Senior Cyber Threat Response (CTR) Analyst – XSIAM/XSOAR Detection & Automation

Contract      Information Security      Cleveland, Ohio      [job_pay_with_icon]

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Information Security

Cleveland, Ohio

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Job Summary:
This role will be supporting our banking client’s AI-Ready Cyber Resilience program by enhancing threat detection, response automation, and SOC efficiency. This role sits at the intersection of threat response, detection engineering, and automation, ensuring high-fidelity alerts, reduced false positives, and scalable response capabilities using Palo Alto XSIAM/XSOAR.
Top 3 Priorities (First 90 Days):

  1. Design and deploy XSOAR/XSIAM playbooks aligned to CTR use cases
  2. Improve detection quality and alert fidelity through tuning and AI-assisted logic
  3. Automate BAU SOC processes (triage, enrichment, containment) to reduce manual workload

Required Skills (Must-Haves)

  • Senior level (10+ years) of hands-on experience with Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR and/or XSIAM
    • Playbook design, automation, integrations
  • Strong understanding of:
    • SOC operations and workflows
    • Detection engineering principles
    • Incident response lifecycle
  • Experience with:
    • Alert tuning and false positive reduction
    • Automation of triage, enrichment, and response actions
  • Experience in financial services / regulated environments
  • Working knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK framework
  • Experience translating operational gaps into detection and automation use cases
  • Ability to test, validate, and document detections and playbooks

Nice-to-Have Skills

  • Experience with AI-assisted detection or behavioral analytics (XSIAM context)
  • Background in threat hunting or advanced threat detection
  • Exposure to EDR/XDR technologies
  • Light scripting experience (Python within SOAR environments)

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