Cybersecurity Analyst

Honigman is a premier business law firm, based in Michigan with an international practice. Honigman is consistently recognized as one of the 101 Best and Brightest Places to Work, we earned this recognition by recruiting attorneys and staff members with outstanding credentials. Currently, we are looking for a Cybersecurity Analyst in our Detroit Office. In addition to our Corporate Detroit Office, we have offices in Grand Rapids, Lansing, Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Kalamazoo, and Washington D.C. With more than 350 attorneys working in 60 different areas of concentration, Honigman provides timely and cost-effective counsel to clients in numerous industries.

SUMMARY

The Cybersecurity Analyst is a technical, hands-on role responsible for protecting the organization’s systems, networks, and data by monitoring, scanning, detecting, and responding to cybersecurity threats. This position focuses on operational security, technical analysis, and system-level protection, requiring direct interaction with security tools, infrastructure, and data. Reporting to the Information Security Manager, the analyst works closely with the Network Services and Applications teams to strengthen and maintain the organization’s overall security posture, ensuring that systems and applications are securely configured, monitored, and resilient against threats, both on-prem and on cloud.

The primary focus of this role is day-to-day threat detection and incident response, while also contributing to the longer-term enhancement of the security posture through continuous improvements and architectural design.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Continuously monitor networks, systems, and security using SIEM/XDR tools.
• Investigate suspicious activity and perform log analysis, threat triage, incident documentation, and escalation.
• Conduct threat hunting across endpoints, identity, cloud, messaging, and network environments to proactively identify malicious activity, indicators of compromise (IOCs), anomalous behavior, and emerging threats that may evade existing security controls and detections.
• Analyze telemetry from security tools, logs, and threat intelligence sources to detect hidden threats, attacker techniques, and potential security gaps.
• Support incident response and remediation efforts.
• Perform vulnerability scans, analyze findings, track remediations, and validate fixes.
• Support ISO 27001 risk assessments and control effectiveness reviews and assist with audit preparation and evidence collection.
• Analyze incidents trends and alerts to identify recurring patterns and systemic weaknesses.
• Analyze threat intelligence and emerging risks and stay current on cybersecurity trends.
• Assist in designing and improving security controls across systems.
• Assist in developing operational and executive level security reporting.
• Contribute to architecture reviews (cloud, identity, endpoint, network).
• Evaluate and assess new technologies and security solutions.
• Review and suggest enhancements to security controls (firewalls, encryption, endpoints).
• Identify and assess threats posed by AI including risks posed by internal solution adoption, unauthorized use, governance controls, data leakage, and attack techniques and tools that are used to accelerate vulnerability discovery and exploitation.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Security+, CISSP, CEH).
• 5+ years of experience in information security.
• Security monitoring tools (SIEM, EDR/XDR).
• Strong knowledge of networking (TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls).
• Cloud security design knowledge (Azure preferred).
• Understanding of Defense-in-Depth, Zero-Trust, and secure system design principles.
• DLP principles and tools (Preferably Microsoft Purview).
• Preferred working experience with CrowdStrike, Arctic Wolf, Cisco, Duo, MS Entra and AD.
• Understanding of the risks and opportunities introduced by AI security tools.
• Understanding of the use of AI offensively by malicious actors and defensively by the Firm.

REQUIREMENTS

• Must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship

Pay Range and Compensation Package

Honigman provides a generous total compensation package, which includes comprehensive health and well-being benefits, as well as 401k and profit sharing. The anticipated annual pay range for this role is $105,000 to $130,000 (exempt). The actual offered pay rate will be determined based on various factors, including qualifications, experience, geographic location, education, external market data, and internal equity considerations.

Benefits & Additional Information

Successful candidates will enjoy an exceptional career opportunity within a welcoming environment. Eligible employees can also take advantage of Honigman’s comprehensive benefits program, highlights of which are below:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• 401K and profit sharing
• Bonus program
• Generous All Purpose Leave (APL) program that increases with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g., mental health services, medical resources, and more)
• Learning and development programs
• Employee discounts

For more information, click on “Our Benefits” when you visit: https://www.honigman.com/careers-business-professionals

Honigman is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, disability or any other category prohibited by applicable local, state or federal law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, and termination .