Senior Security Analyst
HubSpotJob Summary
We are seeking a Senior Security Analyst (Detection Engineering & Automation) to strengthen our detection engineering program. You will build use cases and write detection logic on various security platforms to detect malicious activity in different attack stages. You will partner with engineering teams to develop technology that enables this work, collaborate with incident response teams to improve alert reliability, and take on important roles in threat detection engineering. This role involves building a full lifecycle threat detection program, creating attack simulation scenarios, and leveraging automation to work smarter and more efficiently. The ideal candidate has experience building or maturing a detection engineering program, hands-on security operations experience, and strong understanding of incident response best practices. They should also be able to collect and analyze large sets of structured and unstructured data from disparate sources and have solid experience using SIEM tools and various security tools.
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Senior Security Analyst (Detection Engineering & Automation)
In the Senior Security Analyst (Detection Engineering & Automation) role, you will help strengthen and augment our detection engineering program. You will build use cases and write detection logic on a variety of security platforms to detect malicious activity in various attack stages. You will build attack simulation scenarios, reproduce attack scenarios, and test the effectiveness of new detection logic. You will also partner with engineering teams to develop technology that enables this work. You will closely collaborate with incident response teams to improve the reliability and quality of alerts. Your technical skills, collaboration, and teamwork will help to ensure that our detection systems work well to secure HubSpot and its customers.
If you want to solve interesting challenges in the threat detection arena and solve unique, complex security challenges this is the role you want to be in. You will take on an important role in the threat detection engineering program, helping to deliver necessary research and features to achieve our team’s goals.
In This Role You’ll:
Build a threat detection engineering program (full lifecycle)
Build attack simulation scenarios, detection use cases & test their effectiveness
Leverage an automation first mindset to work smarter / more efficiently
Help respond when needed to critical security incidents
Consult stakeholders on security-related subjects ranging from general OpSec, infrastructure architecture etc
Key Attributes:
Experience building / maturing a detection engineering program
Hands-on security operations experience working within a modern zero trust oriented cloud / SaaS-heavy environment
Strong understanding of incident response best practices with practical experience responding to moderate to complex security incidents
Experience identifying / building new detection use cases
Ability to collect / analyze large sets of structured / unstructured data from disparate sources
Solid experience using SIEM tools (Splunk) for security investigations
Experience using various security tools (EDR, web proxy, IDaaS etc) to assist with an investigation
Strong networking and systems knowledge with a good understanding of macOS and Windows internals
Experience working collaboratively to define and implement security policies, procedures, and controls
Experience providing internal security consultancy / advice to other teams within the company
Experience writing code (Python/Java) to solve problems, facilitate easier data analysis, and to automate security tasks
Acutely aware of industry security trends, advisories, news, and general research
Ideal Candidate (5+ years security experience):
Deep knowledge of macOS and Windows internals and practical experience using it to secure such systems
Experience in detection engineering processes / behaviors
Experience monitoring / securing AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud environments
Knowledge of containerization software and how to secure them (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenStack)
Experience using tools like Splunk & Snowflake
Experience using automation tools like Tines & Splunk SOAR
Experience conducting data analysis using tools such as R, Tableau, PowerBI, Jupyter Notebook
