AI-Driven Tier 2 SOC Analyst - Remote

Totem Market Valuations; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401k match

Flexible, remote-friendly environment

Training opportunities

Job summary

Binary Defense is seeking a Tier 2 SOC Analyst with AI tools experience to contribute hands-on within the Security Operations team. You will transform detection strategy, organize detections, tune rules, and lead remediation for Attack Surface Reduction functions.

You’ll work with tools like AI, Splunk, Proofpoint, SentinelOne and more to deliver operational results. You will create alert strategies, tune noisy alerts, coordinate with MDR Threat Hunting, and map detections to the Cyber Kill

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Security Operations or equivalent experience.
• AI tools experience.
• Experience with SIEM and EDR tools.
• Experience mapping detections to common frameworks and risk reduction models.
• Familiarity with the latest trends in attacker TTPs.

Responsibilities

• Create internal alert strategy and process documentation for alert opportunities, prioritized by threat level.
• Review noisy alerts to tune and reduce alert fatigue.
• Assess alerts that haven’t triggered to determine if logic needs updates.
• Be the main point of contact to the MDR Provider’s Detection team.
• Work with Incident Responders on alert feedback loops; analyze true/false positives.
• Create regular reporting cadence for detections and rules tuned.
• Contribute to the Signal to Noise ratio detection metric.
• Coordinate with MDR Threat Hunting to implement STAR rules for SentinelOne.
• Map detections to the Cyber Kill Chain framework.
• Collaborate on ongoing tuning of on-call criteria.
• Perform attack surface reduction including change management and enterprise communication.
• Provide vulnerability prioritization and ticketing, reporting, and patch troubleshooting.
• Analyze stale identities and admin privileges; recommend improvements.

Skills

AI tools

SIEM

EDR

Threat mapping

Cross-functional communication

Tools

Splunk

Proofpoint

SentinelOne

Job description

Binary Defense is seeking a Tier 2 SOC Analyst with AI tools experience to contribute hands-on within the Security Operations team. You will transform detection strategy, organize detections, tune rules, and lead remediation for Attack Surface Reduction functions.

You’ll work with tools like AI, Splunk, Proofpoint, SentinelOne and more to deliver operational results. You will create alert strategies, tune noisy alerts, coordinate with MDR Threat Hunting, and map detections to the Cyber Kill