Security Operations Analyst

Our Company

At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with better information. That’s why we built the most complete cloud analytics and data platform for AI. By delivering harmonized data, trusted AI, and faster innovation, we uplift and empower our customers—and our customers’ customers—to make better, more confident decisions. The world’s top companies across every major industry trust Teradata to improve business performance, enrich customer experiences, and fully integrate data across the enterprise.

The Security Operations Analyst is responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity incidents and threats promptly. This role is crucial in protecting the organization’s digital infrastructure, data, and assets by supporting daily security operations, investigating alerts, and enhancing the security posture through continuous improvement of detection and response capabilities.

Work You’ll Do

• Monitor SIEM and security tools for suspicious activity and potential threats.
• Triage and analyze security alerts to determine impact and urgency.
• Investigate and respond to cybersecurity incidents, including malware infections, phishing, unauthorized access, and data exfiltration.
• Escalate significant incidents to senior analysts or incident response teams as needed.
• Maintain and tune security tools such as SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, and firewalls.
• Assist in rule creation and fine-tuning to reduce false positives and improve detection.
• Consume and correlate threat intelligence feeds with internal data.
• Identify indicators of compromise (IOCs) and proactively hunt for threats.
• Analyze logs from various sources (network, system, application) for anomalies.
• Correlate events across multiple data sets to uncover patterns and threats.
• Document incidents, response actions, and findings in incident management systems.
• Prepare regular reports on security posture, incident metrics, and threat trends.
• Assist in educating users on secure practices and common threats.
  
  

What Makes You a Qualified Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in a security operations or SOC role.
• Experience with SIEM platforms (e. g. , Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar, etc. ).
• Hands-on knowledge of security tools (e. g. , EDR, IDS, firewalls, threat intelligence platforms).
• Familiarity with common threat vectors, attack techniques (MITRE ATT&CK), and incident response processes.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, networking concepts, Windows/Linux logs, and cloud security.
  
  
  
  

Why We Think You’ll Love Teradata

We prioritize a people-first culture because we know our people are at the very heart of our success. We embrace a flexible work model because we trust our people to make decisions about how, when, and where they work. We focus on well-being because we care about our people and their ability to thrive both personally and professionally. We are an anti-racist company because our dedication to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is more than a statement. It is a deep commitment to doing the work to foster an equitable environment that celebrates people for all of who they are.

Teradata invites all identities and backgrounds in the workplace. We work with deliberation and intent to ensure we are cultivating collaboration and inclusivity across our global organization. ​ We are proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, ancestry, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related conditions), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, or any other legally protected status.