Cybersecurity Analyst

About Us:

AlphaKOR was founded in 1995 and specializes in simplifying information technology to help our customers succeed. We combine these technologies into a managed service to provide our customers with the equivalent of a Fortune 500 IT Department to help drive accelerate protect and future proof their businesses. Our guiding philosophies dictate a balance between creating the ultimate experiences for our customers our teammates and ourselves. As a multi-award-winning company we have a proven track record of success through merging the worlds of people processes and technology.

Position Summary

The Cybersecurity Analystis responsible formonitoring investigating responding to and mitigating cybersecurity threats while also performing proactive network and infrastructure monitoring activities. This role combines Security Operations Center (SOC) and Network Operations Center (NOC) responsibilities to ensure the security availability performance and reliability of client and internal environments.

The Cybersecurity Analyst leverages SIEM MDR EDR RMM monitoring and automation platforms toidentifysecurity threats infrastructure issues service disruptions and operational risks. The role serves as a key escalation point for security events network outages system failures and critical infrastructure alerts.

Key Responsibilities Cybersecurity Analyst

Security Monitoring & Threat Detection

• Monitor security alerts events and incidents across client and internal environments.

• Conduct proactive threat hunting and anomaly detection activities.

• Investigate suspicious activity indicators of compromise (IOCs) and potential security incidents.

• Analyze events generated frommonitoring platforms.

• Correlate events across multiple security platforms.

• Escalate confirmed threats and security incidents according to incident response procedures.

Security andNetwork Operations Monitoring

• Monitor client infrastructure cloud services servers and network environments.

• Respond to alerts generated byRMM network monitoring systems backup monitoring systems etc.

• Identifyservice outages performance degradation and capacity concerns.

• Monitorconnectivity firewalls switches wireless infrastructure servers storage systems virtualization platforms and backup systems.

• Perform initial diagnosis and remediation of infrastructure alerts.

• Escalate unresolved infrastructure issues to IT Systems teams.

• Deploy configure andmaintainsecurity andmonitoring solutions.

• Support onboarding of monitoring services.

Incident Response

• Assistwith cybersecurity incident investigations.

• Gather logs evidence and relevant event information.

• Document findings andmaintainaccurateincident records.

• Assistwith evidence collection and forensic investigations.

Infrastructure & Availability Monitoring

• Monitor server health storageutilization and resource performance.

• Review virtualization platform alerts and performance metrics.

• Monitor backup success and failure notifications.

• Validate disaster recovery monitoring status.

• Review capacity andutilizationtrends.

• Escalate infrastructure risks before service impact occurs.

Security Compliance & Governance

• Support cybersecurity audits and assessments.

• Review security controls and compliance requirements.

• Participate in risk assessments and security reviews.

Client Support & Escalation

• Assisttechnical teams with security investigations and infrastructure monitoring issues.

• Communicate findings risks and recommendations to clients and internal teams.

• Participate in client security reviews and operational meetings.

• Support after-hours monitoring and on-call responsibilities.

Documentation & Reporting

• Create andmaintain:

• Security incident reports

• NOC event reports

• Threat investigation reports

• Root cause analyses

• Security runbooks

• Monitoring procedures

• Knowledge base articles

• Produce operational and security reporting for clients and leadership.

Qualifications

Education

• Diploma or Degree in Cybersecurity Information Technology Computer Science Network Security or related field.

Experience

• 13 years of IT or cybersecurity experience.

• Experience working with security toolsmonitoringplatforms or technical support environments.

Certifications (Preferred)

• CompTIA Security

• CompTIA Network

• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

• CISSP (Senior Level)

If you are interested in capitalizing on this exciting opportunity with one of Southwestern Ontarios leading technology companies please submit your resume for consideration.

AlphaKOR Group welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Required Experience:

Manager