Associate Information Security Analyst

Reporting to the Manager, Cybersecurity Operations, you will protect Conagra’s enterprise technology and data. You will support the business as a Security Operations Center incident responder, conducting incident response activities including alert triage, incident investigation, threat hunting, and detection engineering while contributing to cybersecurity projects and initiatives. This role is ideal for someone with a few years of cybersecurity or information technology experience who is looking to grow within the cybersecurity field. 

A Taste of Your Responsibilities 

• Monitor and respond to security alerts using security orchestration and automation, security information and event management, endpoint detection and response, and other security platforms. 

• Investigate potential security incidents, analyze events, prioritize threats, and collaborate with internal teams to contain, eradicate, and recover from incidents using National Institute of Standards and Technology incident response frameworks. 

• Conduct indepth analysis of security events to determine root cause, scope of impact, affected systems, and threat severity while documenting case artifacts. 

• Perform threat hunting and cyber threat intelligence activities to identify and mitigate emerging threats. 

• Analyze collected data using specialized tools to detect and track intrusions, including malware analysis conducted in isolated sandbox environments. 

• Support detection engineering efforts by improving alert quality and contributing to security use cases and response playbooks. 

• Provide timely and accurate reporting on security activities, trends, and metrics to leadership and stakeholders. 

• Stay current on cybersecurity trends, emerging threats, and security technologies to continuously enhance Security Operations Center capabilities. 

Ingredients Required for Your Success 

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, or a related science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field. 

• One to three years of relevant cybersecurity or information technology experience. 

• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, incident response methodologies, and frameworks such as the Cyber Kill Chain and the MITRE adversary tactics, techniques, and common knowledge framework. 

• Experience or exposure to security tools such as security information and event management platforms, intrusion detection and prevention systems, endpoint detection and response solutions, and threat intelligence platforms. 

• Scripting experience using languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash. 

• Strong investigative, analytical, and problem-solving skills with a detail oriented approach. 

• Clear written and verbal communication skills with comfort communicating across technical and nontechnical audiences. 

• Self-motivated mindset with a strong desire to learn and grow within cybersecurity. 

• Willingness to travel up to ten percent.