Senior Security Operations Analyst III at CLEAR in New York, New York, United States

Job description

• CLEAR is seeking a Senior Security Operations Analyst III to join our SOC team to help strengthen our ability to detect, investigate, and respond to evolving security threats. In this role, you’ll lead complex investigations, improve CLEAR’s threat detection and response capabilities, and serve as a trusted security partner while helping develop the analysts and program around you.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex investigations of security events across corporate networks, endpoints, data centers, cloud environments, and other critical systems, driving incidents from initial analysis through escalation and remediation
• Develop, tune, and optimize threat detection logic across SIEM, EDR, and other security platforms, proactively identifying coverage gaps, reducing false positives, and improving the fidelity of security alerts
• Partner with Engineering, Infrastructure, and other teams to investigate threats, identify root causes, communicate risk, and drive timely remediation and improvements to CLEAR’s security posture
• Apply threat intelligence, data, automation, and AI-enabled tools to identify emerging attack patterns, accelerate investigations, improve detection workflows, and strengthen decision-making while applying sound security judgment
• Serve as a subject matter expert and escalation point for other analysts, mentoring junior team members, sharing knowledge, and helping establish scalable processes, playbooks, and standards for threat detection and analysis
• Continuously evaluate CLEAR’s detection coverage against the evolving threat landscape and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, identifying opportunities to improve visibility and proactively defend against emerging threats
• Lead improvements to Security Operations workflows, standard operating procedures, documentation, and tooling to increase the quality, consistency, and efficiency of threat analysis and incident response
• Clearly communicate technical findings, risk, and recommended actions to technical and non-technical stakeholders, tailoring the level of detail to the audience
• Participate in the Security Operations on-call rotation and respond to critical security events and incidents outside of standard working hours, as needed

Requirements

• 8+ years of cybersecurity experience, including 5+ years in security operations, threat detection, incident response, or a related discipline
• Deep knowledge of SIEM, EDR, and security monitoring technologies, with demonstrated experience investigating complex events and developing, tuning, and optimizing detection logic
• Applying threat intelligence and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, or ISO 27001 to identify adversary behavior, evaluate detection coverage, and strengthen security controls
• Using data, automation, scripting, and AI-enabled security tools to improve threat detection and investigation workflows while applying strong analytical judgment to validate findings and make informed decisions
• Solving complex security problems independently, communicating findings clearly, building trusted cross-functional relationships, and mentoring other analysts
• Certifications such as GCIH, GCIA, OSCP are a plus
• Experience working across teams and functions to deliver on strategic, program-level goals

Skills

Required

• SIEM
• EDR
• Security monitoring technologies
• Threat intelligence
• MITRE ATT&CK
• NIST CSF
• ISO 27001
• Data analysis
• Automation
• Scripting
• AI-enabled security tools
• Incident response

Preferred

• GCIH
• GCIA
• OSCP

Benefits

• At CLEAR, we help YOU move forward - because when you’re at your best, we’re at our best. You’ll work with talented team members motivated by our mission of making experiences safer and easier. Our offices are bright and energetic with an open concept and plenty of conference rooms and casual co-working spaces. We also offer catered lunches every day and have fully stocked kitchens. Outside of the office, we invest in your well-being and learning & development with stipends and reimbursement programs.
• We offer holistic total rewards, including comprehensive healthcare plans, family-building benefits (fertility and adoption/surrogacy support), flexible time off, annual wellness stipend, free OneMedical memberships for you and your dependents, a CLEAR Plus membership, and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match. The base salary range for this role is $145,000 - $170,000, depending on levels of skills and experience.
• The base salary range represents the low and high end of CLEAR’s salary range for this position. Salaries will vary depending on various factors which include, but are not limited to location, education, skills, experience and performance. The range listed is just one component of CLEAR’s total compensation package for employees and other rewards may include annual bonuses, commission, Restricted Stock Units.