Avnet

Cybersecurity Incident Response Analyst II

Avnet • $75K — $95K *
Chandler, AZ 85225Hybrid
Information Technology
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Qualifications

  • 1-3 years of relevant work experience, ideally in cyber incident response.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience related to cybersecurity.
  • Experience with CrowdStrike platform preferred, specifically EDR and NG-SIEM.
  • Understanding of frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and NIST 800-61.
  • Strong communication abilities for both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Demonstrated experience in effective threat hunting and multi-source correlation.

Responsibilities

  • Investigate and respond to escalated cybersecurity incidents, assessing impact and recovery.
  • Analyze and correlate activity across multiple systems to understand attacker behavior.
  • Provide support as an escalation point for SOC analysts during investigations.
  • Conduct proactive threat hunting by utilizing threat intelligence and observed activity.
  • Work on improving detection and response capabilities by identifying gaps.
  • Maintain and document incident response playbooks and procedures; create incident reports.
  • Coordinate investigative workstreams during complex incidents, acting as incident commander when needed.

Benefits

  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • 401K and Pension Plan
  • Paid Holidays
  • Family Support (Paid Leave, Surrogacy, Adoption)
  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
  • Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance
  • Health Savings Account / Flexible Spending Account
  • Education Assistance
  • Employee Development Resources
  • Wellness, Leadership Development, and Mentorship Programs
Full Job Description
Applicant must be a U.S. Person (for example, a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident / green card holder) eligible to access Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)

Job Summary:

We are seeking a hands-on Cyber Incident Response Analyst to join a steadily maturing incident response program. In this role, you will be part of a global team operating in a follow-the-sun model across regions, supporting incident response through coordinated handoffs. The team operates on the CrowdStrike platform across EDR, NG-SIEM, SOAR, case management, and Charlotte AI, working closely with an externally managed SOC to support escalated investigations. As we continue integrating AI capabilities into the platform, lower-level triage work is handled automatically, allowing analysts to focus on deeper investigation, threat hunting, reporting, and improving how incidents are detected and handled.

Principal Responsibilities:
  • Incident Investigation: Investigates and responds to escalated cybersecurity incidents, including validation, scoping, containment, and recovery, while determining root cause, scope, and business impact.
  • Threat Analysis and Correlation: Analyzes activity across endpoint, network, cloud, and identity systems and correlates data across EDR, SIEM, and other telemetry sources to understand attacker behavior.
  • SOC Escalation Support: Serves as an escalation point for SOC analysts by guiding investigations, improving triage quality, and helping ensure consistency in analysis.
  • Threat Hunting: Performs proactive threat hunting using structured queries, threat intelligence, and observed activity to identify suspicious behavior beyond alert-driven detection.
  • Detection and Response Improvement: Identifies detection gaps and contributes to improving detections, use cases, workflows, and overall response quality.
  • Documentation and Reporting: Maintains incident response playbooks, procedures, and investigation documentation, and develops clear incident reports and executive summaries for both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Incident Coordination: Takes ownership of investigative workstreams during complex incidents and, when needed, assumes the role of incident commander until relieved by senior staff.
  • Post-Incident Review: Participates in post-incident reviews and contributes to applying lessons learned to improve future detection and response.
  • Other duties as assigned

Distinguishing Characteristics:
  • Investigation Depth: Demonstrates the ability to perform full investigations, including scoping, timeline reconstruction, root cause identification, and impact assessment.
  • Tool Proficiency: Experience operating within EDR and SIEM platforms and using multiple telemetry sources to conduct investigations.
  • CrowdStrike Experience: Hands-on experience with the CrowdStrike Falcon platform (EDR, NG-SIEM, Fusion, or related modules) and familiarity with Falcon Query Language or LogScale is strongly preferred.
  • Threat Hunting Capability: Experience performing proactive threat hunting and identifying activity outside of alert-driven workflows.
  • Multi-Source Correlation: Ability to correlate activity across endpoint, identity, network, and cloud systems without relying on a single tool.
  • Framework Awareness: Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK and structured incident response practices aligned to frameworks such as NIST 800-61 Rev. 3.
  • Process Improvement Mindset: Experience improving detections, playbooks, or response workflows based on investigation findings and recurring patterns.
  • Incident Ownership: Demonstrates the ability to take ownership during incidents and contribute to coordination or leadership of response activities.
  • Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly explain what is happening, what it means, and what needs to happen next during active incidents.
  • Collaboration: Ability to work effectively with SOC, engineering, infrastructure, and security teams to investigate and remediate threats.


Work Experience:
  • Typically 1 to 3 years with bachelor's or equivalent.


Education and Certification(s):
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience from which comparable knowledge and job skills can be obtained.
  • Relevant certifications preferred but not required

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What We Offer:

Our employees work hard to live our values and help us grow. Our total rewards strategy supports Avnet's ability to attract, engage, develop, and reward our employees, while promoting a diverse and inclusive environment. We offer competitive compensation and benefit programs - from time away and flexible working arrangements to programs supporting employee well-being and opportunities to give back to your community.

  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • 401K and Pension Plan
  • Paid Holidays
  • Family Support (Paid Leave, Surrogacy, Adoption)
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
  • Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance
  • Health Savings Account / Flexible Spending Account
  • Education Assistance
  • Employee Development Resources
  • Employee Wellness, Leadership Development and Mentorship Programs


Benefits listed above may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Avnet.

This position will have access to ITAR product and therefore be authorized to access product. This position requires the employee to be a U.S. Citizen or National, or a lawful permanent resident as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20), or a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills.

About Avnet

Avnet is a global technology solutions provider with an extensive ecosystem delivering design, product, marketing and supply chain expertise for customers at every stage of the product lifecycle. We transform ideas into intelligent solutions, reducing the time, cost and complexities of bringing products to market. For nearly a century, Avnet has helped its customers and suppliers around the world realize the transformative possibilities of technology. Learn more about Avnet at www.avnet.com.

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Size
14,500 employees
Market Cap
$3.7 billion
Industry
Consumer Technology
Net Income
-$76.2 million
Founded
1921
5 Year Trend
+6.9%
Revenue
$17.8 billion
NASDAQ
AVT
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