Secureworks (NASDAQ: SCWX) is a global cybersecurity leader that secures human progress with Secureworks® Taegis™, a SaaS-based, open XDR platform built on 20+ years of real-world threat intelligence and research, improving customers’ ability to detect advanced threats, streamline and collaborate on investigations, and automate the right actions.
Principal Accountabilities
The Security Analyst is focused on protecting our customers by providing exceptional information security services to include:
- Real-time threat analysis
- Reference and apply Counter Threat Unit (CTU) Intelligence Services
- First point of contact for customer interactions, conducted in a professional manner with emphasis on customer satisfaction
- Point of coordination and collaboration with IR, Product support and other roles within SecureWorks and the Customer environment
- Provide Advanced Intrusion Analysis
Principal Responsibilities
- Responsible for monitoring and investigating IT security alerts, determining the source of the threat, the extent to which client assets have been compromised and making recommendations for remediation.
- Perform analysis of security events from multiple sources including but not limited to events from endpoint detection tools, network and host-based IDS, firewall logs, system logs (Unix & Windows), mainframes, mid-range, applications, and databases.
- Interface with clients via chat, tickets, phone calls to address their issues, concerns, and questions, and drive to satisfactory closure any issues that impact the service and its value
Skills
- Good technical communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Excellent problem-solving skills that would allow for the ability to diagnose and troubleshoot technical issues.
- Client-focused with a passion for delivering service excellence.
- Sense of urgency and ability to work under pressure.
- Possess high standard of integrity andconfidentiality.
Education and Experience
- 1-3+ years of work experience in adjacent areas (Security Operations Center, Network Operations Center, System Administrator, Platform/Tool Support Engineer, IT Helpdesk support).
- Completion of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent program in Computer Science, Network Security, Information Security or other applicable field.
- Previous experience in raw log files review, data correlation, and analysis (e.g., firewalls logs, network flows, intrusion detection systems, system logs).
- Awareness of Information Security concepts (malware, emerging threats, attacks, and vulnerability management).
- Previous customer support experience including the resolution of customer escalations, incident handling and reporting.