SOC Analyst 2

i-Link Solutions; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

i-Link Solutions in Harrisburg, PA is seeking a SOC Analyst 2 to monitor, triage, and respond to security events across critical systems onsite.

You will follow playbooks, investigate alerts, tune rules, hunt threats, and coordinate incident response to protect confidential data and keep operations resilient. This role requires flexibility to cover day and night shifts on site.

Qualifications

• Experience with security event triage and incident response.
• Ability to work in 24/7 onsite operations.
• Familiarity with detection engineering and threat hunting.
• Strong documentation and SOP adherence.
• Knowledge of logs and network telemetry.

Responsibilities

• Perform on-site information security and network monitoring with proactive response.
• Capture, log, and respond to events from multiple security systems with proper documentation.
• Conduct security investigations for alerts escalated in the SOC.
• Follow, create, and improve SOC playbooks and SOPs.
• Document security incidents and responses per procedures.
• Analyze logs and network data to identify malicious activity and IOCs.
• Conduct initial threat hunting to identify anomalies and adversary activity.
• Tune detection rules and alerts to reduce false positives and improve fidelity.
• Participate in root cause analysis or lessons learned sessions.
• Monitor external sources for security intelligence and incidents.
• Provide incident response support during network and security events.

Skills

Security monitoring

Incident response

Threat hunting

Playbooks

SOP adherence

Root cause analysis

Network telemetry

IOCs analysis

Job description

In-person Interviews Are Required

Flexibility to work in various shift rotations to support 24/7/365 operations, including days, nights, holidays, and weekends

Position Purpose

The SOC Analyst 2 performs event triage and internal SOC escalations to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the Commonwealth's information technology assets through prompt and accurate threat handling, while also identifying and closing security gaps through detection engineering, threat hunting, intelligence gathering, and investigation, thereby contributing to the continuous improvement of network and security monitoring.

Harrisburg, PA - 100% onsite

In-person Interviews Are Required

Flexibility to work in various shift rotations to support 24/7/365 operations, including days, nights, holidays, and weekends

Position Purpose

The SOC Analyst 2 performs event triage and internal SOC escalations to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the Commonwealth's information technology assets through prompt and accurate threat handling, while also identifying and closing security gaps through detection engineering, threat hunting, intelligence gathering, and investigation, thereby contributing to the continuous improvement of network and security monitoring.

Description Of Duties

• Perform ongoing, on-site information security and network monitoring with proactive response for mission-critical communication sites and systems.
• Capture, log, and respond to events received from email, chat, telecommunication systems, and other security systems, ensuring accurate documentation of incoming data.
• Perform security investigation for alerts escalated within the Security Operation Center, determining full scope, potential root cause, and potential impact.
• Follow, create, and improve established playbooks and SOPs used by the SOC.
• Document security incidents, responses, and related information in accordance with established procedures
• Analyze advanced logs, network capture, end-point telemetry to identify malicious activity and indicators of compromise (IOCs)
• Conduct initial threat hunting to proactively identify security anomalies and adversary activity
• Conduct tuning and optimization of existing detection rules, alerts, and correlation logic to reduce false positives and improve detection fidelity.
• Participate in root cause analysis or lessons learned sessions.
• Monitor external event sources for security intelligence and actionable incidents
• Provide incident response support as needed and directed during network and security events providing support for incident resolution.
• Maintain flexibility to work in various shift rotations to support 24/7/365 operations, including days, nights, holidays, and weekends.
• Perform other related duties as required.