Cybersecurity Analyst

About This Role

This temporary contractor role involves providing hands-on security operations, incident investigation, and technical support to clients. The Cybersecurity Analyst will monitor and respond to security alerts, investigate suspicious activity, and offer security guidance for technology and business initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and respond to day-to-day security alerts and escalations, including CrowdStrike Falcon/OverWatch notifications
• Investigate suspicious activity, validate false positives, and document findings and resolution
• Provide hands-on technical support for cybersecurity incidents and escalations, including reviewing logs and available evidence to support investigations
• Perform root-cause analysis and assess the potential organizational impact of security events
• Support established incident-response processes, including escalation, containment, remediation, documentation, and follow-up
• Handle routine operational cybersecurity activities and serve as the technical resource for security issues that require deeper expertise than the existing IT team currently has available
• Support detection engineering and security analytics using technologies and query languages such as CrowdStrike Foundry, NG-SIEM, CQL, KQL, Microsoft Defender, and Microsoft Sentinel
• Identify vulnerabilities and collaborate with technical teams on remediation activities
• Support vendor onboarding process by reviewing security questionnaires and vendor responses, identifying potential concerns, and performing deeper technical review when warranted
• Provide hands-on cybersecurity input for ongoing technology changes, partner/data onboarding, and other business initiatives so that necessary security reviews can continue without unnecessarily slowing the business
• Contribute to security policies, controls, audit support, and organizational security awareness efforts

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in cybersecurity, security operations, infrastructure engineering, systems administration, or related technology roles
• Hands-on experience monitoring and investigating security alerts and responding to cybersecurity incidents
• Experience reviewing logs, analyzing security telemetry, conducting root-cause analysis, and documenting investigation outcomes
• Working knowledge of endpoint security, identity security, cloud security, email security, vulnerability management, and security operations
• Experience with CrowdStrike technologies, including Falcon, Foundry, Workflows, OverWatch, or NG-SIEM
• Experience securing Microsoft cloud environments, including Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Microsoft Defender, or Microsoft Sentinel
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Experience supporting vulnerability assessments, penetration-test remediation, phishing simulations, and web-filtering programs

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with security policies, controls, audit support, and regulated or compliance-driven environments
• CompTIA Security+ or another recognized cybersecurity certification

Benefits

• Health coverage
• Wellness programs
• 401K company match
• Self-managed PTO
• Other unique incentives
• Professional development

Important Details

• Job Level: W2T Consultant
• Travel Expectations: None
• Job Classification: Temporary (W2T) Contractor (1099)
• Work format: Remote or Hybrid Work

About the Company

Centric Consulting was founded in 1999 with a remote workforce. It combines the benefits of experience, flexibility, and cost efficiency to create tailored solutions centered on what’s best for businesses. Now numbering more than 1,400 employees in the U.S. and India, the company is committed to solving clients’ toughest problems and delivering unmatched experiences.