SOC Analyst Level 1 and 2

Optimalsemi; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimalsemi in Irving, TX is seeking an Incident Detection professional to respond to escalated alerts and monitor security events. You will analyze indicators of compromise, perform root cause analysis, and implement triage protocols to mitigate damage to our cyber ecosystem.

Join a 24x7 security operations team, conduct hunting activities using threat intelligence, SIEM, and boundary protection tools, and contribute to incident containment and remediation with SOP-driven processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in security operations and incident response.
• Strong analytical skills for event correlation and IOC identification.
• Follows SOPs and playbooks for incident handling.

Responsibilities

• Perform event detection and incident triage to identify threats.
• Monitor security alerts 24x7 and escalate per SOP.
• Develop remediation plans and cooperate with Incident Investigators.

Skills

Incident analysis

Threat hunting

Tools

Splunk

SIEM tools

Incident response platforms

Firewalls

Job description

The Incident Detection role helps security operations by responding to escalated alerts and monitoring alerts. This position conducts in-depth analysis of security events with the specific ability to identify Indicators of Compromise, perform intrusion scope and root cause analyses and implement triaging protocols to mitigate potential damage to our cyber ecosystem.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conducts Event Detection, Incident Triage, Incident. Handling, Hunting activities by leveraging our detection/response platforms
• Continuously monitors levels of service as well as interpret and prioritize threats through use of cyber threat intelligence, intrusion detection systems, firewalls and other boundary protection devices, and any security incident management products deployed
• Provide 24x7 incident detection and monitoring service, and performance report on regular basis
• Escalates cyber security events according to playbook and standard operation procedures (SOPs).
• Remediate non-compliance with technical and security requirements.
• Escalates high or critical severity level incidents to Incident Investigators.
• Assists with containment of threats and remediation of environment during or after an incident
• Performs triage of service requests from customers and internal teams
• Develop and implement remediation plans in response to incidents
• Updates procedures and configure tools for Monitoring Analysts consumption
• Consumes threat intelligence and disseminate findings to relevant parties
• Conducts hunting activities based on internal and external threat intelligence
• Integration of additional supported log source/device and development of new use cases as required

Skills

• SPLUNK, INCIDENT HANDLING, SIEM, INCIDENT RESPONSE, SOC, MALWARE DETECTION

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