Senior Associate Incident & Threat Analyst (SOC Analyst)

Riverwoods, IL

Full-time

Onsite

$67K/yr - $113K/yr

Entry, Mid, Senior Level

Discover is one of the most recognized brands in U.S. digital banking and payments. The Senior Associate Incident & Threat Analyst will analyze incidents, mitigate threats, and collaborate with incident response teams to enhance Discover's cyber defense capabilities.

Apply Now

Responsibilities

Analyzes incidents, and identify and mitigate threats.
Collaborates with incident response teams to evaluate Discover's cyber defense posture, processes, and procedures in context to given threats.
Creates meaningful, actionable output to improve detection and prevention capabilities.
Performs detailed analysis and incident investigations using a variety of tools, techniques, and data sources available.
Executes timely, thorough, and effective incident handling through collaboration and innovation.
Completes thorough documentation for investigations.
Provides mitigation services for identified threats and security incidents.
Tests detection logic and provide feedback to produce meaningful, actionable output.
Conducts data mining to uncover and investigate anomalous activity.
Drives the normalization, correlation, and integration of internal and subscription threat-intelligence sources.
Creates and maintains documentation such as technical procedures, job aides, processes, and runbooks.
Collect and draft mitigation and countermeasure strategies from collected threat intelligence sources.
Analyzes the organization’s cyber defense posture given specific threats.
Maintains evidence integrity during acquisitions and analysis.
Maintains a high-level awareness of security trends and emerging threats.

Qualification

Required

Bachelors Computer Science, Information Security or related
2+ years Information Security, Computer Science, Data Analytics or related
In Lieu of Education: 4+ years Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, Data Analytics or related
Technical proficiency of Advanced Beginner on the Dreyfus Cybersecurity scale for internal applicants only

Preferred

GIAC
Security+
Network+

Benefits

Paid Parental Leave
Paid Time Off
401(k) Plan
Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account
Short and Long Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurances
Recognition Program
Education Assistance
Commuter Benefits
Family Support Programs
Employee Stock Purchase Plan

We are Discover. As one of the most recognized brands in U.S.

Glassdoor

3.9

Founded in 1985

Deerfield, Illinois, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.discover.com