What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cyber Security Analyst position at RedStream Technology?
Cybersecurity Analyst
Hybrid/Dallas, TX
Summary:
Our client is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Cybersecurity Analyst to join our Information Security team.
This role is responsible for monitoring, investigating, and responding to security events and threats across enterprise systems, cloud platforms, and retail locations.
The Cybersecurity Analyst will support security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, and compliance initiatives while working closely with IT and business teams to help protect company systems, customer data, and operational technology.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor and investigate alerts from SIEM, EDR/XDR, email security, cloud security, and identity systems.
- Perform security event triage, analysis, and escalation activities.
- Support incident response efforts including containment, eradication, recovery, and documentation.
- Assist with vulnerability scanning, remediation tracking, and risk reporting.
- Maintain and improve operational security procedures and playbooks.
- Research emerging threats, attacker tactics, and indicators of compromise (IOCs).
- Support administration and tuning of security tools including SIEM, EDR, vulnerability management, and email security platforms.
- Assist with security audits, compliance requests, and evidence collection.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, and application teams to improve security posture.
- Participate in after-hours security incident response activities and on-call rotations as needed.
Qualifications:
- 2–5 years of experience in cybersecurity, security operations, incident response, or IT security.
- Experience with security technologies such as SIEM, EDR/XDR, vulnerability management, and identity security solutions.
- Understanding of network security, endpoint security, cloud security, and common attack techniques.
- Knowledge of AWS, Azure, or SaaS security concepts.
- Familiarity with CrowdStrike, Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, Tenable, Qualys, or similar technologies.