Senior IT Security Analyst

Senior IT Security Analyst

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and self-driven Senior IT Security Analyst to strengthen our cyber defense capabilities. This role is ideal for a hands-on security professional who thrives in fast-paced environments, leads incident response efforts, and can independently drive investigations to resolution.

You will play a key role in detecting, investigating, and coordinating responses to cybersecurity threats across enterprise and cloud environments while collaborating effectively with technical and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

· Lead security monitoring, threat detection, and incident investigation activities.

· Drive end-to-end security incident response, containment, recovery, and post-incident analysis.

· Perform forensic investigations and threat hunting to identify suspicious activity and emerging risks.

· Monitor and analyze security alerts, user behavior, and anomalies across enterprise environments.

· Conduct security assessments and recommend practical risk mitigation strategies.

· Partner with cross-functional teams to improve security operations and incident readiness.

· Mentor junior analysts and contribute to continuous SOC capability improvement.

· Prepare clear technical and executive-level incident communications and reporting.

Required Skills & Experience

· 4–7+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience, preferably in Security Operations, Incident Response, or Threat Detection.

· Strong experience working with SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR platforms and security monitoring technologies.

· Experience securing cloud environments (AWS & Azure), including cloud-native security monitoring and investigations.

· Strong understanding of network security, attack techniques, threat detection, and forensic investigation.

· Proven experience leading or coordinating major security incidents across multiple stakeholders.

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and make sound decisions.

· Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to confidently drive incident coordination under pressure.

· A self-starter mindset with strong ownership and the ability to work with minimal guidance.

Preferred

· Experience with automation and orchestration in SOC environments.

· Exposure to threat intelligence, detection engineering, or security operations optimization.

· Relevant cybersecurity certifications (e.g., CISSP, GIAC, GCIA, GCIH, SC-200, AZ-500, Splunk, Sentinel, CrowdStrike).

Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Experience Level

Senior Level