

On-call readiness

U.S. citizenship

Education

Bachelors in Cybersecurity, IT, CS, or related STEM

Tools

SIEM

EDR

SOAR Platforms

PowerShell

Python

KQL

SPL

Job description

Overview

The Enterprise Security Analyst II is a hands‑on Security Operations Center (SOC) role responsible for monitoring alerts, investigating security events, supporting incident response, and improving security operations. This role also applies cyber threat intelligence and threat hunting practices to add context to investigations, identify emerging threats, and strengthen detection and response capabilities. Primary schedule is business hours, Monday through Friday. Participation in an after‑hours on‑call rotation is expected after onboarding and demonstrated familiarity with systems, tools, and response procedures.

Responsibilities

Security Operations and Incident Response

• Monitor and manage the SOC alert queue across endpoint, identity, network, email, cloud, and log monitoring platforms
• Independently triage and investigate security alerts and events, distinguishing confirmed threats from benign activity using available evidence and telemetry
• Support the full incident lifecycle, including investigation, escalation, containment support, remediation follow‑up, documentation, and closure
• Escalate incidents with clear evidence, impact assessment, and recommended next steps
• Apply playbooks and runbooks while identifying opportunities to improve alert quality, response consistency, automation, and analyst enablement

Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunting

• Analyze relevant threat intelligence to identify threats, campaigns, vulnerabilities, and adversary behaviors that may affect the organization
• Enrich alerts and investigations with context about threat actors, malware, indicators, vulnerabilities, and attack techniques
• Assist with threat hunts across endpoint, identity, network, cloud, and application telemetry
• Use MITRE ATT&CK to support investigations, communicate adversary behavior, and identify detection gaps
• Partner with security engineers and analysts to turn relevant intelligence into detections, hunts, watchlists, playbooks, blocking recommendations, or response improvements

Requirements

• 2+ years of cybersecurity experience with hands‑on involvement in security monitoring, alert triage, and incident investigation
• Experience analyzing endpoint, identity, network, cloud, email, and log data to identify suspicious or malicious activity
• Working knowledge of SIEM and EDR platforms, common triage workflows, and security telemetry analysis
• Strong understanding of networking, operating systems, identity and access concepts, cloud security fundamentals, and core security protocols
• Working knowledge of cyber threat intelligence concepts, including indicators, threat actors, campaigns, vulnerabilities, and adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures
• Ability to write clear investigation notes, incident records, intelligence summaries, and recommendations for technical and non‑technical audiences
• U.S. citizenship is mandatory
• Ability and willingness to obtain security clearance
• Bachelors in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related STEM degree

Recommended Qualifications

• Experience performing threat intelligence analysis, threat hunting, incident response, or security engineering in an enterprise environment
• Experience converting threat intelligence into detections, hunts, watchlists, playbooks, response actions, or mitigation recommendations
• Experience researching threat actors, malware, ransomware activity, vulnerability exploitation, or emerging attack techniques
• Familiarity with SOAR platforms, detection engineering practices, automation, scripting, or query languages such as PowerShell, Python, KQL, or SPL
• Relevant certifications such as CompTIA Security+, GCIH, GCED, GCIA, GCFA, GCTI, CTIA, or Microsoft security certifications

Total Rewards

Esri’s competitive total rewards strategy includes industry‑leading health and welfare benefits:

• medical
• dental
• vision
• basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families)
• 401(k) and profit‑sharing programs
• minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave
• twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• opportunities for personal and professional growth

Base salary is one component of our total rewards strategy. Compensation decisions and the base range for this role take into account many factors including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

A reasonable estimate of the base salary range is

$70,304 — $114,400 USD

The Company

At Esri, diversity is more than just a word on a map. When employees of different experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, and cultures come together, we are more innovative and ultimately a better place to work. We believe in having a diverse workforce that is unified under our mission of creating positive global change. We understand that diversity, equity, and inclusion is not a destination but an ongoing process. We are committed to the continuation of learning, growing, and changing our workplace so every employee can contribute to their life’s best work. Our commitment to these principles extends to the global communities we serve by creating positive change with GIS technology. For more information on Esri’s Racial Equity and Social Justice initiatives, please visit our website here.

Esri is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e‑mail address.

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