[Hiring] Principal Security Operations Analyst @Huntress
Mar 26, 2025 - Huntress is hiring a remote Principal Security Operations Analyst. đź’¸ Salary: $190,000 - $225,000 plus bonus and equity. đź“ŤLocation: USA.
Role Description
Huntress is looking for a Principal Security Operations Center Analyst based in the United States to join our quickly growing team. In this role, you will triage, investigate, respond to, and remediate intrusions daily. You’ll be surrounded by passionate individuals who are mission-driven to help protect companies worldwide from cyber-attacks. This person will also mentor junior team members, allowing them to grow individually and as a team.
The Huntress Security Operations Center is an elite team that wakes up daily to combat threat actors. You will have daily opportunities to progress your analysis skills while being at the forefront of what’s happening in the wild. With the chance to work on various incidents alongside a skilled team, you’ll have the opportunity to accelerate your career and skills, too.
Responsibilities
- Function as the lead liaison between the SOC and other Product and Research teams
- Build automation to help reduce the workload on the SOC through report template creation
- Own and complete investigative objectives associated with multi-host intrusions without assistance
- Triage, investigate, and respond to alerts coming in from the Huntress platform
- Perform tactical forensic timelining and analysis to determine the root cause of attacks where possible and provide remediations needed to remove the threat
- Perform advanced malware analysis as part of investigating systems and identities
- Investigate suspicious Microsoft M365 activity and provide remediations
- Assist in escalations from the product support team for threat-related and SOC-relevant questions
- Assist our SOC Support team by engaging with customers via video/phone to explain or describe activity observed by the SOC when needed
- Contribute to detection efforts by helping to create or request net new detections as well as tuning detections
- Provide technical mentorship of more junior team members
- Contribute regularly to external facing Huntress content such as blogs, webinars, presentations, and speaking engagements
Qualifications
- 6+ years experience in a SOC, Incident Response, or Forensics role
- Ability to explain possible complex alerts/events in a non-complex way, both written and verbal
- Proven mentoring experience and skills to junior team members, helping them to grow individually and as a team
- Understanding of Malware Analysis (Configuration of isolated Malware Analysis VM, Identification of File Formats, Basic Static & Dynamic analysis)
- Demonstrated experience with Windows and/or MacOS as an attack surface
- Strong understanding and experience with Threat Actor Tools and techniques: (MITRE ATT&CK Framework, PowerShell & Command Prompt Terminals, WMIC, Scheduled Tasks, SCM, Windows Domain and host Enumeration Techniques, Basic Lateral Movement Techniques, Basic Persistence Mechanisms, Basic Defense Evasion Techniques, other offensive/Red Team TTPs)
- Strong experience with Windows Administration or Enterprise Domain Administration and upkeep (Active Directory, Group Policy, PowerShell, Windows Server Update Service, and Domain Trusts)
- Strong experience with M365/Cloud attack techniques
- Demonstrated equivalent of self-guided study experience or Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, System Administration, or cybersecurity
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with scripting languages (such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, PHP, JavaScript, or Ruby)
- Demonstrated experience on platforms like HackTheBox, TryHackMe, Blue Team Labs Online, etc.
- Participation in cybersecurity competitions such as Capture the Flags, the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, etc.
- Familiarity with MSP tools such as RMMs
- Previous experience in an MSP/MSSP/MDR role
Benefits
- 100% remote work environment - since our founding in 2015
- Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans
- 401(k) with a 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution
- Life and Disability insurance plans
- Stock options for all full-time employees
- One-time $500 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office
- Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance
- $75 USD/month digital reimbursement
- Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth
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Salary
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$190,000 - $225,000 plus bonus and equity
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Remote
Location
USA
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Job Type
full-time
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Posted
Mar 26, 2025
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| đź“Ť | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: USA |
| ‼ | Beware of scams! When applying for jobs, you should NEVER have to pay anything. Learn more. |
