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Cyber Incident & Threat Analyst #3280

Genius Road

Job Location:

San Antonio, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 15 July 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 12 October 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Cyber Incident & Threat Analyst
Contract Length: 12 months
Location: Austin or San Antonio Texas (Hybrid)

The Cyber Incident & Threat Analyst will be on the front lines of some of the highest stakes cybersecurity work in the state hunting adversaries across Windows and Linux environments reconstructing attacks from raw telemetry and stepping up when chaos needs a calm decisive voice. This is not a desk job watching dashboards. It is hands-on forensic investigation real-time decision making under pressure and the kind of work that protects critical infrastructure. If memory dumps MITRE ATT&CK mapping and bringing order to chaos sound like your kind of work this role was built for you.

Qualifications/Requirements:

A strong forensic background spanning both Windows and Linux comfortable working through memory captures disk images and malware artifacts to figure out what actually happened
Skilled at pulling together signals from multiple sources endpoint network and threat intelligence into one coherent picture of an attack from start to finish
A natural translator who can take a messy technical investigation and turn it into a report or executive briefing that makes sense to non-technical leadership
Genuine fluency in how attackers operate intrusion patterns kill chains and the kind of threat hunting that goes beyond just watching alerts scroll by
Has run point during a live incident before not just supported one and is comfortable being the voice people look to when things are uncertain
Background working within state local tribal or critical infrastructure environments where coordination across multiple organizations is part of the job
Experience enriching investigations through threat intel platforms or using orchestration tools to automate case handling and response workflows
Willingness and ability to participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation supporting active incidents when needed

Duties/Responsibilities:

Take ownership of incidents from the moment they are identified through containment cleanup and full recovery across both Windows and Linux systems
Dig into the forensic evidence memory disk file systems and malware behavior to piece together exactly what an attacker did and how
Step into the Incident Commander seat when needed making calls keeping everyone aligned and being the calm center of an otherwise chaotic situation
Connect the dots between adversary behavior and known attack frameworks building a clear picture of intent and method
Sort through the noise from security tools to separate real threats from false alarms
Turn technical findings into timelines written reports and summaries that leadership and stakeholders can action on
Work alongside partner agencies and critical infrastructure organizations when an incident spans more than one organization
Spot opportunities to close gaps with better detection tighter defenses or smarter long-term fixes
Help the team get sharper after every incident contribute to lessons learned and keep response playbooks current
Stay ready to jump in around the clock when something urgent comes up

Genius Road LLC is proud to be a Certified Womens Business Enterprise an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications merit and business need.

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