Remote SOC Analyst: AWS Security & Threat Response

Motion Recruitment; Massachusetts; Remote; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a SOC Analyst to join a global technology organization serving the property and casualty insurance industry. You will monitor, investigate, and respond to security events across AWS cloud environments, SIEM platforms, and EDR solutions, while collaborating with security teams to reduce organizational risk.

You will engage in threat detection, incident response, phishing investigations, and remediation activities in a fully remote role with exposure to large-scale

Qualifications

• Experience in incident detection, investigation and response in enterprise environments.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• Ability to work independently and effectively within a remote team.

Responsibilities

• Monitor enterprise systems and networks for cybersecurity threats.
• Investigate and respond to security incidents across cloud, endpoint, and enterprise environments.
• Analyze and remediate alerts from AWS tools, SIEM, endpoint solutions, and phishing reports.
• Conduct incident triage, root-cause analysis, and escalation as needed.
• Document investigations, findings, actions, and remediation recommendations.
• Collaborate with security teams and stakeholders to reduce risk.
• Assist with improving incident response procedures and SOC practices.
• Support a fast-paced SOC environment.

Skills

Incident detection & response

Analytical thinking

Written & verbal communication

Independent worker

Tools

AWS Cloud Security (alerts)

SIEM alerts

CrowdStrike EDR

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking a SOC Analyst to join a global technology organization serving the property and casualty insurance industry. You will monitor, investigate, and respond to security events across AWS cloud environments, SIEM platforms, and EDR solutions, while collaborating with security teams to reduce organizational risk.

You will engage in threat detection, incident response, phishing investigations, and remediation activities in a fully remote role with exposure to large-scale