SophosThreat Analyst 2
Sophos is hiring a Threat Analyst 2 for a remote role open to applicants in Canada. It pays $66k-$110k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Sophos.
Level's read on this job
- Level rates this cybersecurity role Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- This is listed as a remote role.
- The posting mentions Sophos Tooling, SIEM and Xdr among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a mid-level role.
- Sophos has 83 other open roles on Level.
AI in this role
Provide monitoring, detection, and response services to defend customer environments within an AI-driven platform.
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Role Summary As a Threat Analyst on our Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team, you will provide best-in-class monitoring, detection, and response services to proactively defend customer environments before attacks prevail. You will work alongside and contribute to a team of cyber threat hunters, incident response analysts, engineers, and ethical hackers by using enterprise, log analysis and endpoint collection systems to facilitate investigations, identification, and neutralization of cyber threats. Shift: 12PM - 9PM EST
What You Will Do
- Investigate and analyze logs and security-related events via Sophos tooling
- Identify and respond to cyber threats occurring within customer environments
- Communicate and document findings to various customer audiences including technical and executive teams
- Follow up with customers through to issue resolution and drive continuous improvement by providing detailed recommendations to minimize risk in customer environments
- Acknowledge and satisfy inbound customer requests and interact with customers through various mediums
- Collaborate and assist with core security and threat response teams
- Actively research emerging Indicators of Compromise/Attack, exploits and vulnerabilities with the intent of operationalizing findings to better protect our customers
What You Will Bring
- Willingness to work outside of standard business hours, including weekends and holidays – our MTR service is 24x7x365
- Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills, with proven ability to think outside the box
- Customer service-oriented with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Must thrive within a team environment as well as on an individual basis
- Passion for all things related to information technology and cybersecurity
- Natural curiosity and ability to learn new skills quickly
- Innovative mindset and driven to contribute to a team providing a best-in-class cybersecurity service
- Minimum 3+ years of experience working in a SOC environment or computer security team in an IT environment
- Experience with threat hunting
- Experience with endpoint and network security monitoring
- Experience administering and supporting Windows OS (both workstations and server) and one of the following: Apple or Linux-based operating systems (e.g. XP, Windows 7, 2003, 2008, OS X)
- Knowledge of common adversary tactics and techniques, e.g., obfuscation, persistence, defense evasion, etc.
- Knowledge of Mitre ATT&CK framework
- Knowledge of incident response procedures
- Basic understanding of network traffic analysis including TCP/IP, routing, switching, protocols, etc.
- Basic understanding of Windows event log analysis A plus if you have:
- Experience with SQL query construction
- Experience with OSQuery
- Experience with enterprise information security data management - SIEM experience
- Programming and scripting skills - proficient knowledge of Powershell
Ready to Join Us? At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply. What's Great About Sophos? · Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. While we are a remote first organization, applicants must have legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction where the position is posted, without requiring employer sponsorship. · Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit · Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy · Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities · Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint · Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp · Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge · Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing Our Commitment To You We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know. Data Protection If you choose to explore an opportunity, and subsequently share your CV or other personal details with Sophos, these details will be held by Sophos for 12 months in accordance with our Privacy Policy and used by our recruitment team to contact you regarding this or other relevant opportunities at Sophos. If you would like Sophos to delete or update your details at any time, please follow the steps set out in the Privacy Policy describing your individual rights. For more information on Sophos’ data protection practices, please consult our Privacy Policy Cybersecurity as a Service Delivered | Sophos
How we rate this
Threat Analyst 2 at Sophos rates 20 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Classification
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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Skills and AI tools this role asks for
Threat AnalysisIncident ResponseCybersecurityLog AnalysisSophos ToolingSIEMXdrEdr
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Pay
- This job starts at
- $66k
- Typical cybersecurity job
- $159k
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- Tell me about a project where threat analysis was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where incident response was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where cybersecurity was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where log analysis was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used Sophos Tooling in your day-to-day work.
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Threat Analysis, Incident Response, Cybersecurity, Log Analysis, and Sophos Tooling. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
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