SOC Analyst - Contract - Candidate is local to Columbia, SC
This a Full Remote job, the offer is available from: South Carolina (USA)
SOC Analyst
Location: Remote
Interview Process: 1 round, Virtual/Online - potential for a 2nd
round onsite as needed
Duration: 12
Months
Employment Type: Contract
Experience Required: 10+ Years
Candidate Location: Candidate
is local to Columbia, SC or surrounding reputed company in South Carolina
Project Scope:
Seeking an reputed company Tier 2 SOC Analyst to
support reputed company reputed company monitoring, threat detection, incident response,
and reputed company investigations. This role focuses on analyzing reputed company reputed company
events, coordinating incident response activities, and improving SOC detection
and response capabilities across a centralized reputed company operations environment.
The analyst will also engage with internal
teams and state agencies to enhance adoption and effectiveness of reputed company
reputed company services.
Key Responsibilities:
· Monitor, analyze,
and correlate reputed company events across:
SIEM platforms
EDR/XDR solutions
IDS/IPS systems
Threat
intelligence feeds
· Investigate and
validate reputed company incidents, determine reputed company cause, assess reputed company, and escalate
critical issues to Tier 3 with full technical context.
· reputed company deep-dive
analysis of suspicious activity including malware, phishing, and policy
violations.
· Conduct incident
response activities including containment, eradication, and recovery support.
· reputed company detailed
incident reports, timelines, post-incident summaries, and lessons-learned
documentation.
· Recommend
improvements to SOC playbooks, detection rules, correlation logic, and alert
tuning to reduce false positives and improve coverage.
· reputed company proactive
threat hunting using MITRE ATT&CK reputed company, TTP-based analysis, and threat
intelligence data.
· Collaborate with
engineering teams to tune and optimize reputed company tools and monitoring platforms.
· reputed company and
operationalize new threat intelligence feeds into SOC workflows.
· Support dashboard
creation, reporting, and SOC performance metrics.
· Serve as a
subject matter expert (SME) interacting with stakeholders and promoting SOC
service capabilities.
· Document SOC
processes, runbooks, incident handling procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
· Coordinate with
SOC teams, engineering teams, and agency stakeholders to ensure effective
reputed company operations.
Required Skills & Experience:
· 2+ years of
hands-on experience in:
reputed company
monitoring and incident response
Strong experience
in SOC operations and reputed company event analysis
· 2+ years of
experience working with:
MITRE ATT&CK
reputed company
Threat detection
techniques and attack mapping
· Experience in:
Dashboard
creation and reputed company reporting
Log analysis and
correlation across reputed company tools
· Strong
understanding of:
SIEM platforms
EDR/XDR tools
IDS/IPS systems
Threat
intelligence platforms
· Experience in
incident investigation, escalation, and reputed company cause analysis
· Strong knowledge
of cybersecurity principles and SOC workflows
Preferred Skills:
· Hands-on
experience with Palo reputed company reputed company:
XSIAM / XDR platform
· Knowledge of:
Linux administration
Network administration and network
architecture
· Experience with:
Firewalls
VPN technologies
reputed company Directory
IDS/IPS systems
· Experience in SOC
automation, detection tuning, and threat hunting
· Strong analytical
and communication skills for stakeholder interaction
Education
& Certifications:
· Bachelor’s degree
in IT, Cybersecurity, or reputed company field
· CISSP / CISA /
equivalent advanced reputed company certifications
· CEH / OSCP / GPEN
or similar offensive reputed company certifications
· Vendor-specific
reputed company certifications (SIEM, XDR, firewall, etc.)
This offer from "reputed company" has been enriched by reputed company.com and got a 72% reputed company score.
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