Cyber Security Analyst - Threat Hunting

About the role

A Cyber Security Operations team is looking for a Cyber Security Analyst focused on threat hunting. The role proactively identifies, investigates and mitigates cyber threats across on-premises, cloud, network, endpoint and application environments. It suits someone with hands-on experience in threat hunting, incident response, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing and security monitoring.

Key responsibilities

• Carry out proactive threat hunting to find malicious activity across enterprise environments
• Analyse threat intelligence, IOAs, IOCs and attacker TTPs
• Lead and support incident investigations, containment, eradication, recovery and post-incident reviews
• Perform malware analysis using static and dynamic techniques
• Run vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, web application and API security tests, and social engineering (phishing) campaigns
• Research emerging threats, vulnerabilities and attack trends
• Work with application, infrastructure, cloud and business teams to implement security improvements
• Use security technologies and analytics platforms to improve threat detection and response
• Prepare technical reports and share findings with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Security, Telecommunications or a related field
• 2-4 years of experience in Cyber Security Operations, Threat Hunting, Incident Response, Vulnerability Management or Penetration Testing
• Preferred certifications: CEH, CompTIA PenTest+, eJPT, LPT, CHFI, ITIL Foundation

Required skills

• Cyber security operations and incident management
• Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (VAPT)
• OWASP Top 10, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO 27001, MITRE ATT&CK
• Kali Linux, Burp Suite, Nessus, Nmap, Wireshark
• API and application security testing, malware analysis, threat intelligence and digital forensics basics