Senior SOC Analyst - Remote Threat Detection & Response

Yorkshire Global Solutions Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Yorkshire Global Solutions Inc. is seeking a Senior SOC Analyst for a remote, contract-W2 role in the United States.

The candidate will lead security operations, monitor SIEM platforms, and drive complex incident investigations across enterprise environments. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in SOC operations, hands-on SIEM experience (Splunk ES, IBM QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel), and strong knowledge of threat hunting, MITRE ATT&CK, and NIST frameworks.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Security Operations Center (SOC) operations, security monitoring, and incident investigation.
• Strong hands-on experience with SIEM tools such as Splunk Enterprise Security, IBM QRadar, or Microsoft Sentinel.
• Expertise in security event monitoring, alert triage, correlation, and investigation.
• Strong experience in incident detection, investigation, escalation, and response.
• Experience analyzing Windows, Linux, firewall, endpoint, and network security logs.
• Hands-on experience with EDR tools such as CrowdStrike Falcon or Microsoft Defender.
• Strong knowledge of threat intelligence, threat hunting, malware detection, and phishing investigations.
• Experience identifying suspicious activities, unauthorized access, and advanced persistent threats (APT).
• Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK framework, NIST, and SOC incident response procedures.
• Strong knowledge of network security concepts, including TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, IDS, and IPS.
• Experience with security incident documentation, investigation reports, and threat analysis.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze security events across enterprise environments using SIEM platforms.
• Investigate complex security alerts, suspicious activities, and potential cyberattacks.
• Perform advanced alert triage, threat analysis, and incident investigations.
• Identify security breaches, malware infections, phishing attacks, and unauthorized access.
• Conduct threat hunting to identify hidden and emerging security threats.
• Analyze logs from endpoints, servers, firewalls, and network devices.
• Coordinate incident containment, remediation, escalation, and recovery activities.
• Correlate security events and identify attack patterns using threat intelligence.
• Maintain detailed incident documentation and prepare security investigation reports.
• Improve SOC monitoring processes, detection rules, and incident response procedures.
• Collaborate with SOC teams, security engineers, and IT infrastructure teams to strengthen enterprise security.

Skills

SOC operations

SIEM expertise

Incident response

Threat hunting

Log monitoring

Threat investigation

APTs & malware

MITRE ATT&CK

NIST framework

Network security

Tools

Splunk Enterprise Security

IBM QRadar

Microsoft Sentinel

CrowdStrike Falcon

Microsoft Defender

Job description

Yorkshire Global Solutions Inc. is seeking a Senior SOC Analyst for a remote, contract-W2 role in the United States.

The candidate will lead security operations, monitor SIEM platforms, and drive complex incident investigations across enterprise environments. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in SOC operations, hands-on SIEM experience (Splunk ES, IBM QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel), and strong knowledge of threat hunting, MITRE ATT&CK, and NIST frameworks.