Associate Analyst, Falcon Complete (Remote)

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About the Role:

CrowdStrike is looking for highly motivated, self-driven, Cyber Security analysts dedicated to making a difference in global security by protecting organizations against the most advanced attackers in the world. Our CrowdStrike virtual security operations center offers opportunities to expand your skill set through a wide variety of experiences, detecting and responding to incidents as they occur in real-time for our customers. 

About the Team:

What makes you a successful Falcon Complete Team Candidate?

• Do you find yourself interested in putting your hands-on technical skills to the test in detecting, containing, and remediating incidents?

• Are you self-motivated and looking for an opportunity to rapidly accelerate your skills?

• Do you crave new and innovative work that actually matters to your customer?

• Do you have an Incident Response or Information Security background that you’re not fully utilizing?

• Are you capable of leading teams and interacting well with customers?

• Do you love working around like-minded, smart people who you can learn from and mentor on a daily basis?

• Willing and able to work your allocated shift as part of our global, follow the sun team?

The allocated shifts span either Wednesday to Saturday or Sunday to Wednesday for a 40-hour work week. These are slightly longer work days compared to a standard 5-day work week shift.

What You'll Do:

• Exercise incident handling processes across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.

• Perform basic malware analysis.

• Develop and improve processes for incident detection and the execution of countermeasures

• Produce high-quality written and verbal communications, recommendations, and findings to customer management.

• Demonstrate industry thought leadership through blog posts, CrowdCasts, and other public speaking events.

• Manage internal programs or teams.

What You’ll Need:

• 0 - 2 years of related experience.

• Capable of completing technical tasks without supervision.

• Desire to grow and expand both technical and soft skills.

• Strong project management skills.

• Contributing thought leader within the incident response industry.

• Ability to foster a positive work environment and attitude.

• Strong verbal and communication skills of difficult technical concepts to audiences with varying levels of technical ability.

• Incident Handling: experience conducting or managing incident response for organizations, investigating　targeted threats such as the Advanced Persistent Threat, Organized Crime, and Hacktivists.

• Computer Forensic Analysis: a background using a variety of forensic analysis tools in incident response investigations to determine the extent and scope of compromise.

• Systems Administration: an understanding of system internals is required to understand how to implement and execute countermeasures and remediation.

• Network Forensic Analysis: knowledge of network protocols, network analysis tools, and ability to perform analysis of associated network logs.

• Malware Analysis: ability to perform static and dynamic malware analysis to understand the nature of malware

• Incident Remediation: strong understanding of targeted attacks and able to create customized tactical and strategic remediation plans for compromised organizations.

• Network Operations and Architecture/Engineering: strong understanding of secure network architecture and strong background in performing network operations.

• Programming/Scripting: experience coding in C, C#, VB, Python, Perl, Ruby on Rails, and .NET.

• Currently located in Japan (remote within Japan will be gladly considered), unfortunately visa sponsorship is not available.

• High business level to native Japanese language skills (i.e. fluent including writing) required to communicate directly with local customers at a level that does not need peer proofreading.

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This role may require the candidate to periodically undergo and pass alcohol and/or drug test(s) during the course of employment.

Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards

• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs 

• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge  

• Paid parental and adoption leaves

• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role

• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections

• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities

• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe

CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.

CrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements.

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CrowdStrike, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Placement within the pay range is dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications, job level, supervisory status, and location. The base salary range for this position for all U.S. candidates is $70,000 - $95,000 per year, with eligibility for bonuses, equity grants and a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, 401k and paid time off.

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