Senior Security Analyst, Cyber Defense

Jobtailor; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced security professional to lead alert triage, incident response, and threat detection within a growing SOC. You will investigate hands-on, leverage SIEM and EDR platforms, and drive improvements through collaboration across teams.

The role emphasizes adversarial behavior understanding, evidence handling, and a proactive approach to security operations, with opportunities to shape tooling and processes across the organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in security operations, incident response, or threat detection.
• Hands-on investigation experience with SIEM and EDR platforms.
• Sound evidence-handling practice and forensic fundamentals.
• Understanding adversarial behavior (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK).
• Familiarity with exposure management workflows.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Collaborative working style and genuine curiosity about security and technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead alert triage and investigation.
• Run incident response.
• Hunt for what monitoring misses.
• Work AI and automation into the daily craft.
• Partner across the team.
• Sharpen detections and tooling.
• Develop the SOC.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Security Operations

Incident Response

Threat Detection

Clear Communication

Collaborative Working Style

Tools

SIEM platforms

EDR platforms

Job description

• Lead alert triage and investigation
• Run incident response
• Hunt for what monitoring misses
• Work AI and automation into the daily craft
• Partner across the team
• Sharpen detections and tooling
• Develop the SOC
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• 5+ years in security operations, incident response, or threat detection
• Hands‑on investigation experience with SIEM and EDR platforms
• Sound evidence‑handing practice and forensic fundamentals
• A working understanding of adversarial behavior (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK)
• Working familiarity with exposure management workflows
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Collaborative working style and genuine curiosity about security and technology.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in security operations, incident response, and threat detection, with a strong focus on hands‑on investigation using SIEM and EDR platforms. Possesses a solid understanding of adversarial behavior and effective communication skills to collaborate across teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Security Operations
• Incident Response
• Threat Detection
• SIEM Platforms
• EDR Platforms

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Incident Response
• Threat Detection
• Investigation Experience
• Evidence Handling
• Forensic Fundamentals
• Adversarial Behavior Understanding
• Exposure Management Workflows

Soft Skills

• Clear Communication
• Collaborative Working Style
• Curiosity About Security and Technology

Industry Keywords

• MITRE ATT&CK
• SOC Development
• Alert Triage
• Monitoring
• Automation