Sr. Cybersecurity Analyst-Incident Response (Hybrid)

Base Pay Range: $103,000.00 - $175,100.00 Annually

Primary Location: USA-MI-Ann Arbor-KLA

KLA’s total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits identified below. Interns are eligible for some of the benefits identified below. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed above reflects the minimum and maximum pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting. Actual pay depends on several factors, including location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training. If applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Company Overview

KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies. No laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. The innovative ideas and devices that are advancing humanity all begin with inspiration, research and development. KLA focuses more than average on innovation and we invest 15% of sales back into R&D. Our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers work together with the world’s leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrow’s electronic devices. Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems. There is never a dull moment with us.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

The Cybersecurity group at KLA is involved in every aspect of the global business. The KLA Cybersecurity group defends against cyber-attacks and provides cybersecurity tools, incident response services and assessment capabilities to safeguard the environments that support the essential operations of KLA. We are passionate about identifying adversarial activities and anticipating a wide variety of threats to strengthen our defenses and the overall protection of KLA Intellectual Property.

Responsibilities

The Senior Cybersecurity Analyst is responsible for advanced incident response, threat hunting, and maintaining the security tools that are used to secure our environment. This individual will have a specific focus on authoring detection rule-sets and generating and responding to tickets from our security tools and raising tickets (when appropriate) to relevant IT and Cybersecurity personnel.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Act as an active member of the team, which monitors and process responses for security events on a 24x7 basis to include serving in a rotational on-call capacity.

• Plan and implement regular incident response and postmortem exercises, with a focus on crafting measurable benchmarks to show progress (or deficiencies requiring additional attention).

• Review and analyze cyber threats and provide SME support and training to junior level security analysts.

• Research adversarial detection evasion methods and develop new detection strategies to counteract these techniques.

• Analyze malicious code, scripts, attack techniques, or exploits to identify detection telemetry generated at a host and/or network level.

• Transform threat intelligence into effective detection logic and new signatures for integration with SIEM and EDR platforms.

• Evaluate existing detection rules and facilitate the development and tuning of AV, EDR, and SIEM rules to ensure high fidelity alerting.

• Communication with management as the need arises, keeping leaders informed of incident progress, notifying of impending changes or agreed outages.

• IDS monitoring and analysis, analyze network traffic, log analysis, prioritize and differentiate between potential intrusion attempts and false alarms.

• Compose security alert notifications.

• Advise incident responders in the steps to take to investigate and resolve computer security incidents.

• Actively preform detection, monitoring, analysis, and resolution of security incidents.

• Prioritize their own work to provide a positive customer experience.

• Participation in security incident handling efforts in response to a detected incident.

• Must maintain awareness of trends in security regulatory, technology, and operational requirements.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities

• Some domestic and/or international travel (up to 25%) may be required.

• Ability to communicate clearly with other team members

• Generate reports from different data sources and present to management when requested.

This is a Hybrid role and will be based out of our Midwest HQ in Ann Arbor, MI

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of related experience in cybersecurity or related technologies such as: firewalls/AV/EDR/IPS/IDS/SIEM systems.

• 5+ experience working in or with a Security Operations Center (SOC) in an Incident Responder role.

• Demonstrable experience developing behavioral-based signatures and indicators of compromise (IOCs) across host and network devices. There is a preference for Suricata experience, however familiarity using similar frameworks/methods (e.g. YARA, Sigma, STIX, Zeek, etc.) is acceptable.

• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, and PowerShell for task automation and analysis.

• Shown systems security exposure and proficiency in Operating Systems (Windows and Linux).

• Relevant security related certification(s) a plus: CISSP, GCIA, GSEC, GCIH, GCED, GCFA, GREM.

• Validated domain expertise in significant areas, such as incident response, intrusion analysis, incident handling, malware analysis, web security or security engineering.

• Strong working knowledge of common security appliances including: EDR, SIEM, AV, scanners, proxies, WAF, Netflow, IDS and forensics tools

• Ability to multi-task, adapt to changes quickly and handle heavy ticket volumes.

• Technical awareness: ability to match resources to technical issues appropriately.

• Ambitious and able to work in a fast-moving environment.

• Familiarity with various network and host-based security applications and tools, such as network and host assessment/scanning tools, network and intrusion detection systems, and other security software packages.

• Knowledge of confidentiality, integrity, and availability principles.

• Knowledge of network protocols such as TCP/IP, Dynamic Host Configuration, DNS and directory services.

• Knowledge of authentication, authorization, and access control methods.

• Knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity and privacy.

The company offers a total rewards package that is competitive and comprehensive including but not limited to the following:  medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits, 401(K) including company matching, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), student debt assistance, tuition reimbursement program, development and career growth opportunities and programs, financial planning benefits, wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP), paid time off and paid company holidays, and family care and bonding leave.

KLA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by applicable law. We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at talent.acquisition@kla.com or at +1-408-352-2808 to request accommodation.