Senior Cybersecurity Analyst – Network Security
Contract Length: 12+ months
Location: Austin, Texas (100% Onsite)
We are seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst - Network Security to support enterprise security operations across on-premises, cloud, network, and endpoint environments. This role will monitor, investigate, detect, and respond to security threats while supporting threat hunting, detection engineering, and incident response. The ideal candidate is a hands-on security professional with strong experience across SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, NDR, threat intelligence, and security operations.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information systems, information technology, or a related field.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, Security+, CySA+, GIAC, or Microsoft security.
• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, network security, security operations, incident response, or related information security.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel, including incident management, analytics rules, workbooks, automation, data connectors, and KQL.
• Strong experience with SIEM platforms, security log collection and management, alert investigation, correlation, and monitoring.
• Experience with SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, and NDR technologies.
• Experience with detection engineering, including developing and tuning detection rules and alerts.
• Strong ability to write and interpret KQL, SPL, and security queries.
• Experience with threat intelligence, threat hunting, and identifying indicators of compromise.
• Strong understanding of firewalls, IDS/IPS, DNS, VPN, TCP/IP, network segmentation, secure network architecture.
• Ability to investigate complex security events, correlate data across multiple sources, and clearly document findings.
• Knowledge of security frameworks and standards, including NIST and CIS Controls.
• Ability to prioritize alerts based on severity, risk, and business impact.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
• Experience with advanced threat hunting, detection engineering, and cloud security preferred.
Key Responsibilities
• Monitor security alerts, logs, network events, endpoint telemetry, and threat intelligence feeds.
• Investigate suspicious activity, malware indicators, anomalous network behavior, and SIEM/EDR alerts.
• Perform incident triage, investigation, escalation, containment coordination, and documentation.
• Develop and tune detection rules, dashboards, alerts, playbooks, and security queries.
• Conduct threat hunting using KQL, SPL, packet/session analysis, and endpoint telemetry.
• Support vulnerability, risk, and security control assessments.
• Document investigations, prepare incident reports, and track corrective actions.
• Collaborate with network, infrastructure, cloud, endpoint, and application teams to address security risks.
• Stay current on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, attack techniques, and security best practices.
• Participate in incident response, escalation, and after-action reviews as needed.
• Maintain accurate investigation notes, operational documentation, and security metrics.
• Follow established security policies, procedures, and standards.
• Work effectively with security, network, infrastructure, cloud, endpoint, and application teams.
• Support time-sensitive security incidents and escalations as needed.
• May require after-hours support for critical security incidents or planned maintenance.
Genius Road, LLC is proud to be a Certified Women’s Business Enterprise, an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.