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About the role
Monitor, triage, and analyze security events from networks, applications, endpoints, and cloud data stores. Leverage AI-assisted investigation tools and structured prompts to accelerate log parsing, synthesize alert telemetry, and draft initial incident timelines.
What they're looking for
- 1–3 years of experience or equivalent practical background in security fundamentals, including network/host forensics, log analysis, and basic malware triage
- Demonstrated interest in and commitment to the field of information security and incident response
- Working understanding of common network services (web, mail, DNS), protocols, network vulnerabilities, and standard adversary attack patterns (MITRE ATT&CK)
- Functional hands-on experience navigating and analyzing Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems and system logs
- Familiarity with using modern AI productivity tools or AI coding assistants (e.g., generating scripts, crafting targeted search queries, or summarizing technical logs)
- Ability to work independently during shift hours and communicate effectively via collaboration platforms
More about this role
It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of hundreds of millions of people. Whether you’re looking to write mobile app code, engineer the servers behind our massive ad tech stacks, or develop algorithms to help us process trillions of data points a day, what you do here will have a huge impact on our business—and the world.
When you impact millions of people every day, you become a large target for adversaries of all types within all layers of the stack. Our job is to keep our users safe and make Yahoo one of the safest places on the Internet. We are the information security team at Yahoo; known as "The Paranoids".
As part of the Paranoids Forensics and Incident Response Operations Team (FIRE) , we protect Yahoo and its users from dedicated adversaries. Working on the front lines monitoring for, hunting for, and responding to threats, we ensure that our users and company are kept safe.
You are an inquisitive, highly motivated security analyst who is available to work the weekend night shift (9 PM EST to 9 AM EST Friday to Sunday) . You will use Yahoo internal detection platforms, SIEM technologies, and modern AI-augmented workflows to detect...
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