SOC Analyst

RFA (Richard Fleischman & Associates); United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Richard Fleischman & Associates is seeking a SOC Analyst to monitor security data across clients, analyze alerts from SIEM and EDR tools, and recommend containment steps. The role operates in a 24x7 SOC environment, with a Sunday-Thursday shift (6pm–3:30am PHT).

You will document incident lifecycles, coordinate with teammates, support vulnerability scanning, and contribute to ongoing improvements within RFA's MDR infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years in Security/Network Admin or equivalent.
• Knowledge of security methodologies and firewall/ IDS.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Ability to work independently.
• Familiarity with TCP/IP, network analysis, security apps.
• Understanding of common Internet protocols.
• Security+ or InfoSec cert preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor in a 24x7 SOC environment.
• Analyze data from SIEM and EDR to detect threats.
• Investigate and escalate incidents following procedures.
• Document activities and provide status updates during incidents.
• Collaborate with analysts for situational awareness.
• Support vulnerability scanning and network mapping.
• Assist with process improvements and client inquiries.

Skills

Security monitoring

Incident response

Communication

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Firewalls

Vulnerability scanners

Job description

Certification requirements = Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate SC200
Working shift - 6pm - 3:30am PHT - Sunday - Thursday
As a member of the RFA Security Operations Center, a SOC Analyst monitors and analyzes the output from various security monitoring and scanning tools to detect malicious or anomalous activity on behalf of RFA clients. The SOC Analyst recommends actions per established procedures for the detection, containment, and remediation of cyber security incidents. The analyst also supports the engineering, installation, configuration, and maintenance of the RFA MDRinfrastructure, as required.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for working in a 24x7 Security Operation Center (SOC) environment.
• Monitor, prioritize, correlate, analyze, and elevate security data from multiple sources including, but not limited to SIEM and endpoint EDR solutions.
• Independently follow established procedures to investigate, elevate, contain, and/or eradicate malicious activity.
• Document all activities during incident identification and provide leadership with status updates during the life cycle of an incident. Log and record all security events to internal ticketing system.
• Communicate and collaborate with the analyst team for situational awareness.
• Support network mapping and vulnerability scanning as required.
• Build and develop professional working relationships with fellow analysts.
• Assist and communicate to foster collaboration and support a team approach to operations.
• Support process improvement.
• Respond to client security related inquiries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level of experience.
• 2+ years' experience as a Security/Network Administrator or equivalent knowledge.
• Knowledge of various security methodologies and processes, and technical security solutions (firewall and intrusion detection systems).
• Strong communication skills.
• Able to work independently.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP Protocols, network analysis, and network/security applications.
• Knowledge of common Internet protocols and applications.
• Security+ or InfoSec security certification preferred.