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# Security Operations Specialist

- **Company:** POINT72, L.P.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cyber Security, Log Files, Network Diagrams, Network Forensics, Cyber Threat Analysis, Splunk
- **Published:** September 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d7bef7b9416872fc

## About the Role

* 10+ years of experience in intelligence, information security, network forensics, insider threat, or security operations
 * Specific understanding of key global threat areas affecting financial institutions, advanced persistent threats, and cyber actor motives and actions
 * Experience with Splunk and creating visualizations and dashboards for security monitoring and investigations
 * Exceptional ability to analyze, correlate, and synthesize threat data from diverse sources into clear investigative conclusions
 * Proven ability to perform log file analysis and produce threat intelligence reports covering findings, mitigations, and confidence levels
 * Extensive experience applying advanced analytics, network diagrams, and related knowledge to understand systems, networks, environments, and adversaries
 * Ability to work with development teams and clearly articulate requirements and enhancements for security capabilities and tools
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level reporting and presentations for technical and non-technical audiences
 * Ability to document findings and create detailed reports that help keep security tradecraft current Commitment to the highest ethical standards
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## Description

* Lead investigations into sophisticated cyber threats and shape defensive actions that protect the critical technology environment at the firm
 * Serve as incident commander for high or critical incidents by coordinating response actions, driving timely decisions, and keeping stakeholders aligned
 * Analyze and correlate security telemetry, log data, and threat intelligence to identify malicious activity and determine organizational impact
 * Develop threat intelligence reports that explain findings, mitigations, confidence levels, and implications for security operations
 * Create dashboards and visualizations that help security teams detect patterns, prioritize risks, and improve response decisions
 * Hunt for advanced adversary activity by applying analytics, network diagrams, and system knowledge to identify hidden threats
 * Partner with development teams to define requirements and enhancements for security capabilities, analytics, and operational tools
 * Document investigative findings and lessons learned to continually strengthen detection logic, response procedures, and security tradecraft
 * Brief technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership on active threats, incident status, and recommended actions