People Inc. · 1 day ago
Principal Security Operations Analyst
Des Moines Metro
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$131K/yr - $131K/yr
5+ years expPeople Inc. is seeking a Principal Security Operations Analyst to safeguard the organization's digital assets. This role involves monitoring, detecting, analyzing, and responding to security threats while implementing security policies and procedures to enhance the overall security posture of the organization.
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Responsibilities
Serves as a critical member of the security team, responsible for safeguarding the organization's digital assets
Leverage advanced technical expertise and experience as a subject matter expert for security operations and work with other subject matter experts not only within security but across product development, infrastructure architecture and business teams to ensure the abilities to efficiently and effectively monitor, detect, analyze, and respond to security threats
Play a key role in supporting and implementing security policies, procedures, and technologies to improve the organization's overall security posture
Work closely with the manager and other team members to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organization's information assets
Responsible for helping set and support the technical direction of security, leading in multiple complex technical projects, and partnering with other groups within the organization to deliver tools and services that align with our security roadmaps
Daily duties include: Lead security event monitoring, analysis, and triage activities
Design and implement security measures to enhance the security posture and capabilities for preventing, detecting and responding to security risks
Perform in-depth investigations, respond to security incident activities and coordinate with internal and external parties and services
Conduct forensic investigations to identify the root cause of security incidents and oversee the remediation measures
Develop and refine incident response plans to minimize the impact of security incidents
Participate in on-call rotation for incident response
Monitor security logs and alerts for signs of suspicious activity
Create, manage and solve tickets, ensuring completion within departmental SLAs
Conduct assessments and coordinate penetration tests to identify and mitigate security risks
Analyze security trends and threat intelligence to proactively identify and address emerging threats
Develop and maintain security automation scripts and playbooks to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of security operations
Design, develop and maintain security monitoring dashboards, alerts and reports
Evaluate, recommend and implement security tooling and technical controls for detection, prevention and response for various threats
Implement and oversee the security operations tooling (e.g. SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR, etc.) to monitor and analyze security events
Proactively identify and analyze emerging threats and vulnerabilities
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other security analysts
Work closely with IT, engineering, operations and other stakeholders to ensure effective collaboration
Communicate security risks and recommendations to management and stakeholders
Assist in the development and delivery of security awareness training programs
Collaborate with other teams to ensure security is integrated into all aspects of the organization
Develop and maintain security documentation and procedures
Develop and implement security policies, procedures, and standards
Conduct security awareness training for employees
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Applied Information Technology, a related field or foreign equivalent
5 years of experience in any occupation where cybersecurity experience with a focus on security operations and incident response was gained
3 years of experience with security principles, vulnerabilities, threats, and cloud security (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
4 years of experience with Security Operations
4 years of experience with security tools including SIEM, IDS/IPS, and EDR
4 years of experience with incident response and forensic investigations
3 years of experience with OS (Linux, Windows, Mac) Security and Compliance
3 years of experience with G-Suite, GWS Administration, MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, SOX, and PCI-DSS
2 years of experience with scripting using Python, Powershell, and Bash
2 years of experience with automation of incident investigation and response (SOAR)
Company
People Inc.
People Inc. is a digital media company that specializes in research, technology, finance, operations, and consumer services.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2012-08-26Acquired
1998-01-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Neil Vogel
Chief Executive Officer
Nabil Ahmad
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
2025-12-12
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