Senior IT Security Analyst

Yum! Center for Global Franchise Excellence

Senior IT Security Analyst supporting Yum! Cybersecurity team acting as primary escalation point for SIEM platform.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timePlano • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $100,500 - $130,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber SecurityFirewallsTCP/IP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Your primary work will involve using our SIEM platform to fully investigate network security events, documenting your investigations in writing via ticketing system, communicating with stakeholders, and resolving any identified issues.
Gather and analyze intelligence from a variety of sources and communicate a summary of impactful intelligence to internal stakeholders.
You will be responsible for identifying tuning opportunities and additional SIEM rules/use cases based on the everchanging threat landscape and needs of the organization.
Provide threat and vulnerability management oversight and communicate threat and vulnerability observations clearly to leaders and subject matter experts, properly relaying risk factors.
You will work with other Subject Matter Experts within the Security Services team to deliver a unified security service experience to all markets while also leveraging each other’s expertise and services to improve existing processes.
You will work closely with the Log Collection and Platform management team to identify and implement automations for common use cases for more efficient response and resolution.
You will lead brand collaboration calls to highlight detections identified within the market, including details such as resolution status and follow up, to ensure events are fully documented and resolved.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Effective tactical and strategic communication skills with technical, non-technical, and executive leadership.
1 to 3 years’ experience of working in a high-performance Cyber SOC team in a cyber-security
College Degree in Cyber Security or Information Technology or equivalent work experience.
Certifications like CCNA, Security+, Network+, GCIH, GSOC, GSEC, GSED, GMON focused organization serving large scale enterprise customers.
Experience with an enterprise-grade SIEM platform (e.g. QRadar, LogRhythm, CrowdStrike).
Working knowledge in network access control, intrusion prevention & detection systems, firewalls, routers, incident response, information security methods & risk management.
Working knowledge of the Cyber Kill Chain.
Experience in high volume environments handling billions of records per day.
Experience in Security Event analysis & triage, incident handling & root-cause identification.
Proficiency in TCP/IP & other network protocols.
Passion and enthusiasm for Cyber Security.
Experience with Red/ Blue team exercises & Table Top exercises.
Experience running of one or more services within a Security Operations Center.
Excellent time management & problem-solving skills.
Effective Communication, including verbal, report writing & presentations skills.
Ability to deal with complexity & uncertainty.
Analysis & interpretation of data into useful management.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Employees (and their eligible family members) may enroll in the following types of insurance coverage: medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment, as well as FSA/HSA (depending on enrolled medical plan).
Yum! also provides short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
Employees may enroll in our 401(k) plan.
Yum! provides 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year.

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Hard Skills & Tools

SIEMnetwork securitythreat managementvulnerability managementincident responseTCP/IPnetwork protocolsSecurity Event analysisroot-cause identificationCyber Kill Chain

Soft Skills

tactical communicationstrategic communicationtime managementproblem-solvingeffective communicationreport writingpresentation skillsability to deal with complexityability to deal with uncertaintycollaboration

Certifications

CCNASecurity+Network+GCIHGSOCGSECGSEDGMON