Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Genesis10 is a staffing and recruiting firm providing contract and permanent placement opportunities. The Security Operations Analyst supports Security Operations Center functions, including security event monitoring, incident response, forensics, threat intelligence, and investigative analytics. The role also contributes to process improvement, data engineering, documentation, reporting, and SOC projects.
Responsibilities
- Perform daily monitoring and investigative activities while on shift either days or nights
- Assist with processing cases that require forensics to validate findings, produce threat intelligence, or fulfill an HR/Legal request
- Process different threat reports for value and potential content development, as well as keeping up with the current/relevant threat landscape
- Provide continuous feedback on opportunities to enhance current processes and content, assisting to implement those changes
- Assist with engineering data to enhance analytical capabilities based on structure, enrichments, and linking between other data sets
- Research new capabilities from both open and closed sourced technologies to find opportunities to enhance the SOC ecosystem
- Provide documentation for cases and forensic reports
- Maintain current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned
- Assist with metrics, reporting, and other SOC communications
- Process and share information with other security teams
- Assist or lead projects designated by the SOC team
Skills
- This is a 12+ month contract opportunity and must be located within one hour of Akron, OH
- Associate's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or similar discipline with 0 to 2 years of experience
- In lieu of a degree, 2 years of related experience is required (SOC experience, IT Security experience in detection, triage, investigation, and remediation)
- Demonstrate strong communication skills, both verbal and written
- Demonstrate creative problem solving and solutioning
- Ability to work effectively, independently and within a team environment
- Ability to handle, protect and preserve highly confidential information
- Understanding of programming/scripting code (Python, PowerShell, Bash)
- Understanding of both Linux and Windows operating systems
- Understanding of networking concepts and technologies
- Understanding of adversarial techniques (i.e., MITRE framework)
- Must be organized and comfortable with ongoing changes in priorities
- Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position
- Bachelor's Degree preferred
Benefits
- Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years
- The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years
- Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average)
- Behavioral Health Platform
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- 401K
- Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
- Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)
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