
Senior Information Security Analyst – Incident Response
Posted May 20

Posted May 20
This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.
• Incident Management: Oversee the technical response to intricate security incidents (ransomware, APTs, insider threats), from initial detection to post-mortem analysis.
• Threat Hunting: Perform proactive threat hunting throughout the network and endpoints, guided by hypotheses derived from threat intelligence.
• Digital Forensics: Gather and examine digital artifacts (memory, disk, logs) to reconstruct the sequence of events during an attack.
• Detection Engineering: Develop and refine correlation rules within the SIEM and detection signatures (YARA, Snort/Suricata).
• Automation (SOAR): Create playbooks and scripts (Python/PowerShell) to streamline responses to recurring alerts.
• Mentorship: Facilitate the technical growth of junior and mid-level analysts (Tier 1/2).
• Solid Experience: Demonstrated experience in a Blue Team, SOC, or CSIRT (approximately 3 years recommended).
• Frameworks: Strong understanding of NIST CSF and particularly MITRE ATT&CK for mapping TTPs (tactics, techniques, and procedures).
• Operating Systems: In-depth knowledge of Windows internals (Event Logs, Registry, Prefetch) and Linux (logs, kernel, bash).
• Defensive Tools: Practical experience with SIEM tools (Splunk, Elastic, Sentinel, or QRadar) and EDR/XDR solutions (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Defender).
• Networking: Thorough analysis of network traffic (PCAP) utilizing tools like Wireshark or Zeek.
• We believe that talented individuals can be found everywhere; thus, our positions are available to all, irrespective of race, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or disability.
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