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Senior Cybersecurity Analyst

Relay · Raleigh, NC · 1 mo ago
Information Technology$100k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Required Qualifications, Preferred Qualifications, What Success And Impact Looks Like In This Role (maybe as a section), Benefits (maybe from later part). Also include About The Team? Might be part of About the role? The instructions: use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We should include sections only if posting has real specific content. We have content for About the role (the paragraph after "About The Role"). Also "About The Team" could be part of About the role or separate? Could be its own section maybe "About the Team". But not in list of allowed headings; we could treat as part of About the role. Probably better to include "About the Role" and "Responsibilities", "Required Qualifications", "Preferred Qualifications", "What Success And Impact Looks Like In This Role" (maybe as "Impact" or "Success"). Benefits: there is a section later "Why Join Relay? About Relay | Culture, Benefits & Perks" with benefits list. So we can create Benefits section with list. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate like EEO, AI note, etc. Also remove duplicated lines like "Why Join Relay?" appears twice; we should keep only once? The instruction: remove duplicated lines. So we should keep only one instance of "Why Join Relay?" maybe as part of intro? But we are not to put headings for that; we can incorporate into a short paragraph maybe. However we need to preserve substantive information; the "Why Join Relay?" includes bullet points about Proven Winner etc. That's substantive; we should keep that content. It appears earlier before About The Role and again later before benefits. We need to deduplicate. So we should include that content once, maybe as a short paragraph under a heading? But we shouldn't create a heading for it unless it's a recognized section like "About the company" not in list. Could embed as a paragraph before About the role. The instructions: Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have other headings not listed? It says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It implies those are examples; we could also use other headings if needed but better to stick to those. The "Why Join Relay?" content could be placed under a heading like "About the Company" but not in list; maybe we can incorporate into a paragraph without heading. That's acceptable. Thus output: start with a paragraph summarizing why join Relay (the bullet points). Then

About the Role

with paragraph(s). Then

About the Team

? Not in list but could be considered part of About the role; maybe we skip separate heading and just include as paragraph under About the role. However the posting has a distinct "About The Team" section with substantive content. We could treat it as part of About the role or maybe as a separate heading "About the Team". Since not in examples, but we could still use

for any section heading; the instruction says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). It doesn't forbid other headings, but to be safe we could include it as a paragraph under About the role. However we risk losing that substantive content if we don't give it a heading; but we can still include it as a paragraph. Better: include

About the Team

as a heading; it's still a section heading, using

. The instruction didn't restrict to only those examples; it gave examples. So it's okay. Then Responsibilities

Responsibilities

with
    . Then Required Qualifications

    Required Qualifications

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      or

      ? The content is a list of qualifications; we can use

        . Then Preferred Qualifications

        Preferred Qualifications

        with
          . Then What Success And Impact Looks Like In This Role

          What Success And Impact Looks Like In This Role

          with
            or

            . The content is a list of bullet points; we can use

              . Then Benefits

              Benefits

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                from the benefits list. We must not include Pay or Schedule sections because not specified. We must remove boilerplate: Equal Opportunity Employer, AI note, etc. We must preserve all substantive information: include the bullet points under Why Join Relay? (Proven Winner etc). We'll put them as a
                  maybe under a heading "Why Join Relay?" but not in list; but we could just make a

                  with the sentences. However the content is bullet-like; we can make a

                    for clarity. Let's extract the Why Join Relay? content: - A Proven Winner: Join a hyper-growth company trusted by over 10% of the Fortune 500, continuing to move upmarket with massive impact. - High Value, High Impact: With 47% of our revenue from $100K+ ARR customers and 135% Net Revenue Retention (NRR), you'll be joining a company rooted in value creation. - Market-Leading Innovation: The Relay platform captures 1 billion new data points weekly and features award-winning AI tools like TeamTranslate™, with 500% YoY growth. - World-Class Leadership: Our stellar leadership team is built to help us scale toward our next major milestones. - The Relay Culture: We’re dedicated to helping you do the best work of your life (BWIML), investing in your growth through L.I.T., living our CHASE values, and learning from incredibly talented, supportive teammates who make the work (and the wins) better every day. We'll put that as a
                      maybe under a heading "Why Join Relay?" but we can just put it as a
                        without heading? Better to give a heading:

                        Why Join Relay?

                        though not in examples but okay. Now About the Role paragraph: "Relay is hiring a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst to serve as the technical backbone of our security operations. Reporting to the Sr. Manager of IT & Security and working closely with the SVP of IT & Security, you will be the owner and subject matter expert for our core security platform — Palo Alto Cortex XDR and the day-to-day manager of our relationship with Palo Alto Unit 42, and various outside cybersecurity partners. This role is equal parts technical depth and organizational trust. You'll be the person every department at Relay works with when a security finding lands on their desk — which means your ability to communicate clearly, build relationships, and set the right tone matters as much as your ability to hunt threats, build tools and manage the tools. You'll need to be firm on what security requires while remaining a partner people genuinely want to work with. If you can hold that line with empathy and credibility, you'll thrive here. We especially value candidates who bring an offensive security mindset — the ability to think like an attacker in order to build stronger defenses, anticipate attack vectors, and design systems that are genuinely difficult to compromise." We'll put that in

                        . About The Team paragraph: "You'll join a small, high-leverage IT & Security team responsible for protecting a fast-growing, cloud-first company. We manage a broad technology stack — from identity and device management to SaaS administration and enterprise automation — and we operate as true partners to the business, not just a support function. We move fast, build thoughtfully, and take pride in running a tight, well-integrated environment. We deliberately run a lean internal team amplified by strategic partners and AI-driven tooling, so every member owns real scope, works directly with senior leadership, and sees the impact of their work across the entire organization." We'll put that in

                        . Responsibilities list: extract bullet points: - Lead the Security team in delivering world-class security services to our customers. - Own and administer the Palo Alto Cortex XDR environment end-to-end as its subject matter expert — configuration, detection tuning, policy management, agent coverage, upgrades, threat hunting (XQL), and incident investigation and response. - Manage Relay's daily operational relationship with Palo Alto Unit 42, our SOC — coordinate escalations, joint threat hunting, drive incident handoffs and follow-through, review deliverables, and hold the partnership accountable to our expectations. - Serve as the Cyber subject matter expert for Check Point Harmony, Google Workspace Security, Okta and JumpCloud. - Act as the primary security liaison to every department at Relay — communicate findings, negotiate remediation timelines, and drive issues to closure while setting a tone that is firm, fair, and constructive. - Correlate signals across the security stack to deliver a unified view of Relay's security posture, with regular reporting on threats, coverage, and remediation progress to security leadership. - Investigate and respond to security incidents end-to-end, documenting findings, root causes, and lessons learned in clear runbooks and reports. - Build automation — scripts, playbooks, and AI-assisted workflows — that reduces manual triage and scales our detection and response capability. - Support compliance and awareness programs, including Drata evidence collection and KnowBe4 training and phishing simulation campaigns. We'll put each as

                      • . Required Qualifications list: - A degree in Computer Science, IT, or a security-related discipline; equivalent security certifications (CompTIA Security+ or CySA+, ISC2 CiC, Google Cybersecurity Professional, GSEC, GCIH) will be considered in place of a formal degree. - 5+ years of hands-on experience in a Security Analyst, Security Engineer, or similar security operations role. - Experience administering Palo Alto Cortex XDR, including detection tuning, posture management, endpoint inventory, and XQL-based investigation and threat hunting or equivalent experience with another SIEM. - Experience working with or managing an external SOC or MDR provider (Unit 42 experience strongly preferred), including escalation management and incident coordination. - Hands-on administration experience with Check Point Harmony, Google Workspace security, Okta and JumpCloud. - Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills: you can explain technical findings in plain language to any department, stay firm on security requirements under pushback, and set a tone that builds trust rather than friction. - Solid grounding in security fundamentals — the incident response lifecycle, EDR/XDR concepts, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence. - Proficiency with scripting or automation (XQL, Python, PowerShell, or Bash) to streamline security workflows. - Offensive security mindset: you think like an attacker when designing defensive security measures — you understand adversary tools, techniques, and tactics (TTPs), and translate that perspective into hardened controls, threat modeling, and proactive detection strategies that anticipate how your systems could be compromised. We'll put as
                          . Preferred Qualifications list: - Experience administering Drata and Safebase (or a comparable GRC/compliance - Trust Center automation platform) and supporting SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / HIPAA / NIST 800-53 audit readiness. - Experience administering KnowBe4 (or a comparable security awareness platform), including phishing simulations and training metrics. - Relevant certifications such as Palo Alto PCDRA/PCSAE SOAR pathway, Security+, CySA+, GCIH, or equivalent. - Enthusiasm for applying AI tools to accelerate detection, response, and reporting in day-to-day security work. - Experience in a fast-paced, cloud-first SaaS environment. We'll put as
                            . What Success And Impact Looks Like In This Role list: - Within 6 months, you have full, documented ownership of the Cortex XDR environment with tuned detections and 100% endpoint agent coverage. - The Unit 42 relationship runs on a clear operating rhythm — escalations, incident handoffs, and reporting

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