Huntress · 1 day ago
Senior Tactical Response Analyst - West Coast
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$145K/yr - $165K/yr
3+ years expHuntress is a fully remote, global team focused on breaking down barriers to cybersecurity. The Senior Tactical Response Analyst will lead incident response engagements and assist customers in understanding and mitigating cyber threats.
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Responsibilities
Lead or support tactical incident response engagements for customers who already utilize Huntress MDR. Perform live analysis on systems to determine the root cause of an intrusion, and craft reports that summarize the intrusion, with the next steps to be taken
Research, develop, and test new tooling in the form of automations, scripts, and tools for analysis
Perform intermediate malware analysis as part of response efforts
Perform OSINT as part of response efforts
Contribute to content creation efforts such as blogs, videos, podcasts, and webinars
Contribute to community-driven projects and frameworks, such as MITRE ATT&CK, HijackLibs, and the LOLBAS Project
Speak with customers to explain or summarize findings from investigations
Qualification
Required
3-5 years working in one or more of the following: SOC, MDR, Threat Hunting, or Incident Response roles
Experience leading or participating in Incident Response engagements for external customers
Experience with tools such as osquery, Velociraptor, or leveraging EDRs to perform forensic artifact analysis on systems
Confident command of forensic tools - such as Ericzimmerman's EZ tools, RegRipper, Hayabusa, or Chainsaw - and forensic artifacts - such as prefetch, jumplists, shellbags, and more
Deep understanding of offensive security tradecraft, particularly persistence, lateral movement, credential theft, and remote access
Confidently able to track threat actors across an organization and timeline the activity
Strong familiarity with one or more detection languages such as Sigma, Suricata, Snort, or Yara
Familiarity with OSINT sources and how they can help answer questions relating to threat actor activity and infrastructure
Strong familiarity with various query languages such as KQL, EQL, ES|QL, Splunk SPL
Intermediate malware analysis skills
Intermediate knowledge of Windows internals
Intermediate knowledge of Linux and macOS internals is a bonus
Strong understanding of the current threat landscape, initial access brokers, and ransomware actors
Passionate and involved with the community through blogs, social media, conferences, etc
Experience with scripting (such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, PHP, JavaScript, or Ruby)
Demonstrable experience providing written and/or verbal customer-facing deliverables
Experience with detection and response in cloud environments such as Microsoft M365/Azure
Comfortable using Git to contribute to internal projects
Benefits
100% remote work environment - since our founding in 2015
Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays
12 weeks of paid parental leave
Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans
401(k) with a 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution
Life and Disability insurance plans
Stock options for all full-time employees
One-time $500 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office
Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance
$75 USD/month digital reimbursement
Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth
Company
Huntress
Huntress is the enterprise-grade, people-powered cybersecurity solution for all businesses, not just the 1%.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$309.76MKey Investors
Sapphire VenturesCIBC Innovation BankingJMI Equity
2024-06-18Series D· $150M
2023-05-16Series C· $60M
2022-09-07Debt Financing· $40M
Leadership Team
Kyle Hanslovan
CEO & Co-Founder
John Ferrell
Co-Founder
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