The Cyber Security Analyst – Threat Hunting is a member of the Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) team and is responsible for ensuring that CenterPoint identifies threats to its network and data, performs cyber incident response, and has a sophisticated, detailed understanding of the evolving threat landscape. The ideal candidate has prior cyber security operations experience in a mixed environment of linux and Windows, thrives on demonstrating deductive reasoning skills, has advanced level hands-on threat hunting and cyber incident response experience. Essential Functions Performs analysis to validate threat intelligence reports Conducts hypothesis-driven threat hunting Performs cyber incident response in both linux and Windows environments. Acts as an escalation point for Jr. Analysts Makes security recommendations to security infrastructure, network services, linux services, web and application services teams Act as a cyber security advocate for adherence to industry best practices Assists in continual service improvement efforts Participates in the collection and documentation of operational artifacts, participates in the development and population of knowledge management and collaboration systems for the CSOC Assists management in identifying cyber security knowledge gaps and provides mentorship and training to other cyber security analysts Pursues continuing education to maintain knowledge of best practices, threats and trends in cyber security and translates into operational action items Education Description Bachelor’s degree in an IT related field or equivalent education or work experience. Experience Advanced-level knowledge of linux and Windows operating systems Familiarity with threat hunting frameworks Malware analysis experience Network traffic and log analysis Prior linux and/or Windows administrative experience a plus Excellent written and oral communication skill Self-motivated and able to work in an independent manner CISSP, OSCP, GCIH, GCIA, GMON, GSEC certifications a plus