SOC 2 - Junior Security Analyst

SOC 2 - Junior Security Analyst

Location: Hybrid – local - Seattle, WA

Role Description – Junior Security Analyst

Outline of the Role:

We are looking to hire a dynamic Junior Security Analyst to monitor technology systems for security incidents, review incident data and support the development of risk mitigation strategies and more. The Junior-level Security Analyst is expected to have 2-5 years of experience.

A day in the life:

The Cyber Security Analyst will help the team to perform Security Operations Center (SOC) duties, which include incident response, malware analysis, and monitoring. This role will work with the team to implement processes and practices designed to protect networks, devices, and data from malicious attack, damage, or unauthorized access.

Triages alerts/incidents and performs deep analysis; correlates with threat intelligence tools, tactics and procedures (TTP) in indicators of compromise (IOCs) to identify the threat actor, nature of the attack, and systems or data affected.

Prioritizes and triages alerts or issues to determine whether a real security incident is taking place and escalate incidents to Tier 3 if remediation cannot be closed within SLA time.

Performs analysis, triage and remediation of low/medium priority alerts.

Analyzing logs, network traffic, and other data sources to identify the source of incidents.

Record identified vulnerabilities, create remediation tickets and track their status.

Build internal scripts, tools, and automation processes to enhance detection and response capabilities.

Adjusting security tools and processes, e.g. EDR alerting modifications, updating detection rules conditions, etc.

Qualifications, Skills, Experience and Personal Requirements:

Bachelor's in: Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, or a related degree.

2-4 year experience in one or more areas: Security Operations, Incident Response

Strong security concepts of threat categories (such as malware, phishing attacks, Defense-in-Depth, MITRE Telecommunication&CK framework, etc.)

Strong knowledge of M365 Security tools, Azure, AWS, GCP

Working experiences to security tools such as SIEM (Sentinel, Splunk, Elastic etc.), EDR, firewalls, IDS/IPS, anti-spam, content management, server and network device hardening, etc.

Strong knowledge of Windows, Linux and/or Mac OS and comfortable with looking at, understanding, and investigating Security Event logs.

Good knowledge of networking protocols (SMTP, FTP, DNS, DHCP, etc).

Experiences of any query language and scripting language

SharePoint, Excel, JIRA and/or Microsoft Office skills

Experience in using security orchestration, automation, and response tools

Experience with query languages and scripting languages

Experience in using security orchestration, automation, and response tools

Additional Manager Comments:

Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for their life.

Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results.

Communicates with honesty and kindness and creates the space for others to do the same.

Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.

Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.

Integrates fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn't take themselves too seriously.