SOC ANALYST-Security Analyst

Summary: The SOC Analyst - Security Analyst role involves monitoring and analyzing security events to identify threats and incidents, with a focus on incident response and reporting. The position is fully remote but prefers candidates located in South Carolina. The contract duration is 12 months with a possibility of extension, and the role requires collaboration with various teams to enhance security measures. Candidates should have relevant experience in security monitoring and incident response, along with necessary certifications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Continuously review and correlate security event data across SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, and threat intelligence sources to identify complex attack patterns, emerging threats, and security incidents.
• Perform deep-dive analysis of suspicious activity, validate incidents, determine root cause and impact, and escalate critical incidents with detailed context to Tier 3 as required.
• Create detailed incident reports, timelines, and post-incident summaries; contribute to lessons-learned documentation and recommendations for remediation and preventative measures.
• Investigate user-reported phishing, malware infections, and potential policy violations; advise users and internal/external teams on containment and recovery actions.
• Recommend updates to SOC playbooks and workflows based on real-world investigations, fine-tune detection rules, alert thresholds, and correlation logic to reduce false positives and improve threat coverage.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure monitoring tools are properly configured and tuned. Integrate new threat intelligence feeds into workflows and proactively hunt for threats using up-to-date tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Serve as a customer-facing SME, "selling the value of Client services by demonstrating capabilities and resolving issues.
• Document processes, runbooks, and troubleshooting steps related to SOC operations.
• Coordinate with engineering, SOC, and agency staff as needed to meet goals.
• Other duties as needed.

Key Skills:

• 2+ Years of Experience with Security Monitoring and Incident Response.
• 2+ Years of Experience with MITRE Telecommunication & CK framework.
• 2+ Years of Experience with dashboard creation and reporting.
• Experience with the Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM/XDR platform.
• Knowledge of Linux, network administration and network design.
• Experience in administration of firewalls, VPN technology, Active Directory, Intrusion Detection/Prevention systems.
• Candidate is local to Columbia, SC or surrounding city in South Carolina.
• Associate's degree in an information technology or information security related field.
• Four years of relevant work experience may be substituted in lieu of education.
• CISSP, CISA, CISO or equivalent advanced security certification.
• Additional relevant certifications (e.g., CEH, OSCP, GPEN).
• Vendor certifications related to information security.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: undetermined

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT