Junior Cyber Security Analyst

Job Summary

We’re seeking a Junior Cybersecurity Analyst to help protect our users, data, and systems through hands-on alert triage, endpoint hygiene, data protection enforcement, and incident response support. This role is ideal for someone who has technical IT experience and is looking to hone their experience in Cybersecurity, is detail-oriented, eager to learn, and ready to grow from running playbooks to help build detections and process improvements.

Job Responsibilities

• Investigate & Triage SIEM / XDR alerts and contain low-complexity incidents efficiently.
• Monitor anomalous logins and assist with emergency access revocation.
• Manage and troubleshoot access requests and enforce security policy.
• Perform malware / IOC removal and suspicious file cleanup across user endpoints.
• Validate vulnerability scanner findings and track remediation tickets.
• Deploy and validate endpoint protection on unmanaged systems.
• Validate EDR agents for health and re-onboard offline / compromised endpoints.
• Block malicious indicators of compromise (IOCs).
• Support third party security investigations, coordinate outreach, and containment actions.
• Review and triage DLP alerts, coach users on safe data handling.
• Support and perform pre-deployment testing for security-related changes.
• Educate users on email threats, phishing risks, and software vulnerabilities.
• Generate and deliver weekly / monthly dashboards and compile accurate reports.
• Collaborate with other teams to understand business functions and tie business needs to security operations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

Nice to haves