Threat Analyst 1

Sophos
Canada
Workplace: RemoteFull time56,000 - 93,000 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 2+ yearsSkills: ["Troubleshooting","Analytical thinking","Communication","Customer service","Teamwork","Independent work","Curiosity","Ability to learn quickly","Innovative mindset"]

Provide monitoring, detection, and response for customer environments as part of Sophos’ Managed Threat Response (MDR) team. Investigate security events using Sophos tooling, identify and mitigate threats, and document findings for technical and executive audiences. Collaborate with threat hunters, incident response analysts, engineers, and ethical hackers, researching emerging indicators and adversary techniques to improve outcomes. Shift is 8–5pm ET, with willingness to work outside standard hours.

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Threat Analyst 1

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Job Summary

Provide monitoring, detection, and response for customer environments as part of Sophos’ Managed Threat Response (MDR) team. Investigate security events using Sophos tooling, identify and mitigate threats, and document findings for technical and executive audiences. Collaborate with threat hunters, incident response analysts, engineers, and ethical hackers, researching emerging indicators and adversary techniques to improve outcomes. Shift is 8–5pm ET, with willingness to work outside standard hours.
Location: Canada
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Investigate and analyze logs and security-related events using Sophos tooling
  • •Identify and respond to cyber threats occurring within customer environments
  • •Communicate and document findings to technical and executive audiences
  • •Follow up with customers through issue resolution and provide detailed recommendations to minimize risk
  • •Collaborate with core security and threat response teams while researching emerging IOCs, exploits, and vulnerabilities

Pay and Benefits

Salary: 56,000 - 93,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •2+ years of experience working in a SOC environment or computer security team in an IT environment
  • •Experience with threat hunting
  • •Experience with endpoint and network security monitoring
  • •Hands-on administration/support of Windows OS (workstations and server) plus Windows, Apple, or Linux-based operating systems
  • •Knowledge of common adversary tactics and techniques and the MITRE ATT&CK framework, with familiarity with incident response procedures
Experience:2+ yearsSOCThreat huntingEndpoint securityNetwork security
Skills:TroubleshootingAnalytical thinkingCommunicationCustomer serviceTeamworkIndependent workCuriosityAbility to learn quicklyInnovative mindset
Tech Stack:Sophos toolingWindows OSAppleLinuxPowerShellSQLOSQuerySIEMMITRE ATT&CKTCP/IPWindows event logs

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Sophos
Provides enterprise cybersecurity software and services including endpoint protection, network security, cloud security, encryption, and managed threat response to protect organizations from advanced threats and ransomware.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 500M to 1B
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: Abingdon, United Kingdom
Founded: 1985
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