Associate Triage Analyst

Reports to: Senior Manager, Triage 

Location: Remote US

Compensation Range: $55,000 to $65,000 base plus bonus and equity

What We Do:

Huntress is a fully remote, global team of passionate experts and ethical badasses on a mission to break down the barriers to cybersecurity. Whether creating purpose-built security solutions, hunting down hackers, or impacting our community, our people go above and beyond to change the security game and make a real difference.

Founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators, Huntress protects all businesses—not just the 1%—with enterprise-grade, fully owned, and managed cybersecurity products at the price of an affordable SaaS application. The Huntress difference is our One Team advantage: our technology is designed with our industry-defining Security Operations Center (SOC) in mind and is never separated from our service.

We protect 4M+ endpoints and 7M+ identities worldwide, elevating underresourced IT teams with protection that works as hard as they do. As long as hackers keep hacking, Huntress keeps hunting.

What You’ll Do

As an Associate Triage Analyst, you will join the Triage Team, the critical entry point into the Huntress Security Operations Center (SOC). Your primary mission is to review high-volume security signals to identify potential threats that automated systems cannot yet fully qualify.

You will serve as a human filter for our senior Analysis team, applying rapid critical thinking to distinguish between benign system noise and genuine malicious activity. This role is designed as a talent incubator; you will immerse yourself in security fundamentals, shadow senior analysts, and participate in a structured learning program designed to prepare you for a career in advanced security analysis.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Data Review & Qualification: Rapidly assess incoming security signals from a dedicated queue, using established playbooks to determine if activity is "benign" or "potentially malicious."
• Noise Reduction: Dismiss signals determined to be non-actionable or benign to prevent alert fatigue for the senior Analysis team.
• Incident Escalation: Categorize and tag qualified threats, creating investigation tickets that provide clear, concise initial context for the Analysis team.
• Continuous Learning: Actively participate in training modules, labs, and certification programs to build foundational security knowledge.
• Operational Shadowing: Shadow senior analysts to understand the full lifecycle of an investigation and prepare for future career advancement.
• Process Feedback: Identify and document trends in noisy signal sources (e.g., specific software generating benign alerts) to help refine our detection tuning.

What You Bring To The Team:

• Experience: 0-2 years of experience in IT or Cybersecurity, or equivalent practical skills gained through internships, bootcamps, or self-directed learning.
• Technical Fundamentals: A foundational understanding of operating systems (Windows/Mac), basic networking concepts (IPs, DNS, HTTP), and common security terminology.
• Analytical Mindset: A strong curiosity for how things work and the ability to follow logical workflows or playbooks to solve problems.
• Communication Skills: Clear written communication skills are essential for documenting findings and creating escalation tickets.
• Growth Orientation: A burning desire to learn; you view this role as a stepping stone and are committed to upskilling toward a Senior Analyst role within 1.5 to 2 years.
• Certifications: Entry-level certifications such as CompTIA Security+, Network+, or similar are a plus, but a demonstrated passion for security is most important.

Involvement in the Security Community: Active participation in conferences, CTFs, or cyber security organizations.

What We Offer: 

• 100% remote work environment - since our founding in 2015
• Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans 
• 401(k) with a 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution
• Life and Disability insurance plans
• Stock options for all full-time employees 
• One-time $500 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office
• Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance 
• $75 USD/month digital reimbursement
• Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth

Huntress is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where every single member of our team is valued, has a voice, and is empowered to come to work every day just as they are. 

We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other legally protected status.  

We do discriminate against hackers who try to exploit businesses of all sizes.

Accommodations: 

If you require reasonable accommodation to complete this application, interview, or pre-employment testing or participate in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Please note that non-accommodation requests to this inbox will not receive a response. 

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