Cyber Defense Analyst I

Job Description

About You

You are a cybersecurity professional passionate about automation, detection, and continuous improvement of security operations. You enjoy identifying and solving security challenges through scripting, monitoring, and system optimization. You thrive in fast-paced environments, collaborating with IT and network teams to ensure that all security tools and platforms are properly configured, monitored, and maintained to protect the organization’s infrastructure, endpoints, and cloud environments.

You Bring to Applaudo the Following Competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.
• 3–5 years of experience in backend development and scripting using Python.
• Strong experience designing and building automation scripts to manage infrastructure and network environments.
• Proficiency in PowerShell (nice to have).
• Familiarity with Windows systems administration (client and server).
• Understanding of enterprise network technologies, including Cisco, Fortinet, and similar platforms.
• Experience integrating with systems such as Windows Server, Active Directory, Office 365, Azure, and SCCM.
• Knowledge of routers, firewalls, switches, and Point-of-Sale (POS) systems.
• Understanding of API integrations and the ability to interact with third-party services programmatically.
• Experience working with manual and scheduled executions (e.g., cron jobs, event triggers).
• Strong documentation, training, and support skills to assist internal teams.
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving abilities.
• Desired certifications (not mandatory): CompTIA Security+, Certified SOC Analyst (CSA), EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH).

You Will Be Accountable for the Following Responsibilities:

• Monitor, configure, and support SIEM and endpoint detection systems.
• Analyze and correlate events across endpoints, identity systems, networks, and cloud platforms.
• Triage and escalate security alerts in accordance with SOC procedures.
• Continuously tune and enhance detection rules to improve accuracy and reduce false positives.
• Support the configuration and maintenance of security infrastructure, including firewalls and network controls.
• Review logs and network traffic to identify anomalies and potential misconfigurations.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to ensure network architecture aligns with security best practices.
• Support tools that monitor access and identity behaviors across the organization.
• Analyze authentication patterns to detect misuse or privilege escalation.
• Enforce secure access policies, including multi-factor authentication and conditional access.
• Monitor and support endpoint protection agents across enterprise devices.
• Validate endpoint compliance and ensure policy adherence.
• Assist in incident response efforts for endpoint-related security events, including containment and remediation.
• Monitor cloud environments for security events and ensure proper logging and telemetry are in place.
• Conduct configuration reviews and validate cloud resources against security baselines.
• Integrate cloud telemetry into security monitoring platforms.
• Accurately document investigations, incidents, and configuration changes.
• Contribute to SOC playbooks and participate in post-incident reviews.
• Propose and implement improvements to detection logic, processes, and tool effectiveness.

Additional Information

Here at Applaudo Studios values as trust, communication, respect, excellence and team work are our keys to success. We know we are working with the best and thus treat each other with respect and admiration without asking.

Submit your application today, and don't miss this opportunity to join the Best Digital team in the Region!

We truly appreciate all the hard and outstanding work our team makes every day at Applaudo Studios, and that's why the perks that we offer, are deeply thought and designed as a way to thank them for their commitment and excellence.

Some of our perks and benefits:

• Celebrations
• Special discounts*
• Entertainment area*
• Modern Work Spaces*
• Great work environment
• Private medical insurance*

*Benefits may vary according to your location and/or availability. Request further information when applying.