Security Operations Analyst II

Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines; Iowa; Hybrid; USD 81,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines is seeking an Information Security Analyst II to monitor, analyze, and respond to cybersecurity events within a Hybrid work environment. You will support threat detection, incident investigation, vulnerability management, and security administration to protect critical systems and data.

The role requires evaluating alerts across SIEM/EDR/IDS, coordinating with technology teams, and staying current on threats and best practices.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of information security, SOC, or related field.
• Experience investigating alerts and incident response.
• Experience with enterprise security technologies.
• Knowledge of SIEM, EDR/XDR, IDS/IPS, email security, AD/Azure, Windows & Linux.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to distinguish false positives from real events.
• Understanding of Cyber Kill Chain / MITRE ATT&CK.
• Ability to assess risk and recommend remediation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple investigations.
• Strong attention to detail and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Monitor security alerts and events from SIEM, EDR, email, cloud, and network tools.
• Analyze events for validity, impact, severity, and response.
• Investigate incidents, contain and remediate with IT teams.
• Escalate incidents per established response procedures.
• Participate in containment, eradication, and recovery activities.
• Document investigations, findings, evidence, and remediation.
• Perform threat hunting to identify anomalies.
• Correlate events to identify emerging threats.
• Review IOCs and IOAs; monitor threat intel.
• Assist with vulnerability management and remediation tracking.
• Maintain runbooks, test controls, and respond to audits.

Skills

SIEM platforms

EDR/XDR

IDS/IPS

Email Security

Network Security Monitoring

AD/Azure AD

Windows OS

Linux OS

Analytical skills

Documentation skills

Communication skills

Independent & collaborative

Threat modeling knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or related

Certifications: Security+, CISSP (Associate)

Tools

SOAR

Threat intelligence platforms

Cloud security tools

Digital forensics

Job description

Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines is seeking an Information Security Analyst II to monitor, analyze, and respond to cybersecurity events within a Hybrid work environment. You will support threat detection, incident investigation, vulnerability management, and security administration to protect critical systems and data.

The role requires evaluating alerts across SIEM/EDR/IDS, coordinating with technology teams, and staying current on threats and best practices.