SOC Security Analyst I – Cyber Threat Response

CrowdStrike Inc.; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Compensation & equity

Wellness programs

Vacation & holidays

Parental & adoption leave

Professional development

Employee networks

Office culture

Great Place to Work

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking highly motivated security analysts to protect global organizations by detecting and responding to advanced threats in real time. You will communicate findings, triage incidents, and support remediation across endpoints, identity, email, and cloud environments.

The role emphasizes incident handling, threat intelligence, and collaboration with customers, offering opportunities to grow in a mission-driven AI-first security company.

Qualifications

• Experience in incident handling and response processes.
• Knowledge of ATT&CK and threat actor tactics and techniques.
• Understanding of Windows, Mac, Linux operating systems.
• Experience with network logs, security telemetry, and triage.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clear customer communications as first point of contact.
• Produce high-quality written and verbal security findings for customers and internal teams.
• Triage, investigate, and respond to security alerts across endpoints and cloud environments.
• Analyze telemetry and artifacts to identify scope of compromise and support remediation.
• Investigate suspicious Microsoft 365 activity and contain threats with actionable guidance.

Skills

Incident Handling

Threat Landscape Awareness

OS Fundamentals

Systems Administration

Network Analysis

Identity Platform Awareness

Email Security Awareness

Log Analysis

Incident Remediation

Network Operations

Programming/Scripting

AI Fundamentals

Education

BA or BS / MA or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math, Information Security, or related field

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking highly motivated security analysts to protect global organizations by detecting and responding to advanced threats in real time. You will communicate findings, triage incidents, and support remediation across endpoints, identity, email, and cloud environments.

The role emphasizes incident handling, threat intelligence, and collaboration with customers, offering opportunities to grow in a mission-driven AI-first security company.