Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst II at HEARTLAND BUSINESS SYSTEMS LLC

Springfield, Missouri, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

29 Jul, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

30 Apr, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Security monitoring, Threat hunting, XDR, SIEM, Vulnerability scanning, Firewall management, Endpoint management, Incident response, Network traffic analysis, DevOps, Log parsing, Technical documentation, Customer service, Analytical skills, Problem solving, Leadership

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

Description Position Summary: A Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst II provides real time security monitoring and threat hunting in our Security Operations Center. This individual will have the opportunity to work with customers across many industries by providing managed security services such as XDR, SIEM, vulnerability scanning, firewall and end point management. In this position, you will provide exceptional customer service by assisting customers in identifying potential security incidents, attack sources, root causes and/or threat actors. Roles and Responsibilities/ Essential Functions: Provides security event monitoring and analysis to identify critical security events at client sites. Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources. Coordinate with customer staff to validate security alerts. Document and escalate incidents (including event’s history, status, and potential impact for further action) that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment. Perform event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack. Receive and analyze network alerts from various sources and determine possible causes of such alerts. Provides recommendations for system tuning and enhancements. Analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information. Conduct research, analysis, and correlation across a wide variety of all source data sets (indications and warnings). Notify customer of suspected cyber incidents and articulate the event’s history, status, and potential impact of further action. Work with customers to resolve computer security incidents and vulnerability compliance. Provide guidance and expertise to SOC Analyst I’s and other team members. Participate in an on-call rotation. Commits changes to DevOps repositories and syncs global changes to client environments. Serve as the primary person for onboarding new clients into the various services. Writes new analytics rules, log parsers, and workbooks. Performs proactive threat hunting. Serves as a technical resource for the Sales team during the sales process by answering questions and/or performing demos of SOC services. Requirements Competencies: Accuracy - Strong attention to detail. Active Listening – Ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others. Adaptability – Ability to adapt to change in the workplace. Assertiveness – Ability to act in a self-confident manner to facilitate completion of a work assignment or to defend a position or idea. Coaching and Development – ability to provide guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas. Conflict Resolution – Ability to deal with others in an antagonistic situation. Decision Making – Ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures. Delegating Responsibility – Ability to allocate authority and/or task responsibility to appropriate people. Honesty / Integrity – Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace. Innovative – ability to look beyond the standard solutions. Leadership – Ability to influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for making decisions. Problem Solving – Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems. Relationship Building – Ability to effectively build relationships with customers and co-workers. Resource Management – Ability to obtain and appropriate the proper usage of equipment, facilities, materials, as well as personnel. Time Management – Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Required Experience: Associate of Applied Science (AAS) or bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience 1+ years working within a security operations center Preferred Experience: 2+ years working in or with security products Required Skills, Education and/ or Certifications: Experience with security tools Preferred Skills, Education and/ or Certifications: Experience with SIEM software Experience with Defender for endpoint Azure, AWS, GCP DevOps Equal Opportunity Employer - Including Disabled and Veterans #HBS

Responsibilities

The SOC Analyst II provides real-time security monitoring, threat hunting, and incident response for managed security services. They also serve as a technical resource for sales, onboard new clients, and provide guidance to junior team members.