What You'll Be Doing
Investigate high-severity cybersecurity incidents from detection through containment, determining scope and coordinating response activities across global teams
Work directly with third-party cybersecurity and forensic providers during significant investigations, managing handoffs and maintaining continuity across teams and time zones
Correlate and analyze data across multiple log sources, systems, and security technologies to investigate incidents and determine potential impact
Collaborate with Detection Engineering and Threat Intelligence to improve alert quality, enrich detections, reduce unnecessary noise, and apply lessons learned from investigations
Develop and tune security detections and contribute to the team's detection library, incident response procedures, documentation, and playbooks
Deploy and support new security tools and capabilities across endpoint, cloud, and email security environments, including technologies such as CrowdStrike, Wiz, Proofpoint, and Abnormal
Coordinate incident response activities with teams outside cybersecurity during major investigations and translate technical findings into clear, actionable guidance
Contribute to security projects between incidents, including implementing new tools, developing automation, and establishing new security capabilities
Stay current with evolving cyber threats and assess how emerging threats could affect the environment
Leverage AI technologies, including LLM and agentic solutions, to improve security operations and help address alert scale
The Impact You'll Have
Strengthen East Coast incident response coverage
Reduce time to containment during high-severity incidents through strong investigative capability and cross-functional coordination
Improve detection quality and reduce alert fatigue by feeding investigation findings back into Detection Engineering and enriching alerts with relevant context
Expand the security program's capabilities through new tools, detections, automation, and security initiatives
Help protect Synopsys infrastructure and intellectual property through effective investigation and response to cybersecurity incidents
Build institutional knowledge by documenting investigations, strengthening response procedures and playbooks, and sharing knowledge across the globally distributed team
Support continuous improvement of tooling, detections, processes, and response capabilities between active incidents
What You'll Need
5+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience in Incident Response, Security Operations, or a related security function, including significant experience investigating cybersecurity incidents
Strong experience investigating active security incidents, including determining scope, coordinating containment, and working with multidisciplinary teams during response
Experience working within formal incident response processes and coordinating activities across technical and business teams
Experience collaborating with third-party cybersecurity or forensic providers during investigations
Hands-on experience with SIEM and endpoint detection and response technologies, with the ability to investigate and correlate security activity across multiple data sources
Strong log analysis and network analysis skills with the ability to correlate information across systems and security technologies during investigations
Strong technical knowledge of common network protocols and technologies, including TCP/IP, HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, SSH, RDP, CIFS/SMB, and NFS
Familiarity with cloud and SaaS environments, including AWS, Azure, and Microsoft 365
Strong understanding of Windows environments and general knowledge of Unix, Linux, and macOS
Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and how they apply within an enterprise environment
Practical experience with at least 1 development or scripting language, such as PowerShell, Python, or .NET, as well as regular expressions
Experience contributing to security initiatives outside active incident response, such as developing detections, deploying security tools, automating processes, or establishing new capabilities
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex security issues clearly to technical and nontechnical stakeholders
Experience with endpoint, cloud, and email security technologies such as CrowdStrike, Wiz, Proofpoint, or Abnormal is a plus
Experience with security automation and orchestration technologies, including Microsoft Power Automate or comparable platforms, is a plus
Experience applying AI technologies, including LLM and agentic solutions, within security operations is a plus
Relevant security certifications such as GCIH, GCFE, GCFA, GCSA, GMON, CISSP, or similar are a plus
Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
The Team You'll Be Part Of
You will join the global CSIRT team, which is distributed across Chile, Bangalore, Ireland, and the U.S. East and West Coasts, with the largest concentration of team members in Bangalore. The team balances two primary areas of focus: responding to high-severity cybersecurity incidents and investigations, and advancing security projects and capabilities between incidents, including implementing tools, creating detections, improving automation, and establishing new security capabilities.
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