Bain & Company, Inc.

Job Summary: 

The Senior Analyst is a position within Bain's Cyber Security Department, whose mission is to safeguard the digital assets and integrity of the organization. In this role, the Analyst understands how security measures align with the overall organizational strategy and will begin to organize and lead in the development and implementation of security controls that adhere to regulatory requirements and best practices. The Sr. Analyst will monitor, analyze and respond to potential security incidents and threats, analyze their urgency and impact to Bain, implement necessary responsive measures to protect the organization's digital assets, data, and infrastructure. These measures may require taking a leadership position in coordinating activities across the team working with technical teams and Security leadership. The Senior Analyst Security Operations role has multiple disciplines these include Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Management and Pro-Active Security Testing and Enhanced Security Operations. Team members may spend some a percentage or all of their time in these specific disciplines.

Principal Accountabilities and % of time:

Security Monitoring (20%)

• Oversee and conduct advanced security monitoring, analysis, and correlation of security events and incidents to detect and respond to threats effectively.
• Lead the identification and in-depth analysis of sophisticated security threats, including malware, APTs (Advanced Persistent Threats), and targeted attacks.
• Manage and optimize a wide range of security tools and technologies, including SIEM, IDS/IPS, and advanced threat detection solutions.
• Identify and integrate new data sources

Incident Detection & Analysis (60%)

• Create and maintain security runbooks.  Present changes to the team for review and implementation.
• Conduct in-depth log analysis, data correlation, and forensic investigations to identify root causes of incidents and improve security measures. 
• Ensure that controls identified in security policies and practices adhere to industry standards and compliance requirements and oversee the validation of the controls.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and provide leadership and guidance to junior security analysts. Serve as a subject matter expert in security discussions and decision-making.
• Establish and maintain automation of alerts & response driving down MTTR and reducing overall risk.

Enhanced Security Operations (10%)

• Expertise and experience in Forensic Investigations and Tooling
• Red Team, Blue Team, Purple team exercise leadership experience.

Professional Development and Innovation (10%)

• Stay informed about emerging trends and technologies in cybersecurity.
• Work collaboratively with other security team members, IT departments, and relevant business units to address security concerns and enhance overall security posture.
• Explore Professional Certifications and work with leadership to plan trainings.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities : 

Security Monitoring & Incident Detection and Response

• Strong knowledge of Splunk (or other SIEM tools),CrowdStrike, Windows Defender, Other AV/EDR tool configuration, Cyberhaven (or other DLP tools)
• Knowledge of Vulnerability & Attack Surface Management toolsets, Threat Intelligence and Analysis tools, Vendor technical Risk Scoring tools, Deception technologies
• Knowledge of ticketing, triage and forensics capabilities and toolsets

General Skills

• Good communication skills, with the ability to document and explain technical information clearly.
• Analytical mindset, with a focus on learning and problem-solving.
• Ability to work independently and well in a team, showing strong interpersonal skills.
• Eagerness to learn and adapt to new challenges in cybersecurity.
• Entrepreneurial spirit, open to trying new approaches and learning from them.

Experience: 

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology) or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Experience with Information Security technologies (Firewall, IPS, IDS, SIEM, EDR, CASB, AV, DLP, etc.)
• Experience with common information security controls frameworks (i.e. ISO, NIST, CIS, or CSA)
• 4-6 Years of experience is same domain
• Experience deploying systems or applications 
• Ability to work independently and with teams on complex problems
• Complex problem solving
• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Attention to detail and priority/time management.
• Strong customer service, analytic, communication (oral and written) and troubleshooting/problem solving skills.
• Experience with endpoint security control design having implemented controls such as EDR or AV
• Experience with automation of Information Security controls
• Experience with automating tasks via scripting, 
• Experience with common cloud security control frameworks, for example NIST CSF or CSA