Senior Threat Detection & Cloud Security Analyst

Clinisoltech; Washington (District of Columbia, MD); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Clinisol Tech Inc is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Analyst to lead security operations across threat detection and incident response. You will harden cloud and identity environments, manage vulnerabilities, and mentor junior analysts within SIEM, EDR/XDR, and SOAR tooling.

You will work hands-on across AWS/Azure, IAM, logging, and CSPM, communicating threats and security posture to technical and executive stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years hands-on experience in security operations, incident response, or threat detection roles.
• Deep experience with at least one enterprise SIEM and one EDR/XDR platform in production.
• Strong grasp of attacker tradecraft (phishing, ransomware, lateral movement, privilege escalation, C2) and MITRE ATT&CK.
• Solid networking and OS fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, Windows/Linux internals, AD attack paths.
• Scripting ability in Python or PowerShell for automation, log analysis, and tooling.
• Strong incident documentation, communication, and stakeholder-briefing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead detection, triage, investigation, and response for security incidents across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Proactively hunt threats mapped to MITRE ATT&CK; develop and tune detection rules (KQL, SPL, Sigma).
• Engineer and maintain SOAR playbooks to automate enrichment, containment, and response workflows.
• Own vulnerability management end-to-end — scanning, risk-based prioritization, remediation tracking, reporting.
• Harden cloud security posture across AWS and Azure — IAM, logging, misconfiguration remediation, CSPM findings.
• Support identity security and Zero Trust initiatives — conditional access, MFA, privileged access management.
• Conduct phishing, malware, and forensic analysis; produce root-cause and lessons-learned reports.
• Mentor junior SOC analysts, review escalations, and improve runbooks and incident-response procedures.
• Brief technical and executive stakeholders on threats, incidents, and security posture.

Skills

Threat detection & incident response

Scripting (Python/PowerShell)

MITRE ATT&CK framework

Cloud security

SOAR & SIEM

Education

Bachelor's degree (Cyber Security / CS / IT)

Tools

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

Elastic Security

QRadar

CrowdStrike Falcon

Defender for Endpoint

SentinelOne

Splunk SOAR

Cortex XSOAR

AWS GuardDuty

Azure Defender

Entra ID

Job description

Clinisol Tech Inc is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Analyst to lead security operations across threat detection and incident response. You will harden cloud and identity environments, manage vulnerabilities, and mentor junior analysts within SIEM, EDR/XDR, and SOAR tooling.

You will work hands-on across AWS/Azure, IAM, logging, and CSPM, communicating threats and security posture to technical and executive stakeholders.