Information Security Analyst

Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
  • 8+ years in a Security Operation Center or similar role
  • 1+ year working with AI models in SOC
  • 2+ years programming in Python
  • 2+ years with SOAR platforms
  • Relevant Cyber Security GIAC Certification (CISM, CEH, GCIH, GCDA, or similar)
  • Availability for off-hours escalation support

Responsibilities

  • Perform advanced malware analysis and extract IOCs for threat intelligence
  • Develop and deploy SOAR automations to improve SOC processes
  • Collaborate with the Data Science Team to build agentic capabilities
  • Enhance prevention, detection, and threat hunting with Security Intelligence Team
  • Optimize alerting platforms through rule development and tuning
  • Act as team lead and mentor Junior Analysts
  • Conduct QA responsibilities focusing on thorough analysis and documentation

Benefits

  • Inclusive workplace fostering accountability and agility
  • Opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth
  • Collaborative environment working with diverse security teams
  • Leadership development through mentorship roles
  • Access to innovative technology solutions for cybersecurity
Full Job Description
The Opportunity

As a Mastery Level Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst you'll have an opportunity to be part of a growing team of highly technical Cybersecurity analysts who are passionate about protecting MassMutual's assets and customers by leveraging Agentic capabilities, problem solving skills and innovative technology solutions. In this role, as well as all roles within MassMutual, you will demonstrate accountability, agility, a dedication to be inclusive, a strong business acumen, and will show courage, even in the most difficult situations. We also highly value strong communication skills, a passion for learning, leadership traits, resilience, and self-awareness.

The Team

As a member of the SOC team, you will work in close collaboration with fellow security analysts, engineers, and other IT security specialists throughout the firm including the Security Operations Center, Threat Intelligence, Offensive Security, Security Platforms Support, Network Security, Endpoint Security and IAM teams

The Impact:
  • Perform advanced Malware analysis and extract Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) to feed our Threat Intelligence Platform
  • Develop and deploy SOAR automations accelerating internal SOC processes.
  • Work closely with our Data Science Team to build Agentic capabilities
  • Work collaboratively with our Security Intelligence team to enrich and enhance prevention, detection, and threat hunting capabilities
  • Optimize alerting platforms through rule development and tuning of existing alerting logic
  • Act as team lead, mentor Junior Analysts, be a go to escalation point for other SOC analysts
  • Perform QA responsibilities ensuring thorough analysis and documentation


The Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent professional experience
  • 8 + years' experience working in a Security Operation Center or similar cyber security technical role.
  • 1 + year's experience working with Artificial Intelligence models to enhance SOC capabilities.
  • 2 + years experience writing in Python.
  • 2 + years experience working with SOAR platforms
  • Relevant Cyber Security GIAC Certification such as CISM, CEH, GCIH, GCDA or similar.
  • Able to support off hours escalations


The Ideal Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in cyber security
  • Certifications: CISSP, CISM, CISA, GCIH, GCFR
  • Knowledge of and practical experience with the MITRE ATT&CK framework
  • Mastery of Python, PowerShell or other scripting languages
  • Experience working with a SIEM platform mining large datasets
  • Understanding of web application vulnerabilities including XSS, CSRF, SQL Injection, command injection and serialization attacks
  • Interest in continuous learning and a passion for Cybersecurity
  • Experience and confidence communicating with and presenting to senior leadership
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Advanced technical expertise developing security automations
  • In depth knowledge of operating systems process relationships and file structures (Windows, Mac, Linux).
  • Functional experience developing new detections for alerting platforms
  • Expert level knowledge of Cybersecurity attack and defense techniques
  • Strong understanding of web authentication flows such as SAML and OAUTH
  • In depth knowledge of cloud environments such as AWS and Azure.
  • Deep understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, and packet-level analysis.
  • Understanding of living off the land techniques used by adversaries, using tools such as PowerShell, WMIC, Task Scheduler, Windows Registry etc.


Salary Range:
$137,800-$180,800

At MassMutual, we focus on ensuring fair equitable pay, by providing competitive salaries, along with incentive and bonus opportunities for all employees. Your total compensation package includes either a bonus target or in a sales-focused role a Variable Incentive Compensation component.

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