Insider Risk Analytics Engineer

Job#: 3058316
Job Description:
Insider Risk Analytics Engineer
Location: Costa Mesa, California (Remote)
Role Overview
The Cybersecurity Analyst - Insider Risk Analytics provides specialized technical and analytical support to the global Insider Risk Management Program within the Cyber Fusion Centre. This role focuses on enhancing insider risk detection capabilities, supporting investigations, developing analytical use cases, and improving operational efficiency through advanced data analysis and automation. The professional in this position will analyze and correlate complex datasets across multiple security technologies, develop detection logic, build dashboards, and automate analytical and investigative processes.
Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and correlate large, complex datasets from multiple technical and non-technical sources to identify anomalous behaviors, potential insider threats, and data loss incidents.
• Provide technical expertise and respond to investigator inquiries regarding data and the broader technical environment to support insider risk investigations.
• Analyze alerts and associated data to identify false positives, improve detection precision, and enhance investigative effectiveness.
• Develop, test, and refine detection logic, analytical use cases, and monitoring queries, collaborating with Security Engineering on production detection improvements.
• Build and maintain dashboards, complex queries, and specialized monitoring capabilities to support investigations, including sensitive or close-hold activities.
• Develop scripts and automated workflows to streamline data correlation, alert enrichment, investigative analysis, and reporting.
• Conduct proactive analysis of emerging insider risk trends and security telemetry to identify suspicious behaviors and potential detection gaps.
• Identify and recommend improvements to insider risk detection capabilities based on analytical findings and lessons learned from investigations.
• Collaborate with Insider Risk, Security Engineering, Data Loss Prevention Engineering, and other security teams on technical detection and investigative activities.
• Produce technical documentation, analytical reports, dashboards, and standard operating procedures to support consistent investigative and monitoring processes.

Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience: Minimum of 3 to 4 years of experience in cybersecurity investigations, security analytics, insider risk, or a related technical security discipline.
Technical Skills: Hands-on experience using SIEM, UEBA, and DLP technologies to analyze security events, investigate suspicious activity, and identify potential insider threats. Demonstrated ability to independently develop complex SIEM queries, correlation searches, dashboards, and analytical content using YARA-L, SPL, KQL, SQL, or equivalent query and detection languages. Proficiency in scripting or programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, or equivalent technologies to automate analytical and investigative workflows.
Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting enterprise insider risk or data loss prevention programs.
• Familiarity with Google Security Operations (SecOps), including YARA-L detection logic and advanced security event analysis.
• Experience developing specialized dashboards, analytical workflows, or automated investigative solutions.
• Relevant certifications, such as CERT Insider Threat Program Manager (ITPM) Certificate, Global Counter-Insider Threat Professional (GCITP), CISSP, GCIH, or other relevant GIAC certifications or SANS training.

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