Security Analyst at Upwind Security
Boston, MA
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Jul 6, 2026
Boston, MA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Security Analyst role on a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team at a cloud security company. Day-to-day work involves investigating security incidents, tuning detection mechanisms, conducting proactive reviews of customer environments, and contributing to AI-driven detection models. The role suits someone early in their cybersecurity career with a background in cloud, Linux, or containerized environments who is comfortable engaging directly with customers.
Junior level · 1+ years · National
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
No work location or country is specified in the posting. Upwind is an Israeli-founded company and the role appears to be non-US based; the US-based flag has been set to false accordingly, though the posting is genuinely ambiguous.
The B.Sc. in Computer Science / Information Security is explicitly framed as 'an advantage' (i.e., preferred), so no degree is hard-required.
Cloud platform exposure (AWS/GCP/Azure) and container technologies (Docker/Kubernetes) are listed together in the requirements section with 'and/or' framing — AWS is captured as the primary with GCP and Azure as alternatives; Docker is captured as the primary container technology with Kubernetes as an alternative. However, given the phrasing 'Exposure to…', these read more as familiarity gates than deep expertise requirements.
Python and Bash are listed together as scripting options ('Python/Bash'); Python is captured as primary with Bash as an alternative.
The AI/machine learning contribution is mentioned in the responsibilities narrative rather than a dedicated requirements section, so it is marked as preferred.
The role requires only 1 year of experience and is positioned as a growth/learning opportunity within an MDR team, supporting a Junior seniority classification despite the breadth of responsibilities described.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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