Senior Security Analyst - Incident Response Lead (Hybrid)

Professional Search Group; Malibu (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Professional Search Group is seeking a Senior Security Analyst for its Malibu area Information Security team. This onsite role (West LA / Malibu, CA) will transition to a hybrid posture after an introductory period and will involve hands-on security operations work with the Director of Information Security to protect critical infrastructure and sensitive data.

The position emphasizes owning incidents, maturing response procedures, and collaborating with technical teams to apply security best

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of IT or Information Security experience.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, ACLs, and packet analysis.
• Willingness to obtain additional security certifications within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Manage change requests across firewall, IDS, NAC, DHCP, and DNS systems.
• Perform intrusion detection, vulnerability scanning, and log analysis.
• Own incident handling procedures from preparation to lessons learned.
• Analyze system and network data; build reports on findings and control effectiveness.
• Collaborate with technical teams to embed security best practices.

Skills

TCP/IP knowledge

Windows systems

Perl

PowerShell

Unix command line

Education

GCIA or SANS 503 preferred

Tools

Palo Alto Firewalls

NAC

Job description

Professional Search Group is seeking a Senior Security Analyst for its Malibu area Information Security team. This onsite role (West LA / Malibu, CA) will transition to a hybrid posture after an introductory period and will involve hands-on security operations work with the Director of Information Security to protect critical infrastructure and sensitive data.

The position emphasizes owning incidents, maturing response procedures, and collaborating with technical teams to apply security best