Senior MDR Analyst - Incident Response & Threat Hunting

Apsispoint; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apsispoint is seeking a Senior SOC Analyst to lead major incidents, run proactive threat hunts, and mentor analysts across tiers. You will build detections, automation, and playbooks while performing advanced malware and DFIR analysis.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in SOC/IR/threat hunting, strong KQL/detection engineering skills, and Azure security expertise. Certifications such as GCIH/GCFA/OSCP are highly valued.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in SOC, incident response, or threat hunting roles.
• Deep KQL and detection engineering experience.
• Cloud security depth in Azure (AWS/GCP a plus).
• Advanced certification such as GCIH, GCFA, GREM, or OSCP is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead response for complex, high-severity incidents from detection through eradication.
• Run hypothesis-driven threat hunts and turn findings into new detections.
• Build and maintain detection content, playbooks, and SOAR/automation logic.
• Perform advanced analysis — malware triage, forensic artifacts, and adversary tradecraft.
• Partner with detection engineering and purple-team efforts to close coverage gaps.
• Mentor Tier 1 and Tier 2 analysts and set technical standards for the team.

Skills

SOC experience

Incident response

Threat hunting

Detection engineering

Azure security

Scripting

DFIR skills

Education

Cybersecurity certifications

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

SOAR

Job description

Apsispoint is seeking a Senior SOC Analyst to lead major incidents, run proactive threat hunts, and mentor analysts across tiers. You will build detections, automation, and playbooks while performing advanced malware and DFIR analysis.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in SOC/IR/threat hunting, strong KQL/detection engineering skills, and Azure security expertise. Certifications such as GCIH/GCFA/OSCP are highly valued.