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3 days onsite; 2 days remote.
Senior SOC Analyst with 6-10 years of experience, monitors, analyzes and responds to security issues, investigate attacks with other team members, assist in building situational awareness and implementing and incorporating multiple tools and technologies
Senior SOC Analyst Job Description
A Senior SOC analyst is in charge of monitoring and auditing the company's systems. They also keep an eye on network traffic to ensure that no suspicious behavior is taking place.
Monitor an organization's IT infrastructure. This includes monitoring security systems, apps, and networks for anomalies that could suggest a breach or assault.
Detects, assesses, and mitigates security threats. When SOC analyst sees a threat, they will collaborate with their team to understand what caused the anomaly within the system and how to avoid it in the future.
React and investigates the incidents. If necessary, the SOC analyst will collaborate with other team members to conduct additional investigations into the occurrence before reporting to law enforcement agencies. After thoroughly examining each circumstance, they will share any new knowledge obtained about current cyber threats or vulnerabilities inside their network so that future events can be avoided, if possible, by immediate fixes.
SOC analysts work with other team members to ensure that the protocols are in place to continue functioning so that it may continue to operate safely and securely. This involves both the implementation of new systems and the updating of current ones as needed.
Security audits are critical for ensuring the organization's security because they allow you to uncover vulnerabilities before hackers or hostile actors can exploit them. A SOC Analyst directly participates in these audits by assisting with preparing and evaluating data afterward.
SOC analysts must stay current on the most recent cyber risks to their firm's security, whether by learning about fresh phishing scams or keeping track of which bad actors are currently employing hacking tools. This understanding enables them to respond promptly to potential concerns before they cause difficulties for your firm.
Work closely with security teams to develop, tune, automate, and enhance network and host-based security devices, support the SOC with managing the response to client Cyber intrusions, perform extensive network and host triage, maintain strict chain-of-custody, analyze documentation and reports, and perform remediation, as required.
Implement and Manage Security Tools
Investigate Suspicious Activities and Prevent Them
Reduce Downtime and Ensure Business Continuity
Providing Security Services to the Organization as a Whole
Audit and Compliance Support
A Senior SOC analyst is in charge of monitoring and auditing the company's systems. They also keep an eye on network traffic to ensure that no suspicious behavior is taking place.
Monitor an organization's IT infrastructure. This includes monitoring security systems, apps, and networks for anomalies that could suggest a breach or assault.
Detects, assesses, and mitigates security threats. When SOC analyst sees a threat, they will collaborate with their team to understand what caused the anomaly within the system and how to avoid it in the future.
React and investigates the incidents. If necessary, the SOC analyst will collaborate with other team members to conduct additional investigations into the occurrence before reporting to law enforcement agencies. After thoroughly examining each circumstance, they will share any new knowledge obtained about current cyber threats or vulnerabilities inside their network so that future events can be avoided, if possible, by immediate fixes.
SOC analysts work with other team members to ensure that the protocols are in place to continue functioning so that it may continue to operate safely and securely. This involves both the implementation of new systems and the updating of current ones as needed.
Security audits are critical for ensuring the organization's security because they allow you to uncover vulnerabilities before hackers or hostile actors can exploit them. A SOC Analyst directly participates in these audits by assisting with preparing and evaluating data afterward.
SOC analysts must stay current on the most recent cyber risks to their firm's security, whether by learning about fresh phishing scams or keeping track of which bad actors are currently employing hacking tools. This understanding enables them to respond promptly to potential concerns before they cause difficulties for your firm.
Work closely with security teams to develop, tune, automate, and enhance network and host-based security devices, support the SOC with managing the response to client Cyber intrusions, perform extensive network and host triage, maintain strict chain-of-custody, analyze documentation and reports, and perform remediation, as required.
Implement and Manage Security Tools
Investigate Suspicious Activities and Prevent Them
Reduce Downtime and Ensure Business Continuity
Providing Security Services to the Organization as a Whole
Audit and Compliance Support
Job Purpose
The DC SOC is a centralized unit for security operations. The main aim of this team is to monitor, analyze and protect its assets from any kind of security threats such as cyber-attacks, data threats, viruses, malware, etc. The Senior SOC Analyst are the first to respond to and take action against cyber-attacks. They identify, analyze, and resolve the issues related to security. They also inform the management about the cyber threats so that the stakeholders can take necessary measures to ensure the security of the sensitive information and data of the company from hackers and malicious activities.
The DC SOC is a centralized unit for security operations. The main aim of this team is to monitor, analyze and protect its assets from any kind of security threats such as cyber-attacks, data threats, viruses, malware, etc. The Senior SOC Analyst are the first to respond to and take action against cyber-attacks. They identify, analyze, and resolve the issues related to security. They also inform the management about the cyber threats so that the stakeholders can take necessary measures to ensure the security of the sensitive information and data of the company from hackers and malicious activities.
Essential Functions:
A Senior SOC Analyst has certain duties to perform that are essential for the daily operations.
Constantly monitors the Networks and servers.
Identifies any security breach that can harm the sensitive data and information of the organization.
Analyzes the type of security threat that has attacked the security operations.
Effectively respond to the immediate threats to the security.
Builds temporary fixes to eliminate security threats and restore the data and information security.
Collaborate with other departments and team members to implement security procedures, methods, and best practices.
Stay updated about the latest security threats.
SOC Analyst Skills and Qualifications
Network Defenders: Defending the networks from possible security threats is one of the major duties of a SOC Analyst. Experience with monitoring, analyzing, and eliminating security threats from the network. Candidate should have the required skills to protect your organizations Networks from hackers' attacks.
Ethical Hacking: SOC professionals with knowledge of ethical hacking are preferred. You should also have a basic understanding of penetration testing, networks, web applications, and testing to test systems to identify vulnerabilities.
Response to Incidents: As a SOC Analyst, you must know how to eliminate the malicious activities that are taking place in the organization systems and how to deal with incidents involving security breaches. You may suggest changes in the companies' security systems so they can stay protected from future threats.
Computer Forensics: To prevent the organization computer security system from any sort of Cybercrime, as a SOC professional, you must be familiar with computer forensics.
Reverse Engineering: relevant skills in reverse engineering, understanding given software program, derive conclusions from it, and help patch a bug.
Experience with PowerShell commands and scripts
Troubleshoot hardware and software problems, take appropriate corrective action and/or interact with team members or vendors to work through issue resolution
Experience with performing host-based analysis of Windows, Linux, and Mac
Experience with performing anomaly or malware hunts using a common framework and standard methodology, including the MITRE ATT&CK framework
Ability to analyze security events that occur within the enterprise for the purposes of mitigating threats
Ability to analyze Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) alerts to identify security issues for investigation and remediation
Ability to be self-driven, work independently, and handle multiple tasks concurrently
Comply with all audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements
Support On call and weekend work
Network Defenders: Defending the networks from possible security threats is one of the major duties of a SOC Analyst. Experience with monitoring, analyzing, and eliminating security threats from the network. Candidate should have the required skills to protect your organizations Networks from hackers' attacks.
Ethical Hacking: SOC professionals with knowledge of ethical hacking are preferred. You should also have a basic understanding of penetration testing, networks, web applications, and testing to test systems to identify vulnerabilities.
Response to Incidents: As a SOC Analyst, you must know how to eliminate the malicious activities that are taking place in the organization systems and how to deal with incidents involving security breaches. You may suggest changes in the companies' security systems so they can stay protected from future threats.
Computer Forensics: To prevent the organization computer security system from any sort of Cybercrime, as a SOC professional, you must be familiar with computer forensics.
Reverse Engineering: relevant skills in reverse engineering, understanding given software program, derive conclusions from it, and help patch a bug.
Experience with PowerShell commands and scripts
Troubleshoot hardware and software problems, take appropriate corrective action and/or interact with team members or vendors to work through issue resolution
Experience with performing host-based analysis of Windows, Linux, and Mac
Experience with performing anomaly or malware hunts using a common framework and standard methodology, including the MITRE ATT&CK framework
Ability to analyze security events that occur within the enterprise for the purposes of mitigating threats
Ability to analyze Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) alerts to identify security issues for investigation and remediation
Ability to be self-driven, work independently, and handle multiple tasks concurrently
Comply with all audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements
Support On call and weekend work
| Skill | Required / Desired | Amount | of Experience |
| 6-10 yrs. developing, maintaining, and recommending enhancements to IS policies/requirements | Required | ||
| 6-10 yrs. performing vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems/apps | Required | ||
| 6-10 yrs. identifying, reporting, and resolving security violations | Required | ||
| Bachelor's degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience | Required |
