(USA-WA-Seattle) Threat Defense Analyst

**WHAT WE'RE ABOUT** We're creating an airline people love. It begins with each Alaska Airlines employee, bringing unique strengths and energy to our work in the air and on the ground. Every day, we go beyond what's expected and reach for the remarkable, together. **YOUR ROLE** Role Summary The Threat Defense Analyst is responsible for developing solutions to appropriately identify and address cybersecurity threats to Alaska Airlines. As an individual contributor, this role makes recommendations for and facilitates improvements to the threat intelligence, detection and response capabilities. Key Duties - Performs analysis, triage, and response to escalated security events and incidents generated by various sources according to defined processes. - Performs routine hunting activities for IOCs within the enterprise to efficiently and accurately identify external and internal threat actors. - Participates in threat intelligence activities, providing guidance to detect and response members as well as generating threat intelligence reports. - Provides technical leadership investigating and resolving micro-security events and incidents. - Participates in red team/blue team exercises to test threat defense controls. - Provides monitoring control tuning recommendations to ensure detection of attacks and compromises. - Maintains awareness of evolving security threats, threat actors, and their TTPs. - Provides mentorship to other analysts on the team. Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills Required - 2 years of experience in CyberSecurity Threat Intelligence and/or Detection and Response. - Bachelor's degree, or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree. - Experience identifying and gathering relevant information, correlating data, and generating reports on threats, IOCs, security incidents, vulnerabilities, and risks. - Familiarity with security controls such as host firewalls, DLP, content filtering, IPS, FIM, anti-virus, and other security controls. - Solid understanding of attacker methodologies and tactics, including kill-chain phases and responses. - Strong verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills to document and communicate findings, escalate critical incidents, and interact with other teams. - Ability to react quickly, decisively, and deliberately in high stress situations. - High school diploma or equivalent. - Minimum age of 18. - Must be authorized to work in the U.S. Preferred - Industry recognized professional security certification (e.g., CISSP, CISA, CEH, or similar). - Threat assessment, vulnerability analysis, risk assessment experience. - Experience with virus outbreak management and the ability to differentiate virus activity from directed attack patterns. - Experience with a scripting language (e.g., Python, Perl, Shell, etc.). Job-Specific Leadership Expectations - Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be kind-hearted, deliver performance, and be remarkable. **EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY** Horizon Air and Alaska Airlines are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. Horizon Air and Alaska Airlines will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local laws. Horizon Air and Alaska Airlines participate in E-Verify, a service of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration (SSA), where required. **Job ID** 36539 **Location** Seattle, WA **FLSA Status** Exempt **Full/Part Time** Full-Time **Regular/Temporary** Regular
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