Hiring: Cyber Defense and Incident Response Analyst Company: Guardian Life Location: Holmdel, NJ Job Posted Time: 2026-09-11 07:43:24 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : LLM, SIEM, SOC, SaaS About the job Experience: •5-7 years of overall cybersecurity experience, with a focus in digital forensics, incident response, SOC, or threat mitigation. •7 years of overall cybersecurity experience, with a focus in digital forensics, incident response, SOC, or threat mitigation. Required Skills: •Be part of a highly collaborative cyber defense and incident response organization, responding to and investigating high-impact security incidents. Qualifications: •Broad and deep technical expertise across enterprise environments, including public cloud and SaaS platforms. •Eagerness to grow within the security leadership and obtain experience, ideally in incident response or cyber defense, with a player/coach mindset. •Strong command of incident response methodologies, digital forensics principles, and evidence handling. •Knowledge and experience in threat hunting, malware analysis, attacker techniques, and common vulnerabilities. •Practical experience working with NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, and related security frameworks. •Applied hands-on capability in SIEM and log analytics platforms including logging, monitoring, insider threat, and UBA concepts. •Demonstrated capacity to translate cyber threat intelligence into actionable detections, mitigations, and response strategies. •Proven ability to lead, mentor, and develop high-performing technical teams. •Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience engaging technical teams, executives, and cross‑functional partners. •Analytical, curious, and resilient under pressure; able to think structurally and creatively during incidents. Compensation: •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!