Senior SOC Analyst - Threat Detection & Incident Response

BDO USA, LLP; Oak Brook (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Total Rewards benefits

Job summary

BDO USA, LLP in Illinois is seeking a SOC Engineer within the Cyber team to serve as an escalation responder to security events in the Security Operations Center. The role emphasizes troubleshooting, threat assessment, and advising on containment strategies to remediate incidents.

Responsibilities include monitoring security event platforms, analyzing IDS/IPS data, and producing routine reports for management.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in info security or networking required.
• 2+ years with cloud technologies such as Azure or AWS preferred.
• Experience with EDR or SIEM platforms preferred.
• Familiar with IDS/IPS, firewalls, and log management.

Responsibilities

• Monitor security event platforms and follow incident playbooks for first response and triage.
• Conduct network monitoring and IDS/IPS analysis using defense tools.
• Provide feedback to improve monitoring rules and runbooks.
• Create regular security reports for Security Management Team.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response activities.

Skills

Problem solving

Analytics

Communication

Time management

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor's in IT/Cybersecurity/CS

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Wireshark

EDR Platform

SIEM Platform

HBSS

Job description

BDO USA, LLP in Illinois is seeking a SOC Engineer within the Cyber team to serve as an escalation responder to security events in the Security Operations Center. The role emphasizes troubleshooting, threat assessment, and advising on containment strategies to remediate incidents.

Responsibilities include monitoring security event platforms, analyzing IDS/IPS data, and producing routine reports for management.