Full-Time Lead Cyber Defense Analyst

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Experian

Job Title

Lead Cyber Defense Analyst

Posted

Career Level

Full-Time

Career Level

Experienced

Locations Accepted

United States

Job Details

Overview

As a Cyber Defense Lead, you will join Experian's Cyber Fusion Center, performing in-depth analysis, evaluation and response to security threats. You will report into the Sr. Manager of SecOps and Threat Detection.

Responsibilities
  • Monitor the daily operations of the team, being the primary liaison between analysts and leadership
  • Provide advanced support and act as a designated contact for the Cyber Defense Analysts
  • Oversee response activities for security events and alerts associated with cyber threats
  • Use investigative experience and technical skills to analyze events using security tooling and logging
  • Monitor for anomalous changes in metrics, notable open incidents, quality concerns, or observed risks
  • Complete assigned caseload throughout the incident response lifecycle
  • Be a mentor to Cyber Defense Analysts, providing feedback on the quality of work to analyst(s) and management
  • Lead the development of relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and training materials
  • Collaborate with the Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) and content development teams
Qualifications
  • 5+ years of information security experience working within a Security Operations Center or Cyber Security Incident Response Teams; at least 1 of which ideally includes experience as a team lead
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Information Security, or a related field.
  • History of interpreting device and application logs from a variety of sources
  • 1+ professional certifications related to Digital Forensics, Incident Response, or Ethical Hacking
  • Information security management certifications (CISSP, CISM)
  • Knowledge of the Incident Response Life Cycle, MITRE ATT&CK Framework, and Cyber Kill Chain
  • Understanding of common Operating Systems, Networking, Cloud Infrastructure, and Security Technologies
  • Experience with Security Monitoring applications such as SIEM, EDR
  • Experience with SOAR technologies
  • Security analysis and architecture knowledge using tools including Defender for Cloud, Wiz.io, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, or CloudWatch.
  • Record of improving the way work is performed, originating action and ideas to lead enhancements to existing processes.
  • Abvailable to work outside of normal work hours to respond to cybersecurity incidents

FAQs

What is the last date for applying to the job?

The deadline to apply for Full-Time Lead Cyber Defense Analyst at Experian is 9th of October 2025 . We consider jobs older than one month to have expired.

Which countries are accepted for this remote job?

This job accepts [ United States ] applicants. .

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