Analyst, Endpoint Protection Team

Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

CrowdStrike is seeking highly motivated, self-driven technical analysts to join our virtual security operations center. In this role, you will protect organizations against advanced global attackers, detecting and responding to security incidents in real-time. This position offers opportunities to expand your skill set through diverse experiences and contribute to global security efforts.

Location: Austin, TX

About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike is a global leader in cybersecurity, protecting the people, processes, and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission has been to stop breaches, and we have redefined modern security with the world's most advanced AI-native platform. We serve customers across all industries, helping them keep their businesses running, their communities safe, and their lives moving forward. As a mission-driven company, we foster a culture that provides every CrowdStriker with the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We are always looking for talented individuals with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation, and a fanatical commitment to our customers, community, and each other. Join us and be part of a mission that matters – the future of cybersecurity starts with you.

Are You the Right Candidate?

• Are you interested in applying your hands-on technical skills to detect, contain, and remediate incidents?
• Are you self-motivated and eager to rapidly accelerate your skills?
• Do you crave innovative work that makes a real impact for customers?
• Do you have an Incident Response or Information Security background that you're looking to fully leverage?
• Are you capable of leading teams and interacting effectively with customers?
• Do you enjoy working with intelligent, like-minded individuals from whom you can learn and mentor daily?

What You'll Do

• Execute incident handling processes across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.
• Perform basic malware analysis.
• Develop and improve processes for incident detection and the execution of countermeasures.
• Produce high-quality written and verbal communications, recommendations, and findings for customer management.
• Demonstrate industry thought leadership through blog posts, CrowdCasts, and other public speaking events.

What You'll Need

Successful candidates will have experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Incident Handling: Experience conducting or managing incident response for organizations, investigating targeted threats such as Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), Organized Crime, and Hacktivists.
• Computer Forensic Analysis: Background using a variety of forensic analysis tools in incident response investigations to determine the extent and scope of compromise.
• Systems Administration: Understanding of system internals required to implement and execute countermeasures and remediation.
• Network Forensic Analysis: Knowledge of network protocols, network analysis tools, and the ability to perform analysis of associated network logs.
• Malware Analysis: Ability to perform static and dynamic malware analysis to understand the nature of malware.
• Incident Remediation: Strong understanding of targeted attacks and the ability to create customized tactical and strategic remediation plans for compromised organizations.
• Network Operations and Architecture/Engineering: Strong understanding of secure network architecture and a strong background in performing network operations.
• Programming/Scripting: Experience coding in C, C#, VB, Python, Perl, Ruby on Rails, and .NET.

Additionally, all candidates must possess the following qualifications:

• Capable of completing technical tasks without supervision.
• Desire to grow and expand both technical and soft skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Contributing thought leader within the industry.