SOC Engineer Tier 2

Applied Information Sciences, Inc.; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a SOC Engineer Tier 2, where you will utilize cutting-edge cloud technologies to secure operations for clients. This role involves maintaining security in large-scale Azure and M365 environments, swiftly identifying and addressing security events, and implementing innovations to enhance efficiency. You will collaborate with a team of security operations professionals, ensuring that complex security issues are resolved effectively. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment that values growth and innovation.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in security engineering with a focus on M365 and Azure.
• Security+ certification is mandatory for this role.
• Proficiency in SOC engineering tools is essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain security in large-scale Azure and M365 environments.
• Quickly identify and resolve security events.
• Build security alerts and monitor tools for efficiency.

Skills

Security engineering for M365 and Azure platforms

Security+ certification

Experience in Azure and M365 environments

Proficiency with SOC engineering/administration tools

Handling daily alerts and incidents

Resolving vulnerabilities

Monitoring security vulnerabilities

Strong engineering analysis skills

Tools

Microsoft Azure Sentinel

Azure Monitor

Azure Automation

Azure Backup

Azure Security Center

Job description

If you're seeking a sense of community and the ability for growth, look no further. Since 1982, we have been 100% dedicated to our people. Our approach permits greater ownership for individuals and welcomes input into decisions for a thriving workplace and happy employees. Our people are the core reason for AIS' success. As an employee-owned company, we are looking for individuals passionate about finding innovative solutions and excited about emerging technologies and capabilities.

Introduction:

As a SOC Engineer Tier 2, you will utilize cutting-edge cloud technologies to ensure secure operations for our clients. Your responsibilities include maintaining security in large-scale Azure and M365 environments, quickly identifying and resolving security events, building security alerts, monitoring tools, dashboards, and implementing innovations to improve efficiency. You will serve as a point of escalation for complex security issues. Join our team of security operations cloud professionals and achieve what others only dream of.
This is a day shift position, but you must be willing to fill in on nights and weekends as needed.

What You'll Be Doing

1. Review environment scoping information and inventory to understand the organization's business, applications, and technical solutions.
2. Be well-versed in security roadmap focus areas and understand their implementation and impact on SOC operations.
3. Provide the SOC with understanding of the mapping between IT & organization security and SOC responsibilities.
4. Focus on education based on preventative maintenance and roadmap capabilities.
5. Participate in audit reviews to address coverage gaps.
6. Create reporting templates, explain their use, and establish review processes for continuous improvement.
7. Specialize in SIEM configuration and maintenance.
8. Build and maintain security architecture and systems.
9. Collaborate with development operations to ensure systems are up to date.
10. Document requirements, procedures, and protocols for user resources.
11. Work with customers on complex operational issues.

Location and Travel Details

Springfield, VA

Security Clearance and Citizenship Requirements

TS/SCI with CI Polygraph required

Skills required for this opportunity

• 6+ years in security engineering for M365 and Azure platforms
• Security+ certification
• Experience in Azure and M365 environments
• Proficiency with SOC engineering/administration tools
• Handling daily alerts, incidents, monitoring, tracking, analyzing, and recording
• Resolving vulnerabilities like spam, viruses, spyware, malware
• Monitoring security vulnerabilities from vendors and third parties
• Strong engineering analysis skills

Other applicable skills for this opportunity

• Providing technical guidance to enhance client security posture
• Collaborating with vendors and outside consultants to improve security
• Advanced malware and phishing threat evaluation skills
• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure Sentinel and Defender Suite
• Experience with SOC tools like Azure Monitor, Azure Sentinel, Azure Automation, Azure Backup, Azure Security Center
• Applying capabilities to IaaS and PaaS services like VMs, Azure Service Environment (ASE), AKS, Spring Cloud, Azure Virtual Desktop

Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate based on race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classes. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.