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Job Description
Job Description
Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst
Location : Hybrid (1 day in-office per week) – Pennsylvania Residents Only ( No relocation)
Salary : $60,000 - $110,000 (Negotiable Based on Experience)
Work Hours : 8 AM – 5 PM (Flexible)
Join a Leading Security Team and Protect Critical Digital Assets
Abel Personnel is hiring a Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst for one of our top clients. This role offers the opportunity to play a pivotal role in managing and enhancing a Security Operations Center (SOC) within an Enterprise Security Office (ESO). If you thrive in threat analysis, incident response, and security tool optimization in both on-premises and cloud environments , this position is for you.
Job Purpose and Summary
As a SOC Analyst , you will be responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and improving security operations by leveraging industry-leading tools such as firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), data loss prevention (DLP), and endpoint detection and response (EDR) . You will proactively detect and mitigate security threats, investigate incidents, and strengthen security frameworks to ensure enterprise-wide protection.
This position involves :
- Continuous monitoring and analysis of security events from AWS Security Hub, Guard Duty, AWS Config, CloudTrail, and IAM Access Analyzer.
- Investigating and remediating security incidents using AWS-native security controls and forensic capabilities.
- Developing and refining SOC processes, procedures, and response playbooks to enhance threat detection, incident response, and mitigation strategies.
- Conducting risk assessments and vulnerability management across diverse IT environments.
- Correlating security logs across multiple systems to detect unauthorized access or malicious activity.
- Identifying and implementing SOC tool improvements , focusing on AWS-native security services and automation.
- Ensuring compliance with security frameworks, including AWS Well-Architected Framework, NIST, CIS, and FedRAMP.
- Providing security intelligence reporting to agency stakeholders, with a strong emphasis on cloud-based threat analysis.
- Leading security awareness initiatives to educate internal teams on emerging threats and best practices.
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If you’re ready to make an impact in cybersecurity and contribute to a highly dynamic and evolving SOC environment , apply today!
Salary : $60,000 - $110,000
