Lead Analyst – Cyber Security Operations

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Lead Cyber Security Analyst protecting Hyatt’s global hospitality operations and guest data. Leading incident response, threat hunting, detection engineering and AI-assisted SOC operations.

Responsibilities:

  • Respond swiftly to Cyber Security incidents, remove attackers from the environment and restore Hyatt operations with minimal disruption
  • Lead incident response engagements for Cyber Security and Data Privacy incidents, including triage, containment, eradication, recovery, evidence preservation, post-incident reviews and corrective actions
  • Analyze detections across endpoints, cloud, SaaS and AI as the subject matter expert
  • Perform forensic analysis, timeline reconstruction, identify telemetry gaps and engineer detections
  • Conduct AI-assisted investigations, enrichment, threat hunting and documentation
  • Work with supervised security agents and semi-autonomous workflows
  • Validate AI outputs and identify hallucinations or missing context
  • Measure AI effectiveness through accuracy, traceability, escalation quality, action success and time savings
  • Identify gaps in Hyatt’s detection pipeline and build new detections
  • Conduct proactive threat hunting across Hyatt and Hyatt Franchise environments
  • Serve as the senior-most technical resource for the SOC
  • Prepare and present cyber defense program performance updates to senior leadership
  • Review incident response performance and identify program improvements
  • Serve as the escalation point for operations and security issues
  • Work off-shift hours as needed during incidents and participate in an on-call rotation
  • Lead and coordinate analysts, coach and mentor L1 and L2 Analysts
  • Lead process-improvement initiatives and govern runbooks and playbooks

Requirements:

  • Minimum of five years’ experience in Cyber Security Operations or Incident Response
  • Extensive knowledge of Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) tactics, techniques and procedures
  • Deep knowledge of TCP/IP and OSI network stack and its protocols
  • Technical skills associated with Crowdstrike CQL, SPL, KQL, SQL, Python, PowerShell and SOAR
  • Familiarity with Zero-Trust Network Access, FIDO 2.0, EDR/XDR, WSG, ESG, WAF, sandboxes, network- and host-based firewalls, Threat Intelligence and Penetration Testing
  • Experience working in a high-intensity threat actor environment
  • Experience preparing and presenting status updates for executive leadership
  • Experience reviewing and updating Cyber Security Incident Response documentation and timeline reconstruction
  • Knowledge of SaaS, cloud, information systems terminology, controls and practices
  • Familiarity with threat hunting and adversary tactics and techniques, including MITRE ATT&CK and Cyber Kill Chain
  • Familiarity with threat response frameworks, including SANS PICERL and NIST SP 800-61
  • Familiarity with cyber and privacy regulatory requirements, including SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules, CCPA/CPRA and GDPR
  • GIAC GCIH or equivalent GIAC, ISC2, ISACA, CompTIA or EC-Council certification
  • Strong verbal, written communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a larger team
  • Ability to be on call for cyber incidents impacting the organization
  • Ability to travel approximately 5% of work time
  • Bachelor’s degree or better in Cyber Security, Information Systems or another security-related subject is preferred; equivalent combinations of education, experience and certification are acceptable

Benefits:

  • Annual allotment of free hotel stays at Hyatt hotels globally
  • Flexible work schedule
  • Work-life benefits including wellbeing initiatives such as a complimentary Headspace subscription
  • Discount at the on-site fitness center
  • Global family assistance policy with paid time off following the birth or adoption of a child
  • Financial assistance for adoption
  • Paid Time Off
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401K with company match