Security Analyst II(NW Arkansas)
Cyderes · Bentonville, AR
$70,000–$75,000
Jul 22, 2026
Bentonville, AR
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hybrid SOC analyst role based in northwest Arkansas, focused on monitoring and investigating security alerts across enterprise client environments within a managed detection and response operation. Day-to-day work spans incident response, proactive threat hunting, malware analysis, and vulnerability management, using tools such as Splunk, CrowdStrike, and other EDR platforms. Suited to analysts with two to five years of hands-on SOC or incident response experience.
Mid level · 2+ years · Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 50 people in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 30–90
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $108,535 (middle half $86,358–$136,998).
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 (6)
The role is titled 'Security Analyst II', which maps to a Mid-level band; the 2–5 year experience requirement and scope (SOC analyst within an MDR team) are consistent with Mid.
The EDR requirement lists CrowdStrike, Cisco AMP, Trend Micro, and Microsoft Defender as interchangeable options ('or similar'); CrowdStrike is used as the primary name with the others captured as alternatives.
Threat hunting, vulnerability management, and malware analysis appear in the Responsibilities section and are framed with 'familiarity with' or 'support/help' language in Requirements — treated as preferred rather than hard gates.
No compensation figures are stated in the posting.
The role is explicitly an in-office hybrid position requiring the candidate to be located in NW Arkansas (Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro); remote is not available.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): malware analysis.
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