Sr Cybersecurity Analyst
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Full Time
1 day ago
Key skills
AIArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningAnalyticsAzureIAMAgile
About this role
Summary
The Senior Cybersecurity Analyst is responsible for supporting cybersecurity activities to safeguard enterprise systems, networks, and applications. This role helps design, implement, and monitor security controls, enabling a secure and compliant technology environment. This position contributes to data protection architecture, vulnerability management, incident response, and alignment with industry cybersecurity standards. This role operates within a hybrid, Azure-based enterprise environment and partners closely with IT, engineering, and security stakeholders worldwide.
Responsibilities
• Lead and perform security investigations, incident response, and threat hunting across enterprise environments.
• Analyze, triage, and respond to security alerts from SIEM, EDR, identity, and cloud sources.
• Perform root cause analysis and drive containment, eradication, and recovery efforts.
• Participate in on-call or escalation rotations as required for security incidents.
• Maintain and enhance detection capabilities within Rapid7 Insight IDR, including alert tuning, visibility improvement, and response workflow optimization.
• Proactively hunt for threats across endpoint, identity, network, and cloud telemetry.
• Collaborate with internal teams to improve signal-to-noise ratio and overall security posture.
• Manage and support Beyond Trust Password Safe, including credential vaulting, access workflows, auditing, and operational use.
• Partner with infrastructure, cloud, and application teams to onboard privileged accounts and enforce least-privilege access.
• Support and secure workloads in a hybrid Azure environment, including identity, logging, access controls, and integrations.
• Investigate and respond to security incidents impacting cloud-hosted resources.
• Partner with IAM, cloud, and platform teams to improve security-by-design practices.
• Working knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning concepts as applied to cybersecurity.
• Experience or familiarity with AI-assisted threat detection, investigation automation, and analytics.
• Understanding of AI-related security risks, misuse scenarios, and governance considerations.
• Ability to evaluate and securely operate AI-enabled security tools within an enterprise environment.
Essential Functions of the Role
- Communicate effectively via email, phone, and virtual platforms.
- Ensure data accuracy and confidentiality in compliance with company and legal standards.
- Maintain secure handling of sensitive information.
Education & Work Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree with 5-8 years of related experience
Education & Work Preferences
Certifications such as SSCP, CEH, Security+, CISSP, or equivalent are strongly preferred.
• Experience with Azure security concepts, and identity/access management.
• Knowledge of frameworks including SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, HIPAA, and GDPR.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and problem‑solving skills.
• Microsoft Azure security certifications such as AZ-500 (Microsoft Azure Security Technologies) or Azure Security Engineer Associate.
Competencies
- Be Agile - Innovates and adapts quickly, approaching change with curiosity while persisting through obstacles.
- Be Customer Centric - Considers the needs, experiences and feedback of customers in all we do.
- Be People-Focused - Builds trust and collaborates with an inclusive and empathetic approach.
- Be Performance Driven - Operates with an ownership mindset, driving meaningful outcomes.
- Live The Schneiders’ Legacy, Our Noble Purpose - Passionately serves Our Mission and Vision, while demonstrating the Immutable Principles.
Location - Gurugram