Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Boston Government Services, LLC (BGS) is an engineering, technology, and security firm supporting government programs and national security facilities. They are seeking a SOC Analyst to support security monitoring, event triage, alert investigation, and incident management for client cybersecurity environments.
Responsibilities
- Monitor security tools, dashboards, logs, alerts, and event queues for potential incidents
- Conduct initial triage and classification of alerts, suspicious activity, and reported events
- Create, manage, and update incident cases in approved Government ticketing systems
- Escalate events requiring Tier 2-3 investigation, forensic support, policy guidance, or stakeholder action
- Support collection of relevant logs, screenshots, alerts, indicators, and case notes
- Identify trends in alerts, recurring event types, and operational gaps
- Follow approved SOPs for incident detection, triage, reporting, and escalation
Skills
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Experience in SOC operations, help desk security support, incident triage, monitoring, or cyber operations
- Familiarity with SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, firewalls, endpoint alerts, cloud alerts, ticketing tools, and case management processes
- Ability to follow SOPs, maintain accurate records, and escalate time-sensitive security matters
- Strong communication and documentation skills
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Successful drug screening
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a security or clearance badge
- Security+, CySA+, Network+, Microsoft/Azure security, Splunk, Elastic, or equivalent SOC tool certification
Benefits
- Health
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Paid Vacation
- 401K
- Long and Short-Term Disability
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