Cybersecurity Specialist – Incident Response & Threat Detection (XSIAM)

Location: Paco de Arcos, Portugal; hybrid work with 3 days in the office

Company

hirify.global provides cybersecurity services that help clients manage evolving cyber threats and improve their security posture.

What you will do

• Analyze, triage, contain, eradicate, and recover from phishing, malware, and SOC-escalated security incidents.
• Develop and maintain actionable incident response playbooks and runbooks.
• Create detection use cases and fine-tune alerts to reduce false positives and improve coverage.
• Conduct forensic investigations, threat hunting, phishing analysis, and root-cause assessments.
• Prepare incident reports and present technical findings to clients and internal teams.
• Review analysts’ work, mentor junior team members, and act as an escalation point for complex cases.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of experience in cybersecurity services, preferably in a SOC or incident response function.
• Hands-on experience with XDR and SIEM technologies, including Palo Alto XSIAM, XSOAR, and Microsoft Defender.
• Experience developing playbooks, runbooks, detection use cases, and alert tuning.
• Strong incident response, forensic analysis, threat hunting, and phishing analysis skills.
• Experience resolving SOC-reported incidents, reviewing analysts’ work, and mentoring junior colleagues.
• Strong communication, presentation, and client-facing skills.

Nice to have

• CCD, BTL1, BTL2, OSCP, Palo Alto Networks XSIAM, or Microsoft SC-200 certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Continuous training in current cybersecurity technologies.
• Work on large and complex projects for major market clients.
• Access to DXC Learning, Udemy, LinkedIn courses, and certification opportunities.
• Hybrid work model supporting in-person collaboration and flexibility.
• Health insurance.