Senior Security Analyst - Virtual Security Operations Center

Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

CrowdStrike, a global leader in cybersecurity, is seeking highly motivated and self-driven technical senior analysts to join our virtual security operations center. In this role, you will protect organizations against the most advanced attackers in the world, making a tangible difference in global security. You will have the opportunity to expand your skill set through a wide variety of experiences, detecting and responding to incidents in real-time to protect our customers.

Are you interested in:

• Putting your hands-on technical skills to the test in detecting, containing, and remediating incidents?
• Responding to incidents of all severities and fighting back against adversaries?
• Rapidly accelerating your skills in a self-motivated environment?
• Engaging in innovative work that directly impacts customers?
• Utilizing your Incident Response or Information Security background to its fullest?
• Contributing to a diverse team and interacting effectively with customers?
• Working with like-minded individuals in a world-class team, fostering both learning and mentorship?

What You'll Do

• Conduct monitoring and perform in-depth analysis of security alerts using the CrowdStrike platform.
• Exercise incident handling processes across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.
• Perform malware analysis.
• Perform remote remediation of malware or malicious activity.
• Develop and improve processes for incident detection, triage, and the execution of countermeasures.
• Produce high-quality written and verbal communications, recommendations, and findings to customer management.
• Demonstrate industry thought leadership through blog posts, CrowdCasts, and other public speaking events.
• Assist in the advancement of security processes and procedures.

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 Threats (APT), Organized Crime, and Hactivists.
• Computer Forensic Analysis: A background using a variety of forensic analysis tools in incident response investigations to determine the extent and scope of compromise.
• Systems Administration: An understanding of system internals is required to understand how to implement and execute countermeasures and remediation.
• 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.
• Programming/Scripting: Experience coding in Powershell, C, C#, VB, Python, Perl, Ruby on Rails, and .NET.
• At least one relevant security certification.
• Strong verbal and communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong experience with Mac OS, Windows, and Unix operating systems.
• Ability to handle high-pressure situations in a productive and professional manner.
• Strong time management skills.

About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike protects the people, processes, and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe, and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation, and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community, and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.