Kyndryl
Early Career Consult Program – Cybersecurity Defense Associate
Dallas (USDALFRI) Frisco AI HUB · Junior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 19 days ago
Cloud PlatformsCybersecuritySIEMUEBASOC OperationsDetection EngineeringIncident ResponseCustomer SuccessZero TrustCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoring
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About the role
- As a Cybersecurity Defense Associate, you will help protect Kyndryl and its customers by supporting security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, threat hunting, and security intelligence activities.
- You will monitor, investigate, and respond to potential security threats across networks, endpoints, cloud environments, and critical infrastructure while working closely with cybersecurity specialists to strengthen organizational resilience.
Responsibilities
- Support threat hunting activities to identify advanced threats, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and suspicious activity.
- Identify, assess, and support the remediation of vulnerabilities across systems and infrastructure.
- Support digital forensics and security investigations to determine root cause and impact.
- Document incidents, findings, remediation activities, and security recommendations.
- Collaborate with security operations, infrastructure, cloud, and application teams to improve security posture and resilience.
- At Kyndryl, we run and reimagine the mission-critical technology systems that drive advantage for the world's leading businesses.
Requirements
- You're good at what you do and possess the required experience to prove it.
- However, equally as important - you have a growth mindset
- You are customer-focused - someone who prioritizes customer success in their work.
- And finally, you're open and borderless - naturally inclusive in how you work with others.
- Foundational experience in cybersecurity, security operations, incident response, or a related security role.
- Knowledge of network, endpoint, cloud, and infrastructure security principles.
- Familiarity with threat hunting concepts, methodologies, and common attacker techniques.
- Experience or working knowledge of EDR, NDR, SIEM, or related security technologies.
- Ability to troubleshoot security vulnerabilities, system security issues, and operational security events.
- Ability to communicate security findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Preferred Skills
Compensation
- The base compensation range for the position in the U.S. is $63,360, to, $114,120 based on a full-time schedule reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation Kyndryl, in good faith, believes it may pay for the role at the time of thi
Benefits
- Join us and experience a flexible, supportive environment where your well-being is prioritized and your potential can thrive.
- This role combines technical analysis, operational execution, and continuous learning to identify risks, support incident response efforts, and help defend against evolving cyber threats.
Company info
- At Kyndryl, we run and reimagine the mission-critical technology systems that drive advantage for the world's leading businesses. We are at the heart of progress
- with proven expertise and a continuous flow of AI-powered insight, enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and a lasting competitive edge. For our people-Kyndryls-that means doing purposeful work that powers human progress. Join us and experience a flexible, supportive environment where your well-being is prioritized and your potential can thrive.
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- We are at the heart of progress; with proven expertise and a continuous flow of AI-powered insight, enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and a lasting competitive edge.
- For our people-Kyndryls-that means doing purposeful work that powers human progress.
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