Incident Response Analyst

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About the Role

CrowdStrike is looking for a highly motivated, self-driven Incident Response Analyst to support the incident-response lifecycle—serving as the first line of defense within the CSIRT. In this role, you’ll triage incoming detections, enrich and investigate alerts, and take rapid action—live response, containment, or escalation—to keep adversaries at bay. You’ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with seasoned Incident Responders to drive continuous improvement across our world-class security team.

• Do you find yourself interested in putting your hands-on technical skills to the test in detecting, containing, and remediating incidents?

• Are you self-motivated and looking for an opportunity to rapidly accelerate your skills?

• Are you ready to dive into logs, endpoint telemetry, and more to uncover the scope and severity of an event?

• Do you enjoy working around like-minded security professionals in a world class team who you can both learn from and mentor on a daily basis?

• Are you looking for a role where the detections you fine-tune today will block tomorrow’s attacks?

• Do you enjoy collaborating with a diverse, high-performing team and explaining technical risk to stakeholders who depend on your insights?
   

What You’ll Do:

• Provide continuous coverage for SIEM/SOAR, EDR, network, cloud, and email-security consoles; rapidly validate alerts, enrich with context, suppress false positives, and act on confirmed threats.

• Gather evidence from logs, host telemetry, and threat-intel feeds to determine scope, severity, and business impact.

• Execute pre-approved playbook actions (host isolation, account disablement, phishing-email purge, firewall block, etc.) and confirm containment success.

• Escalate high-severity or complex incidents to senior analysts/IR leadership, providing concise incident summaries and proposed mitigation steps while staying engaged through resolution.

• Consistently meet or exceed response-time targets for critical and high-urgency tickets.

• Record investigative steps, evidence, and decisions in the ticketing system; deliver clear shift-handoff notes to support 24x7 operations.

• Identify noisy rules, false-positive trends, blind spots, or missing log sources; collaborate on custom detections and log-source onboarding to improve alert fidelity.

• Participate in the refinement of existing runbooks, draft new ones, and champion automation opportunities that reduce analyst toil.

What You’ll Need:

• 1–3 years of hands-on SOC experience performing alert triage, incident handling, and first-responder containment while working daily with SIEM/SOAR, EDR, IDS/IPS, firewalls/proxies, email-security tools, and deep log analysis.

• Practical knowledge of Windows, macOS, and Linux internals and logging (Event Logs, Sysmon, auditd, etc.).

• Solid grasp of TCP/IP, OSI layers, and common protocols (HTTP/S, DNS, SMTP); able to interpret packet captures and network logs.

• Proficiency with search/query languages (LQL, SPL, KQL, SQL etc.) to enrich alerts and investigate indicators, mapping findings to MITRE ATT&CK techniques.

• Demonstrated experience responding to hacktivist, cyber-crime, or APT activity—triage, containment, escalation, and thorough documentation.

• Capable of completing technical tasks independently, maintaining composure during incident response actions, and fostering a positive, collaborative work environment.

• Strong verbal and written communication, analytical problem-solving, time-management, and project-management skills; desire to grow and continuously improve both technical and soft skills.

Bonus Points:

• Experience in scripting languages such as in Python, PowerShell, Bash, Perl, etc.; experience contributing to SOAR playbooks.

• Experienced SIEM power user comfortable with conducting complex searches, creating dashboards, and providing alert tuning recommendations.

• Experience assisting senior responders with coordinated IR functions, root-cause analysis, and tactical/strategic remediation planning.

• Prior experience presenting technical findings and risk to non-technical stakeholders and executive leadership; project-management experience is a plus.

Education:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field is welcome —but not required. Candidates who can demonstrate equivalent, hands-on experience in security operations will receive full consideration.

• Applicable security certifications (e.g., GCIA, GCIH, GCFA, GNFA).

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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Remote-friendly and flexible work culture

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards

• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs

• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge

• Paid parental and adoption leaves

• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role

• Employee Resource Groups, geographic neighbourhood groups and volunteer opportunities to build connections

• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities

• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe

CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.

CrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements.

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