Senior Cybersecurity Analyst: Threat Hunting & IR

and TM - Providence Technology Group, Inc.; Sacramento, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Sutter Health is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst IV to join its Cybersecurity Department in Sacramento. This senior role provides cybersecurity leadership, guidance, and hands-on support to protect information systems, networks, data, and digital assets.

You will lead advanced security activities across endpoint security, data protection, threat intelligence, and risk management. The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree, 8+ years of experience, and professional certifications (CISSP/GIAC).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 8+ years of relevant cybersecurity experience.
• Professional cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP/GIAC or equivalent (preferred).
• Strong knowledge of information systems security concepts, trends, and practices.
• Familiarity with NIST, HIPAA, FIPS, and other security standards.
• Experience with endpoint security technologies and Windows/Linux OS.
• Proven incident response, forensics, and post-incident activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced security administration, engineering, testing, monitoring, incident response, threat hunting, and risk management.
• Support enterprise cybersecurity programs including vulnerability management, threat intelligence, data protection, and DLP.
• Conduct threat analysis using Defender, SIEM, and other platforms.
• Deliver security consultation, risk assessments, policy reviews, and vendor security reviews.
• Develop cybersecurity metrics, executive dashboards, and risk reporting using SQL, Python, and Power BI.
• Support security awareness, phishing prevention, and workforce education programs.
• Utilize ServiceNow for investigations, workflow management, and cybersecurity operations.
• Mentor team members and drive program maturity and continuous improvement.

Skills

Incident response

Threat hunting

Security monitoring

Risk management

Mentoring

Program maturity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Cyber Security, Risk Management, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field

CISSP

GIAC

Microsoft Security

Tools

SQL

Python

Power BI

ServiceNow

Windows

Linux

Job description

Sutter Health is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst IV to join its Cybersecurity Department in Sacramento. This senior role provides cybersecurity leadership, guidance, and hands-on support to protect information systems, networks, data, and digital assets.

You will lead advanced security activities across endpoint security, data protection, threat intelligence, and risk management. The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree, 8+ years of experience, and professional certifications (CISSP/GIAC).