Cybersecurity Analyst II

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🇮🇳 India – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔐 Security Analyst

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Avnet

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1921

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

🏭 Manufacturing

Logistics • Consulting • Manufacturing

Avnet is a global technology solutions company that specializes in the distribution and sale of electronic components, as well as providing integrated solutions and services. Avnet supports customers at every stage of the product lifecycle, from ideation and design to assembly, production, and end-of-life services. With a strong presence in the electronics sector, Avnet offers expertise in supply chain and logistics to help businesses innovate and bring their products to market efficiently.

📋 Description

• Investigate and respond to complex, escalated, or high-impact cybersecurity events within a 24/7 Security Operations Centre • Analyse security activity across multiple technology domains, correlate evidence, determine incident scope and potential impact, and support response and remediation • Serve as an on-shift technical escalation point for Security Analyst I and guide complex investigations • Support a 24x7 Global Security Operations Centre by responding to security events and maintaining visibility across the active alert queue • Lead investigations and responses for higher-impact or complex security incidents • Assess scope, severity, and potential business impact of suspicious activity • Recommend and coordinate containment, remediation, and escalation actions • Collaborate with incident response and relevant internal teams • Investigate and analyse EDR, NDR, and SIEM alerts • Develop investigation hypotheses, construct timelines, and identify affected users or systems • Document findings and provide detailed reports • Review escalated investigations for completeness and accuracy and guide additional investigative steps • Communicate technical findings, security risks, and required actions to stakeholders • Coordinate evidence gathering, containment, remediation, and recovery activities • Provide structured handovers between Security Operations Centre shifts • Review and accept cases transferred from previous shifts and maintain ownership through resolution, escalation, or handover • Contribute to security documentation, procedures, playbooks, and incident response plans • Identify false positives, detection gaps, and operational inefficiencies and recommend process improvements • Stay current with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and industry best practices • Participate in training and development programmes

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant experience in security operations, incident response, threat detection, or a comparable cybersecurity function • Demonstrated experience independently investigating security incidents, handling escalations, and supporting incident response activities • Prior experience working in a 24x7 or shift-based Security Operations Centre environment is strongly preferred • Equivalent practical experience may be considered where the required technical and investigative capability is clearly demonstrated • Experience working within globally distributed teams and collaborating across cultures, regions, functions, and time zones • Ability to work effectively with Security, Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, GRC, Privacy, Legal, and other business stakeholders • Intermediate-level cybersecurity certifications such as AZ-500, CySA+, GSOC, or GCIA are an added advantage • Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience demonstrating comparable knowledge and job skills • Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, security monitoring, incident response, and security operations processes • Strong understanding of common cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, attack techniques, and adversary behaviour • Ability to independently analyse alerts, correlate evidence, and determine appropriate response or escalation actions • Strong written and verbal communication skills in English • Preferred: experience with proactive threat hunting or advanced threat analysis; Incident Coordinator, Incident Commander, or security incident lead experience; scripting or automation for security analysis; post-incident reviews, root-cause analysis, or lessons-learned activities; phishing investigation and advanced threat intelligence analysis; security playbooks, procedures, or process-improvement initiatives

🏖️ Benefits

• Training and development programmes to enhance skills and knowledge • Public holidays (mentioned in relation to shift work)