Senior Cyber Defense Analyst
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Senior Cyber Defense Analyst protecting Kyndryl’s mission-critical technology systems through incident response, threat hunting, forensics, and detection engineering.
Responsibilities:
- Protect customers and Kyndryl environments through cybersecurity operations, incident response, digital forensics, threat hunting, detection engineering, and security investigations
- Own investigations from initial alert triage through investigation, containment, remediation, and recovery
- Investigate and respond to cyber threats across complex enterprise environments
- Leverage SIEM platforms, endpoint detection capabilities, and security telemetry to identify, analyze, and respond to threats
- Conduct proactive threat hunting activities
- Develop, tune, and optimize detections and security queries
- Perform detailed investigations into suspicious activity and security incidents
- Apply investigative techniques and threat intelligence to identify indicators of compromise and emerging threats
- Collaborate with security professionals across the organization
Requirements:
- Proven experience in cybersecurity operations, incident response, threat hunting, or cyber defense roles
- Hands-on experience managing security incidents through the full investigation lifecycle, from alert triage to remediation and closure
- Experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar, Elastic, LogRhythm, or similar technologies
- Strong investigative and analytical skills for identifying, analyzing, and responding to complex cyber threats
- Experience in detection engineering, including creating, tuning, and optimizing detections and security analytics
- Experience conducting proactive threat hunting and leveraging threat intelligence to identify indicators of compromise (IOCs)
- Knowledge of digital forensics techniques and experience investigating endpoint and/or network-based security incidents
- Experience with scripting or programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash is highly desirable
- Experience with Palo Alto technologies, particularly XDR, is advantageous but not required
- Customer-focused mindset
- Growth mindset and commitment to personal and professional development
- Inclusive, open, and borderless approach to working with others
Benefits:
- Access to skilling and certification programs
- Career development opportunities and career path tools
- Personalized development goals
- Continuous feedback
- Cutting-edge learning opportunities, including certifications with Microsoft, Google, and Amazon
- Coaching and hands-on experiences
- Be Well programs supporting financial, mental, physical, and social health
- Flexible, supportive environment
- Fully remote work arrangement
- Employee referral program
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