Senior SOC Analyst: Incident Response & Detection Lead

Cybersecurity Jobs; Salt Lake City (UT); Vor Ort; USD 100.000 - 140.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The University of Utah is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst Tier 3 to serve as the senior escalation point in the Security Operations Center, leading complex investigations and driving detection engineering, automation, and continuous improvement. This role blends investigative depth with hands-on technical capability to improve detections and reduce response times.

Responsibilities include incident response leadership, detection strategy, threat hunting, and mentoring junior SOC staff, with

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with related work experience.
• Experience leading end-to-end incident response lifecycles.
• Proficiency with SIEM and SOAR platforms for detection and response.

Aufgaben

• Lead end-to-end incident response lifecycle across endpoints, network, cloud, and identity domains.
• Act as senior escalation point for Tier 2 SOC analysts with technical direction.
• Conduct digital forensics to support root cause analysis and post-incident action plans.
• Own detection strategy and telemetry requirements across SIEM, EDR, and cloud platforms.
• Lead threat hunting campaigns and translate findings into durable detections and playbooks.
• Mentor Tier 1/2 SOC analysts and drive SOC process improvements.

Kenntnisse

Incident response

Threat hunting

Detection engineering

Leadership

Scripting

Cloud security

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

EDR

Cloud security tools

Jobbeschreibung

The University of Utah is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst Tier 3 to serve as the senior escalation point in the Security Operations Center, leading complex investigations and driving detection engineering, automation, and continuous improvement. This role blends investigative depth with hands-on technical capability to improve detections and reduce response times.

Responsibilities include incident response leadership, detection strategy, threat hunting, and mentoring junior SOC staff, with