Security Operations Analyst

Socket.dev; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision

401(K)

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Flex Spending Accounts

Life & Disability Insurance

Vacation, Sick, Personal Time and DCH

Job summary

D.R. Horton, Inc. is seeking a Security Analyst to address daily IT security tasks, assess incidents, and apply troubleshooting steps to resolve issues. You will monitor suspicious activity across company IT infrastructure and help manage security risk.

The ideal candidate will handle incident triage, log reviews, and coordination with cross-functional teams, while adhering to security processes and documentation standards.

Qualifications

• 1–4 years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity, helpdesk, systems administration, network support, identity support, endpoint support, or a related technical role.
• General understanding of cybersecurity concepts such as least privilege, phishing, malware, MFA, vulnerability management, logging, incident response, data protection, and secure configuration.
• Basic knowledge of Windows, Microsoft 365, Active Directory, Entra ID, DNS, email, endpoints, servers, web access, and authentication services.

Responsibilities

• Monitor security alerts, tool queues, email, ITSM tickets, and Teams requests for potential security issues.
• Triage and investigate security events involving endpoints, identity, email, web access, data movement, privileged access, vulnerabilities, or suspicious user activity.
• Review logs and alerts from SIEM, EDR, email security, web filtering, identity, vulnerability, DLP, or access control tools.
• Document findings clearly with timestamps, affected users/systems, evidence, impact, remediation, and escalation needs.
• Escalate higher-risk issues to senior analysts, management, or the appropriate technical owner.
• Assist with enforcement related activities such as certificate review, Group Policy security controls, sensitive data handling, and SIEM log review.
• Participate in the weekly on-call rotation and respond to after-hours security incidents when assigned.

Skills

Security monitoring

Incident response

Log review

Communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

SIEM

EDR/XDR

DLP

Email security

Web filtering

Job description

D.R. Horton, Inc. is seeking a Security Analyst to address daily IT security tasks, assess incidents, and apply troubleshooting steps to resolve issues. You will monitor suspicious activity across company IT infrastructure and help manage security risk.

The ideal candidate will handle incident triage, log reviews, and coordination with cross-functional teams, while adhering to security processes and documentation standards.