Senior SOC Analyst

Senior SOC Analyst (L2)

With 30 years of experience in cyber defense, DeepSeas is trusted by nearly 1,000 clients around the world, including Fortune 100 enterprises and mid-market organizations, higher education institutions, municipality and local governments, and federal agencies. Known for its programmatic approach to continuously transforming cyber defense programs, DeepSeas is recognized by Gartner as a top 40 provider of MDR and ranked as a top 5 MDR leader in the 2024 Frost Radar™: Global Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Market. In addition to its industry-leading MDR service, DeepSeas offers a full suite of advisory, compliance, and testing services to support clients on their cybersecurity transformation journeys, with an approach to cyber defense that prioritizes technical expertise, tradecraft, and continuous innovation to deliver unparalleled results.

We're looking for (5) Senior SOC Analyst (L2) to drive the quality of outcomes in DeepSeas' client-facing detection and response.

You're a seasoned incident responder who leads high-severity investigations, mentors L1 and L2 analysts, and turns findings from threat hunting, malware analysis, and forensics into stronger detections and playbooks. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking, deep technical aptitude, awareness of the evolving threat landscape, and strong operational execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads and mentors a team of L1 and L2 incident responders in handling security incidents.
• Coordinates with internal and external stakeholders during high-severity incidents.
• Develops, refines, and tests incident response playbooks and procedures.
• Conducts advanced threat-hunting activities to detect sophisticated adversaries.
• Collaborates with threat intelligence and vulnerability management teams to stay current on emerging threats and vulnerabilities.
• Provides expert guidance in root cause analysis and post-incident reviews.
• Develops and fine-tunes detection rules to enhance threat detection capabilities.
• Uses frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK to understand and categorize threat actor TTPs.
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives within the SOC.
• Generates metrics and reports on incident response activities and trends for leadership.
• Conducts regular briefings to leadership on security incidents and trends.
• Develops and maintains scripts to automate and enhance incident response processes.
• Conducts in-depth malware analysis to determine malware samples' functionality, origin, and impact.
• Collaborates with threat intelligence teams to correlate malware findings with known threat actor campaigns.
• Provides recommendations to enhance detection and prevention capabilities based on malware analysis findings.
• Leads digital forensics investigations, including memory forensics, to uncover evidence and artifacts related to security incidents.
• Oversees network forensics activities to analyze network traffic logs and detect malicious activities or patterns.
• Serves as a subject matter expert on incident response, providing guidance and advice to DeepSeas and client leadership.

Experience, Education, and Skills Required

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in security operations, incident response, or threat detection, including time operating at a senior (L3) level or leading investigations; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proven experience leading high-severity incident response from triage through containment, eradication, and recovery.
• Strong hands-on proficiency with SIEM, EDR/XDR, and SOAR platforms, including writing and tuning detection content (e.g., KQL, SPL, Sigma, YARA).
• Working knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and the incident response lifecycle (e.g., NIST SP 800-61).
• Experience with host, memory, and network forensics, as well as static and dynamic malware analysis.
• Scripting proficiency in Python, PowerShell, or Bash to automate investigation and response tasks.
• Experience mentoring or leading junior analysts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to brief both technical teams and executive or client audiences.
• This position is open only to U.S. citizens who currently reside within the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GREM, GNFA, OSCP, or CISSP.
• Experience in an MDR or MSSP environment supporting multiple clients.
• Familiarity with reverse engineering and memory forensics tools (e.g., Ghidra, IDA Pro, x64dbg, Volatility).
• Experience building or maturing a threat-hunting or detection engineering program.
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field.