Sr IT Cyber Defense Analyst

The Sr IT Cyber Defense Analyst leads daily Security Operations Center (SOC) shift operations, prioritizes security alerts, and manages incident handling while ensuring compliance with service-level agreements. The role involves investigating complex cybersecurity incidents, conducting proactive threat hunting, and optimizing detection use cases using Microsoft Sentinel and Kusto Query Language (KQL). This position also leverages AI tools for alert triage and workflow automation while mentoring SOC analysts and collaborating with cross-functional teams to coordinate threat containment and remediation.