Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst Minerva Cyber Technologies SMARTER CYBER

Minerva Cyber Tech; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Minerva Cyber Technologies is seeking a Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst to investigate security alerts, validate suspicious activity, enrich cases with evidence, and maintain clear escalation and handoff records.

You will triage alerts from SIEM, correlate evidence, follow incident response playbooks, and contribute to improving detections and playbooks across client sites.

Qualifications

• Experience analyzing security alerts in a SOC or comparable defensive operations environment.
• Ability to investigate logs and endpoint or network activity beyond basic alert forwarding.
• Understanding of incident escalation, evidence handling, and common attack behavior.
• Clear writing and disciplined use of case management and handoff procedures.
• Ability to travel to client sites as needed.

Responsibilities

• Triage alerts from SIEM monitoring, endpoint, identity, network, and cloud security tools.
• Correlate supporting evidence and document severity, scope, and investigative reasoning.
• Follow approved incident response playbooks and escalate cases that require specialist authority.
• Maintain accurate case records, shift handoffs, and incident communications.
• Identify recurring noise, missing telemetry, and opportunities to improve detections and playbooks.

Skills

SOC analysis

Log analysis

Incident escalation

Case management

Client travel

Tools

SIEM

EDR

SOAR

Cloud telemetry

ITSM tools

Job description

Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst

Minerva Cyber Technologies is seeking a Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst to investigate security alerts and help operations teams respond consistently. You will validate suspicious activity, enrich cases with evidence, and maintain clear escalation and handoff records.

What You Will Do

• Triage alerts from SIEM monitoring, endpoint, identity, network, and cloud security tools.
• Correlate supporting evidence and document severity, scope, and investigative reasoning.
• Follow approved incident response playbooks and **escalate** cases that require specialist authority.
• Maintain accurate case records, shift handoffs, and incident communications.
• Identify recurring noise, missing telemetry, and opportunities to improve detections and playbooks.

Required Qualifications

• Experience analyzing security alerts in a security operations center (SOC) or comparable defensive operations environment.
• Ability to investigate logs and endpoint or network activity beyond basic alert forwarding.
• Understanding of incident escalation, evidence handling, and common attack behavior.
• Clear writing and disciplined use of case management and handoff procedures.
• Ability to travel to client sites as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SIEM, EDR, SOAR, cloud telemetry, or IT service management tools.
• CompTIA Security+, CySA+, GCIH, or comparable practical investigation skills.

Why Join Minerva

• Work on meaningful missions tied to critical infrastructure resilience and cybersecurity.
• Join a team with deep hands-on cyber and national security experience.
• Help build and shape Minerva’s growing OT and critical infrastructure practice.
• Contribute to practical, outcomes-driven work rather than checkbox consulting.