Senior Security Analyst III (Cybersecurity)

Location: Remote, United States; other location: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Salary: $102,400–$153,600 USD annually, plus potential performance-based bonuses and equity grants

Company

hirify.global is a technology-enabled digital finance platform that works with banks to provide financial products and services supporting financial inclusion and consumer financial health.

What you will do

• Monitor SIEM, EDR, and cloud-log alerts; gather initial incident data, triage potential incidents, and escalate to senior engineers.
• Execute initial incident response activities, including investigation, containment, documentation, and incident tracking for audit and compliance.
• Assist with SIEM alert configuration and tuning, log review, security-tool deployment, and development of basic threat-detection logic.
• Track vulnerabilities using exposure- and exploitability-based risk assessment rather than standard CVSS tracking.
• Identify IT control risks and opportunities and recommend sustainable root-cause improvements.
• Maintain security playbooks and documentation, help automate manual workflows, and build dashboards and metrics for leadership visibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 3–5 years of professional Information Security experience, with expertise in at least one of Security Operations, Incident Response, or Vulnerability Management.
• Experience with security and control frameworks including FFIEC, NIST, COBIT, ITIL, and ISO control frameworks.
• Experience with EDR platforms such as CrowdStrike, Defender for Endpoint, or SentinelOne; SIEM/SOAR tools such as Sumo Logic, Splunk, Chronicle, Azure Sentinel, or Google SecOps; CSPM tools such as Wiz, Prisma, or Orca; and vulnerability-management platforms such as Qualys, Tenable, or Rapid7.
• Experience with next-generation firewall tools such as Cisco FMC, Palo Alto Panorama, or FortiGate.
• Knowledge of information-security standards, applicable laws and regulations, common attack techniques including MITRE ATT&CK, incident triage, and remediation workflows.
• Foundational knowledge of AWS or other cloud environments, plus strong understanding of networking, Linux and Windows operating systems, least privilege, and defense in depth.
• Hands-on experience or familiarity with API integrations, scripting, or SOAR platforms such as Cortex, Google SecOps, or Splunk SOAR for automation.
• Strong written and verbal communication, analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to develop procedures and playbooks.

Nice to have

• CompTIA CySA+, GCIH, GCIA, GMON, GCDA, GSOC, or CISSP Associate certification.
• Firewall management experience.
• Experience in a regulated industry, particularly financial services or health care.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible remote work environment.
• 401(k) matching, generous paid time off, and medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement, LinkedIn Learning access, and lifestyle benefits through Fringe.
• Additional benefits include DoorDash DashPass, Figo pet insurance, and Rocket Lawyer.
• Equal opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodation available for qualified candidates with disabilities.