reputed company SOC Analyst

Scope of the project: The position will work as an Tier 2 SOC Analyst for the Division of Information reputed company. This role will focus on supporting reputed company monitoring, threat detection, reputed company incident response and reputed company investigations. Engaging directly with state agencies to promote, support, and improve adoption of centralized reputed company services is a key focus. The engagement is expected to be needed for 12 months with the possibility of extension Daily Duties / Responsibilities: PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO A CANDIDATE WHO CAN WORK ONSITE OVER HYBRID AND OVER FULL-TIME REMOTE (ON-SITE AS NEEDED).

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

•reputed company deep-dive analysis of suspicious activity, validate incidents, determine root cause and impact, and escalate 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 reputed company-world INVESTIGATIONS, fine-tune detection rules. Alert reputed company, 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 DIS services by demonstrating capabilities and resolving issues.
• Document processes, runbooks, and troubleshooting steps reputed company 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 reputed company Monitoring and Incident Response.
• 2+ Years of Experience with MITRE ATT&CK reputed company.
• 2+ Years of Experience with dashboard creation and reporting.

Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• Experience with the Palo Alto reputed company XSIAM/XDR platform.
• Knowledge of Linux, network administration and network design.
• Experience in administration of firewalls, VPN technology, Active Directory, Intrusion Detection/Prevention systems.
• Candidate is local to Columbia, SC or surrounding city in South Carolina

Required Education/Certifications:

• Associate’s degree in an information technology or information reputed company reputed company field
• Four years of relevant work experience may be substituted in lieu of education
• Two years of experience in supporting large soc operations.

Preferred Education/Certifications:

• CISSP, CISA, CISO or equivalent advanced reputed company certification.
• Additional relevant certifications (e.g., CEH, OSCP, GPEN).
• Vendor certifications reputed company to information reputed company.

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