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Tier II SOC Analyst

Scout Solutions Inc Defunct
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 2/17/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/14/2025

Tier II SOC Analyst

Washington D.C. / Hybrid

Job Overview

We are currently seeking a Tier II Cybersecurity Analyst to provide support to our client in

Washington D.C. Clearance Required : Candidate must be able to receive a Public Trust 6c Clearance

Responsibilities and Duties

  • Provide Tier 2 support by analyzing network traffic and various log data to determine the threat / impact against the network, recommending appropriate countermeasures, facilitating the tracking, handling, and reporting of all security events and computer incidents.
  • Remediate and apply lessons learned to security incident investigation and resolution.
  • Perform monitoring, identification and resolution of security events to detect threats through analysis, investigations and prioritization of events based on risk / exposure.
  • Develop processes that analyze data and produce accurate, meaningful, easily interpreted results based on user requirements and use cases.
  • Develop processes that align with enterprise incident response activities and coordinate closely with other teams within the Security Operations Center .
  • Create custom tool content to enhance capabilities of security operations teams.
  • Manage the collection, documentation and research of security events generated by the SOC monitoring platform and infrastructure.
  • Perform Security Incident Management aligned with NIST standards.
  • Technical writing experience :
  • Standard Operating Procedures
  • Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
  • Incident Response Plans
  • Training Exercises
  • Tool configurations and content creation

Qualifications

  • 1-3 years of experience on one of the following team(s) : Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT), Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), Computer Security Incident Response Center (CSIRC) or a Security Operations Center (SOC).
  • Bachelors' degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related technical field. Additional years of experience can be substituted for a degree.
  • Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Systems, Anti-Virus, Intrusion Detection Systems, Firewalls, Active Directory, and large Enterprise or Cloud environments.
  • Experience with Incident Response, analysis of network traffic, log analysis, ability to prioritize and differentiate between potential intrusion attempts and false alarms, managing and tracking investigations to resolution.
  • Good interpersonal skills to interact with customers, team members and support personnel.
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills for investigating security issues.
  • Familiarity with one of the following; NIST Incident Response Lifecycle, Cyber Kill Chain, Adversarial Tactics, Techniques & Common Knowledge (ATT&CK).
  • At least one active security certification
  • Experience with one or more of the following tools :
  • Azure Advanced Threat Analytics
  • Azure Log Analytics
  • Windows Defender Security
  • McAfee ePO, HIPS
  • FireEye NX, EX / ETP, HX, AX
  • Desired Qualifications :

  • Programming and / or scripting language experience; ideally PowerShell
  • Search query language experience & content creation; ideally Kusto
  • Project management experience to help build tiger teams for special projects
  • MS Office, Visio, PowerBI proficiency
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