Senior Security & SOC Analyst: Incident Response & SIEM

WaveStrong, Inc.; Georgia; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity firm is seeking a Security/Soc Analyst III for a 6-month contract opportunity in Houston, TX. The ideal candidate will have over five years of experience in the security domain, including incident response and threat monitoring. Responsibilities include performing security monitoring, incident response, and determining detection requirements for SIEM onboarding. Hands-on experience with various security technologies is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in the security domain.
• Hands-on experience in incident response and threat monitoring.
• Ability to interpret code to support detection case development.

Responsibilities

• Perform security monitoring and incident response of cybersecurity events.
• Triage offenses for false positives.
• Determine detection requirements for data sources onboarded to SIEM.

Skills

Incident Response

Threat Monitoring

Triage Offenses

Detection Scheme Development

Cybersecurity Event Analysis

Tools

SIEM

Endpoint Detection and Response

Firewall/IPS/IDS

Proxy

Data Loss Prevention

Authentication

Job description

A leading cybersecurity firm is seeking a Security/Soc Analyst III for a 6-month contract opportunity in Houston, TX. The ideal candidate will have over five years of experience in the security domain, including incident response and threat monitoring. Responsibilities include performing security monitoring, incident response, and determining detection requirements for SIEM onboarding. Hands-on experience with various security technologies is essential for this role.