Junior Security Analyst

We run a fiber backbone of over 20,000 route miles, plus data centers and network operations centers. Founded in 1989, we now have 5,800 employees.

The position:

Palisadefold is hiring for the Junior Security Analyst role to monitor, investigate and respond to security alerts across our environment. This role handles alert triage, phishing investigations and vulnerability tracking for about 3,000 endpoints. This is an in-person role at our Tucson location.

Responsibilities:

• Help with user access reviews and offboarding audits.
• Analyze reported phishing emails, check headers and URLs, and purge malicious messages.
• Review firewall, proxy, VPN and authentication logs for suspicious activity.
• Investigate endpoint alerts in CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne or Defender for Endpoint.
• Escalate confirmed incidents and follow the incident response plan.

Required qualifications:

• 1+ years in an SOC, security analyst or IT security role.
• Ability to work shifts, including some nights, weekends or holidays as scheduled.
• Basic scripting in PowerShell or Python.
• Must be able to pass a background check.
• Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Experience reading Windows Event Logs, Sysmon and Linux logs.

Preferred:

• CySA+, GCIH, GCIA or BTL1 certification.
• Prior help desk or network administration experience.

Pay: $80,000-$102,000 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Paid sick leave.
• Profit sharing.
• Referral program.
• Employee assistance program.
• Flexible spending account.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you need an accommodation during the application process, let us know.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Palisadefold.