Team Lead, Threat Analyst

Role Summary

What You Will Do

• Maintain supervision over the daily queue and provide day-to-day oversight for threat analysts
• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings with team members to provide coaching, mentorship, and support individual development plans that define clear performance goals
• Carry out operational tasks with a focus on rapid resolution, improving efficiency, and reducing backlog
• Oversee and coach analysts in providing accurate, timely technical context to customers, ensuring consistency, clarity, and adherence to MDR communication standards
• Communicate findings and investigation details effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Collaborate with the wider MDR team to operationalize threat intelligence and produce Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) for future use
• Provide triage, data collection, and overall support towards customer escalations
• Champion continuous improvement efforts to refine incident response and threat detection methodologies
• Escalate critical technical investigations to Senior Analysts and Senior Team Leads for review
• Work within established frameworks that lead to success factors for the team

What You Will Bring

• 2-3+ years of experience within a cybersecurity environment as an analyst or similar role
• Experience in a security operations center, or similar environment, and identifying indications of compromise or attack and responding to incidents
• Endpoint and network security experience required; IDS, IPS, EDR, ATP, Malware defenses and monitoring experience
• Willingness to work outside of standard business hours, including weekends and holidays – our MDR service is 24x7x365
• Knowledge of common adversary tactics and techniques, e.g., obfuscation, persistence, defense evasion, etc.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities
• Innovative mindset for adapting to changes and learning new skills quickly
• Comfortable with shift-based work and cross-regional coordination