SOC Analyst # 26-26879

Us Tech Solutions; Columbia (SC); Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

US Tech Solutions is seeking a Security Operations Analyst to support security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and investigations. This 12-month engagement emphasizes correlating event data across SIEM/EDR/IDS-IPS, performing deep-dives, and producing incident timelines and remediation recommendations.

Responsibilities include phishing/malware investigations, updating SOC playbooks, and mentoring teams while acting as a customer-facing SME.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in an information technology or information security related field.
• Four years of relevant work experience may be substituted in lieu of education.
• Two years of experience in supporting large SOC operations.

Responsibilities

• Continuously review and correlate security event data across SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, and threat intelligence sources to identify complex attack patterns, emerging threats, and security incidents.
• Perform deep-dive analysis of suspicious activity, validate incidents, determine root cause and impact, and escalated critical incidents with detailed context to Tier 3 as required.
• Create detailed incident reports, timelines, and post-incident summaries; contribute to lessons-learned documentation and recommendations for remediation and preventative measures.
• Investigate user-reported phishing, malware infections, and potential policy violations; advise users and internal/external teams on containment and recovery actions.
• Recommend updates to SOC playbooks and workflows based on real-world INVESTIGATIONS, fine-tune detection rules, alert thresholds, and correlation logic to reduce false positives.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure monitoring tools are properly configured and tuned; integrate new threat intelligence feeds into workflows and proactively hunt for threats using up-to date TTPs.
• Serve as a customer-facing SME, selling the value of Client services by demonstrating capabilities and resolving issues.
• Document processes, runbooks, and troubleshooting steps related to SOC operations.
• Coordinate with engineering, SOC, and agency staff as needed to meet goals.
• Other duties as needed.

Skills

Security Monitoring

Incident Response

MITRE ATT&CK

Education

Associate's degree in IT or information security

4 years of relevant work experience substitution

2+ years in supporting large SOC operations

Tools

Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM/XDR

Linux

Firewalls & VPN

Active Directory

IDS/IPS

Job description

• This role will focus on supporting security monitoring, threat detection, security incident response and security investigations.

Duration: 12 Months

Scope:

• This role will focus on supporting security monitoring, threat detection, security incident response and security investigations.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

• Continuously review and correlate security event data across SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, and threat intelligence sources to identify complex attack patterns, emerging threats, and security incidents.


• Perform deep-dive analysis of suspicious activity, validate incidents, determine root cause and impact, and escalated critical incidents with detailed context to Tier 3 as required.


• Create detailed incident reports, timelines, and post-incident summaries; contribute to lessons-learned documentation and recommendations for remediation and preventative measures.


• Investigate user-reported phishing, malware infections, and potential policy violations; advise users and internal/external teams on containment and recovery actions.


• Recommend updates to SOC playbooks and workflows based on real-world INVESTIGATIONS, fine-tune detection rules. Alert thresholds, and correlation logic to reduce false positives and improve threat coverage.


• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure monitoring tools are properly configured and tuned. Integrate new threat intelligence feeds into workflows and proactively hunt for threats using up-to date tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)


• Serve as a customer-facing SME, selling the value of Client services by demonstrating capabilities and resolving issues.


• Document processes, runbooks, and troubleshooting steps related to SOC operations.


• Coordinate with engineering, SOC, and agency staff as needed to meet goals.


• Other duties as needed.

Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• 2+ Years of Experience with Security Monitoring and Incident Response.


• 2+ Years of Experience with MITRE Telecommunication&CK framework.


• 2+ Years of Experience with dashboard creation and reporting.

Required Education/Certifications:

• Associate's degree in an information technology or information security related field


• Four years of relevant work experience may be substituted in lieu of education


• Two years of experience in supporting large soc operations.

Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• Experience with the Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM/XDR platform.


• Knowledge of Linux, network administration and network design.


• Experience in administration of firewalls, VPN technology, Active Directory, Intrusion Detection/Prevention systems.

Preferred Education/Certifications:

• CISSP, CISA, CISO or equivalent advanced security certification.


• Additional relevant certifications (e.g., CEH, OSCP, GPEN).


• Vendor certifications related to information security.

Note:

• Location: Remote (Columbia, SC)


• Candidate Location: Locals to SC preferred (Preference will be given to a candidate who can work onsite over hybrid and over full-time remote (on-site as needed).

About US Tech Solutions:

US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com .

US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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