Senior Cybersecurity Threat Analyst

The Bancorp

. Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex cybersecurity events .

Posted 10/6/2026full-timeWilmington • United StatesSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates advanced capabilities in cybersecurity incident response, threat intelligence analysis, and vulnerability management, with a strong focus on leading investigations and developing actionable intelligence. Proficient in developing security monitoring rules and conducting penetration tests while mentoring junior personnel.

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Cybersecurity Incident ResponseThreat Intelligence AnalysisVulnerability ManagementPenetration TestingSecurity Monitoring

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Hard Skills

Advanced Threat Intelligence AnalysisSecurity Monitoring Rules DevelopmentPenetration TestingVulnerability AnalysisIncident ResponseThreat HuntingTechnical DocumentationSecurity AssessmentsAutomation ScriptingTCP/IP Networking

Soft Skills

MentoringEffective CommunicationLeadership

Tools & Technologies

SIEMEDR/XDRSOARCloud-Security PlatformsAPIsAQLKQLSPLSQLPython

Certifications & Qualifications

CISSPGCIHGCIAGCFACEH

Industry Keywords

CybersecurityIncident ResponseThreat AnalysisVulnerability ManagementRegulatory ComplianceFinancial ServicesCloud SecurityNetwork SecurityIdentity SecurityEmail Security

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityDNSPythonSQLTCP/IP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex cybersecurity events
Lead investigation, scoping, evidence analysis, containment, mitigation, eradication, recovery validation, and post-incident technical review
Perform advanced threat intelligence analysis and develop actionable intelligence
Define and lead proactive threat-hunting activities and establish detection priorities
Develop, test, tune, validate, and review security-monitoring rules, queries, correlation logic, and use cases
Lead complex vulnerability analysis and perform remediation review, retesting, and technical closure
Independently perform or lead penetration tests, security assessments, and technical testing activities
Support internal and external audits, regulatory examinations, and control assessments
Provide advanced technical support for cybersecurity platforms, integrations, queries, dashboards, scripts, automation, and analytical workflows
Establish and improve investigation, incident-response, threat-hunting, detection, vulnerability-analysis, and technical documentation standards
Develop and review procedures, playbooks, runbooks, and analytical guidance
Mentor Cybersecurity Threat Analyst I and II personnel and review complex analytical work
Lead operational improvement initiatives and collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, application, cloud, identity, data, audit, and risk teams
Develop threat assessments, vulnerability reports, incident summaries, technical briefings, metrics, and recommendations
Use approved AI-assisted capabilities and evaluate generated conclusions for accuracy, provenance, unsupported assumptions, and security impact
Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, information technology, computer science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and progressively responsible experience
Minimum of 5 years of cybersecurity, security operations, incident response, threat analysis, vulnerability management, penetration testing, system administration, networking, or related security experience
Demonstrated experience independently leading complex cybersecurity investigations or technical response activities
Advanced working knowledge of security monitoring, incident response, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, threat hunting, and common attacker techniques
Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking, DNS, web protocols, authentication, operating systems, cloud environments, and enterprise security technologies
Significant hands-on experience with SIEM, EDR/XDR, SOAR, vulnerability management, threat intelligence, network security, email security, identity security, cloud-security platforms, or comparable technologies
Ability to develop advanced security queries, detections, analytical content, scripts, or automation using AQL, KQL, SPL, SQL, Python, PowerShell, APIs, or comparable tools
Ability to evaluate incomplete or conflicting evidence and develop defensible technical conclusions
Ability to independently perform technical activities during high-pressure security events with minimal oversight
Ability to mentor cybersecurity personnel and communicate complex technical issues effectively
Working knowledge of AI and machine-learning capabilities and threats relevant to cybersecurity, including governance, privacy, reliability, security, and human-review considerations
Experience leading significant incident-response or forensic investigations preferred
Advanced experience in threat hunting and detection engineering preferred
Experience performing penetration tests, attack-path analysis, adversary emulation, or other security assessments preferred
Experience producing operational or tactical threat-intelligence analysis preferred
Experience supporting cybersecurity audits, regulatory examinations, or formal control assessments preferred
Experience correlating threat intelligence with detection, vulnerability management, and incident response preferred
Experience with cloud, identity, endpoint, network, application, and data-security technologies preferred
Experience developing cybersecurity automation and integrations using APIs preferred
Experience supporting cybersecurity programs within a regulated financial-services environment preferred
Advanced or role-relevant certifications such as CISSP, GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, CEH, or comparable credentials preferred
Successful completion of background screening including credit, criminal, education, employment, OFAC, and social media background history

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Equal opportunity employment
Background screening including credit, criminal, education, employment, OFAC, and social media history