Bitdefender · 2 days ago
Associate Security Analyst
San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area
Full-time
Hybrid
New Grad, Entry LevelBitdefender is focused on delivering real security value for an affordable price and is seeking an Associate Security Analyst. This role involves real-time monitoring and analysis of security events, triaging security incidents, and proactively reviewing customer environments for anomalous behavior.
Cloud SecurityCyber SecurityNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Under supervision perform real-time monitoring and analysis of security events from multiple sources including both host and network telemetry
Triage security events to determine priority and severity
Proactively review customers environments searching for anomalous behavior using the cyber kill chain, cyber intelligence, and investigative techniques
Qualification
Required
Be familiar with and able to articulate when discussing the following: Cybersecurity principles
Cyber threats and vulnerabilities
Current incident response methodologies
Current cyber investigative techniques
Current cyber threat trends
Computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies
Knowledge of basic physical computer components and architectures, including the functions of various components and peripherals (e.g., CPUs, NICs, HDDs)
Perform analysis of log files from a variety of sources (e.g., individual host logs, network traffic logs, firewall logs, and intrusion detection system [IDS] logs) to identify possible threats to network security
Basic system administration, network, and operating system hardening techniques
Identifying, modifying, and manipulating applicable system components within Windows, Unix, or Linux (e.g., passwords, user accounts, files)
Conduct research, analysis, and correlation across a wide variety of all source data sets (indications and warnings)
Defense-in-depth principles and practices (e.g., defense-in-multiple places, layered defenses, security robustness)
Virtualization and cloud computing
Knowledge of which system files (e.g., log files, registry files, configuration files) contain relevant information and where to find those system files
Hacking methodologies
Networking protocols (e.g., TCP/IP), services (e.g., web, mail, DNS), and how they interact to provide network communications
Knowledge of encryption algorithms (e.g., Internet Protocol Security [IPSEC], Advanced Encryption Standard [AES], Generic Routing Encapsulation [GRE], Internet Key Exchange [IKE], Message Digest Algorithm [MD5], Secure Hash Algorithm [SHA]) and how they are used
How to perform packet-level analysis using appropriate tools (e.g., Wireshark, tcpdump)
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools - Searching, aggregating, and correlating data
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Regular Expressions (Regex)
Benefits
Choice of (2) health plans plus other benefits
Competitive salary and total compensation plans with quarterly bonuses
401k retirement planning
Paid career development and training
Subsidized cell phones
Company
Bitdefender
Bitdefender is a security technology company that provides advanced threat protection to both business and consumer customers.
Founded in 2001
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1)
2022 (1)
2021 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$187MKey Investors
Vitruvian Partners
2017-12-01Secondary Market· $180M
2007-12-06Series Unknown· $7M
Leadership Team
Florin Talpeș
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Florin Virlan
Senior Vice President of Products and Engineering, CSG
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