Northwest Partners is looking to hire an experienced Cyber Defense SOC Analyst to work on a project with one of our premier clients in the cybersecurity industry. This is a remote long term contract position aligned with the PST time zone. Applicants must be able to work for any US employer without additional work visa sponsorship.
What YOU Will Do
Triage security events and alerts to determine incident occurrence, validate true positives, and escalate incidents to the Incident Response team (CSIRT) as necessary.
Perform rapid response and triage of security reports from various teams, investigating, containing, escalating as needed, and ensuring proper ticket closure.
Analyze email phishing reports and threats, performing appropriate containment and eradication based on documented guidance.
Facilitate communication and collaboration with internal teams, management, and external stakeholders to provide timely incident progress updates.
Conduct basic forensic examinations on hosts and support the CSIRT on response tasks when engaged.
Create recommendations and requirements for content detection and response.
What YOU Will Bring Us
Solid understanding and experience with security controls and tooling used by SOC, including:
SIEM/Logging: Splunk, Elasticsearch
Case Management: Splunk SOAR
Endpoint Security: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike, Wazuh, Tanium
Intermediate knowledge of Public Cloud environments to support AWS and GCP threat response.
Strong understanding of networking, IT systems, applications, and their operational configurations.
Knowledge of Threat Actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), log analysis, network traffic analysis, and system artifact analysis (file system, memory, running processes, network connections) for indicators of compromise.
Strong oral and written communication abilities to engage effectively with internal stakeholders within and outside InfoSec.
Flexibility to support 8-hour work shifts, including potential overtime, on-call, and weekend coverage as needed.
Benefits Include
Health Insurance, Vision Insurance, Dental Insurance, Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Life Insurance, Education Benefits, and more.
About Northwest Partners
Northwest Partners is an equal opportunity employer. At Northwest Partners, we are dedicated to moving at the speed of innovation. We work with clients across the globe to provide exceptional knowledge, talent, and resources. As a trusted partner, we merge the client's vision with our expertise to deliver powerful results. Northwest Partners is known for building and managing elite teams in technology across diverse industries. Our mission is to empower every talent and every client to achieve more.
Learn More About Northwest Partners
Northwest Partners is dedicated to moving at the speed of its clients innovation. We work with clients across the globe to provide exceptional knowledge, talent, and resources. As a trusted partner, we merge the client vision with our expertise to deliver powerful results. Northwest Partners is known for building and managing elite teams in technology across diverse industries. Our mission is to empower every talent and every client to achieve more.
Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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