Security Operations Analyst (L1)

Greenhouse Software, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 paid vacation days per year

10 paid sick leave days per year

Public holidays as per company policy

Medical budget

Opportunity to work remotely

Professional education budget

Language learning budget

Wellness budget

Job summary

JustMarkets, a fast-growing fintech company in the United States, is seeking a Security Operations Analyst to join as a full-time team member. You will monitor alert queues, triage incidents, and document findings to support rapid response.

Candidates should have hands-on SIEM experience, knowledge of EDR/XDR, and the ability to correlate data across endpoints, networks, and cloud services. The role offers remote work options and budget for professional education.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with security alert triage using at least one SIEM and EDR/XDR.
• Ability to build basic searches and correlate events across data sources (KQL/EQL).
• Interpret telemetry from endpoints, identity, network, cloud audits and services.
• Fundamentals of Windows, Linux, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, and authentication.
• Distinguish true vs. false positives; assign preliminary severity.
• Awareness of MITRE ATT&CK framework and threat intel relevance.
• Document evidence, actions and handover notes in a case-management system.

Responsibilities

• Monitor prioritized alert queues and validate whether alerts indicate real risk.
• Enrich cases and correlate relevant endpoint, identity, authentication, network, service, asset, user, timeline, and business context.
• Perform initial investigations, classify alerts, assess preliminary severity and scope, and document the evidence and reasoning in the case-management system.
• Close false positives and execute approved low-risk actions only through defined runbooks.
• Escalate suspected incidents, privileged-account issues, and high-impact or production-impact cases to L2, the manager, or Incident Response.
• Maintain clear handover notes and support improvements to case quality and runbooks.

Skills

Security alert triage

SIEM experience

KQL/EQL queries

Endpoint & network telemetry

Windows & Linux basics

Threat intel awareness

Investigation timelines

Runbooks adherence

Tools

Case-management system

Job description

We are inviting you, a highly motivated and results-oriented Security Operations Analyst to join our team on a full-time basis.

Our team has unique expertise in research, analysis, and product development. By relying on technical insights and a data-driven approach, we create disruptive future-defining innovations of the fin-tech industry that remain our basis for success.

Responsibilities

• Monitor prioritized alert queues and validate whether alerts indicate real risk
• Enrich cases and correlate relevant endpoint, identity, authentication, network, service, asset, user, timeline, and business context
• Perform initial investigations, classify alerts, assess preliminary severity and scope, and document the evidence and reasoning in the case-management system
• Close false positives and execute approved low-risk actions only through defined runbooks
• Escalate suspected incidents, privileged-account issues, and high-impact or production-impact cases to L2, the manager, or Incident Response
• Maintain clear handover notes and support improvements to case quality and runbooks

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with security alert triage through work, an internship, or a practical lab, including use of at least one SIEM and exposure to EDR or XDR and case-management workflows
• Ability to build basic searches or queries, filter security events, and correlate related activity across more than one data source (Experience with basic SIEM query languages such as KQL, EQL)
• Ability to interpret common endpoint, identity, authentication, network, DNS, HTTP, and service or cloud audit telemetry at an initial-investigation level
• Working fundamentals of Windows and Linux, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, authentication, access control, and common attack patterns such as phishing, credential abuse, malware execution, and suspicious account activity
• Ability to distinguish true positives, false positives, and benign activity; assign a preliminary severity; identify affected users or assets; and recognize when scope or impact is uncertain
• Basic use of indicators of compromise, reputation sources, and threat-intelligence context, with awareness of the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Ability to create a concise investigation timeline and document evidence, actions, conclusions, and handover or escalation notes in a case-management system
• Ability to follow approved runbooks, perform only authorized low-risk actions, recognize the limits of L1 authority, and elevate suspected incidents correctly

Will be a plus

• Simple Python or PowerShell scripts for investigation and enrichment
• Exposure to cloud, email-security, or SaaS audit logs and common phishing-investigation workflows
• Practical cybersecurity labs or an entry-level certification such as Security+ or CySA+
• Experience with MacOS

We offer

• 20 paid vacation days per year
• 10 paid sick leave days per year
• Public holidays as per the company's approved Public holiday list
• Medical budget
• Opportunity to work remotely
• Professional education budget
• Language learning budget
• Wellness budget (gym membership, sports gear and related expenses)