Senior Cyber Defense Ops Specialist - Threat Detection & IR

Citizens Financial; Johnston (RI); On-site; USD 84,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Retirement benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Education reimbursement

Wellness programs

Generous PTO

Job summary

Citizens Financial is seeking a Sr Cyber Defense Ops Specialist to lead security monitoring and incident handling within the CDOC. You will analyze logs, plan mitigations, and coordinate with IR teams to protect critical assets.

The role requires 3+ years in security operations, familiarity with SIEM tools, IDS/IPS, DLP, and malware detection. On-site at Johnston, RI with competitive pay and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of experience.
• 3+ years of security industry experience preferably in a SOC environment.
• Certifications such as Net+, Sec+, CySA+, CEH, GCFA are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform ongoing monitoring and threat analysis using logs, NetFlow, and packet capture.
• Identify potential IT security incidents and escalate to IR senior staff.
• Assess threat info and apply mitigation techniques promptly.
• Develop metrics reflecting environment posture for informed risk decisions.
• Communicate security recommendations to management and stakeholders.
• Represent Cyber Defense on security/risk initiatives as needed.
• Proactively protect and resolve threats to secure user environment and assets.

Skills

SOC operations

Log analysis

Threat detection

Communication

Incident response

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Certifications

Tools

Arcsight

Splunk

FirePower

McAfee

Guardium

jSonar

CrowdStrike

Job description

Citizens Financial is seeking a Sr Cyber Defense Ops Specialist to lead security monitoring and incident handling within the CDOC. You will analyze logs, plan mitigations, and coordinate with IR teams to protect critical assets.

The role requires 3+ years in security operations, familiarity with SIEM tools, IDS/IPS, DLP, and malware detection. On-site at Johnston, RI with competitive pay and benefits.