Senior MDR Analyst

Blackpoint Cyber is the leading provider of world-class cybersecurity threat hunting, detection and remediation technology. Founded by former National Security Agency (NSA) cyber operations experts who applied their learnings to bring national security-grade technology solutions to commercial customers around the world, Blackpoint Cyber is in hyper-growth mode,  fueled by a recent $190m series C round. 

Day Shift:

This shift is Tuesday-Saturday from 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM NZDT.

Please note that the scheduled days and times for this role are non-negotiable. Applicants should ensure full availability before applying.

Company Culture

On this team, we value high-quality execution, ownership, and strong morals. With us, principles are never tested, and we are proud to always do right by our customers. If you’re a driven professional with a passion for learning and contributing towards the best, then Blackpoint welcomes you. Our team is energetic and collaborative, maintaining a high-performance culture and enabling growth through overcoming challenges in the modern cyberthreat landscape.

How You'll Make an Impact:

• Analyze and evaluate anomalous network and system events in a 24×7 Security Operation Center (SOC) environment via conducting lead-less threat hunting

• Collaborate with MDR Analysts to research and investigate emerging cyber security threats; become an escalation point of contact for advanced intrusion analysis.

• Develop Incident analysis reports and work across business units and customers to bring issues to a close

• Help design and build automation to reduce operational tasks of SOC processes

• Provide actionable threat and vulnerability analysis based on security events for many independent customer environments

• Build test lab environments to research emerging techniques and make contributions to the internal and external knowledge development of threat operations.

• Review sandbox technologies for additional IOCs uncovered from artifacts uncovered during analysis.

What you'll Bring:

• Five (5+) years of experience in an information security role. Progressive relevant training and/or certification may be substituted for one (1) year of the experience requirement

• Experience working in a Security Operations Center (SOC), Threat Hunting, or Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR), preferred

• Two (2+) years of experience with triaging endpoint events from EDR, NGAV, and supporting the Incident Response (IR) process

• Deep knowledge on assessing threat indicators in a Windows Environment (e.g. Malware/Malicious Anomalies/Abnormal network Activity/Root Level Compromise, Forensic Artifacts, etc.)

• Robust understanding of at least two of the following: Windows, Linux or OSX;

• Familiarity with ELK stack (Dashboards, Logstash Config, Searching) Scripting / Programming with Powershell, Python, and Go

• Familiarity with AWS services such as EC2, S3 and IAM and Azure/M365

• Experience in developing, refining, and performing leadless threat hunting analysis to uncover new or potential incidents and report on results

• Ability to work shifts if required (night, weekends, and day)

• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills with the ability to deconstruct issues (hunting anomalous pattern detection)

• Excellent communication skills to effectively summarize and present findings

Bonus:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline

• Network/System Administration and/or Engineering

• Deep forensic knowledge of Windows, Mac OS and/or Linux

• Malware Analysis (Behavioral and/or Static analysis- IDA, Cuckoo Sandbox, x86/x64 Debugging) Pentesting/Red/Blue Team

• Capture The Flag (CTF) Development

Blackpoint Cyber welcomes and encourages applications from qualified individuals of all races,  colors, religions, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital  status, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to equality of opportunity in all  aspects of employment.  For eligible employees in the US, Blackpoint offers competitive Health, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance plans, a robust 401k plan, Discretionary Time Off, and other minor perks.