Cybersecurity Defense Analyst

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Makati City, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, PHL
Hybrid
Junior
Automotive • Professional Services • Software • Consulting • Energy • Chemical • Renewable Energy
Our mission is to make the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place.
The Role
Conducts cyber defense operations including log analysis, threat intelligence, threat hunting, DLP and insider-risk investigations, incident escalation, event correlation, vulnerability recommendations, and security posture reporting. The role monitors for malicious and anomalous activity, supports policy auditing, researches security violations, and provides cybersecurity recommendations to leadership and stakeholders.
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RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Audit, analyze, and report on the security of UL Solutions, supporting processes and systems.
  • Discover and perform analysis to resolve complex security-related problems.
  • Support investigations and research for possible computer security-related violations.
  • Conduct log analysis to identify malicious activity and anomalous behavior.
  • Support the planning, design, enforcement and auditing of security policies and procedures
  • Cyber Defense Operational activity including:
    • Investigating and responding to DLP alerts.
    • Investigating and responding to Insider Risk management alerts.
    • Insider threat monitoring.
    • Metrics gathering and management.
  • Gather, process and report on Threat Intelligence.
  • Assist with Threat-hunting services.
  • Prepares reports, which include recommendations and supporting arguments.
  • Assists in developing and delivering presentations of reports. May present reports to small groups within a subunit(s)
  • Performs other duties as directed.
  • Performs other duties as directed.

Technical Skills Required:
  • The individual must have a good understanding of the Windows operating system. Knowledge or experience of Linux and OSX would be beneficial but is not essential.
  • They must be able to utilize sources of information and tools to accurately and completely source all data used in intelligence, assessment, and planning to produce presentations and reports.
  • They can apply cybersecurity principles to organizational requirements, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and non-repudiation of the organization's data and systems.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Purview tools and ideally Sentinel.

Specialized Skills Required:
  • Document and escalate incidents (including event's history, status, and potential impact for further action) that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment.
  • Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting.
  • Perform event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack.
  • Plan and recommend modifications or adjustments based on exercise results or system environment.
  • Provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities.
  • Use cyber defense tools for continual monitoring and analysis of system activity to identify malicious activity.
  • Recommend computing environment vulnerability corrections.
  • Conduct research, analysis, and correlation across a wide variety of all source data sets (indications and warnings).
  • Notify designated managers, cyber incident responders, and cybersecurity service provider team members of suspected cyber incidents and articulate the event's history, status, and potential impact for further action.
  • Analyze and report organizational security posture trends.
  • Monitor external data sources (e.g., cyber defense vendor sites, Computer Emergency Response Teams, Security Focus) to maintain currency of cyber defense threat conditions and determine which security issues may have an impact on the enterprise.
  • Provides cybersecurity recommendations to leadership based on significant threats and trends.
  • Work with stakeholders to resolve computer security incidents and vulnerability compliance.

QUALIFICATIONS
  • High School graduate or above.
  • Excellent spoken and written English.
  • 2+ years of work experience in Cyber Security.
  • Experience in Threat Intelligence or Vulnerability Management
  • Knowledge of ISO27001 or other global security standards.
  • Experience with Microsoft Purview tooling.
  • Experience with Microsoft Defender.
  • Security Certification is an advantage.

ABOUT US
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
ABOUT THE TEAM
As we're supporting some of the most innovative companies in the world, high-performing IT is vital. Deeply focused on technology innovation and practically applying new and emerging technologies to meet the evolving needs of our customers, we operate as strategic partners to the wider organization, developing and delivering best-in-class IT solutions. We also use our expertise day-to-day to offer our colleagues a seamless technology experience, providing them with the tools to help customers all over the world deliver safer, more sustainable solutions. Join our team and connect, support and empower colleagues across our global community.

Skills Required

  • High school graduate or above
  • Excellent spoken and written English
  • 2+ years of work experience in cybersecurity
  • Experience in threat intelligence or vulnerability management
  • Knowledge of ISO 27001 or other global security standards
  • Experience with Microsoft Purview tooling
  • Experience with Microsoft Defender
  • Security certification
  • Good understanding of the Windows operating system
  • Knowledge or experience with Linux and macOS
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Sentinel

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UL Solutions Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are often characterized as a strong point, with a 401(k) plan noted for employer matching and overall favorability. Given indications of recent changes, confirming the current match and vesting terms is prudent, but retirement support is frequently viewed as a relative advantage.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Vacation and paid time off are described as competitive, including starting PTO, separate sick time, floating holidays, and company‑paid volunteer days. Official materials also highlight paid parental bonding and family leave in the U.S.
  • Strong & Reliable Incentives — Annual incentive bonus eligibility is positioned as company‑wide in official materials, making variable pay a meaningful part of total rewards. Some roles publicly specify target bonuses, underscoring the program’s presence.

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
15,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1894

What We Do

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Certification Marks serve as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

Why Work With Us

Science is in our DNA; we are endlessly curious and passionate about seeking and speaking the truth. We take delight in knowing that our work makes a meaningful contribution to society, and we are proud that our culture is centered on integrity, collaboration, inclusion and excellence.

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