Senior SOC Analyst - Threat Detection & Response (Austin)

Texas Health and Human Services; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 78,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pension plan

Paid time off

Career growth

Job summary

Texas Health and Human Services (HHSC) is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst III to perform senior-level cybersecurity operations, focusing on threat detection, incident investigation, security monitoring, and operational response across on-prem and cloud environments. The role emphasizes coordinating containment and remediation with diverse teams and aligning with agency security objectives.

The position requires extensive knowledge of SIEM, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence, and incident response,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology security or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and detect cybersecurity events using SIEM and EDR/XDR tools.
• Lead investigations of cybersecurity incidents and coordinate response with teams.
• Perform threat hunting to uncover undetected threats across enterprise systems.
• Develop and maintain threat intelligence and detection use cases.
• Collaborate with security engineering and IT teams to improve security posture.

Skills

SOC operations

Incident response

Threat intelligence

Threat hunting

Cloud security

SIEM

Tools

EDR/XDR

IDS/IPS

SOAR

Cloud platforms

Job description

Texas Health and Human Services (HHSC) is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst III to perform senior-level cybersecurity operations, focusing on threat detection, incident investigation, security monitoring, and operational response across on-prem and cloud environments. The role emphasizes coordinating containment and remediation with diverse teams and aligning with agency security objectives.

The position requires extensive knowledge of SIEM, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence, and incident response,