Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NikSoft Systems Corporation is seeking an experienced SOC Tier II Analyst to support cybersecurity operations for the United States Postal Service. The role performs deep-dive incident analysis, monitors security tools, analyzes network traffic, conducts forensic investigations, and handles incident responses in a 24/7/365 enterprise environment under the guidance of Tier III personnel.
Responsibilities
- Correlate security data to perform deep-dive incident analysis and assess impacts on critical systems
- Execute Playbooks and SOPs for detecting, classifying, reporting, and mitigating security incidents
- Analyze network traffic and recommend mechanisms to detect exploit or intrusion attempts
- Perform forensic analysis on compromised systems and assist with law enforcement handoffs as needed
Skills
- Associate's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 3+ years in IT security, including 2+ years in network traffic analysis
- US Citizenship or Green Card required
- Must not have spent >6 months outside the US in the last 5 years
- Boolean Logic & Regular Expressions (Regex)
- Control Frameworks & Risk Management Knowledge
- IDS/IPS Technologies & Architecture
- TCP/IP Fundamentals & Network Exploits
- Network Traffic Analysis & Forensic Analysis
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