SOC Engineer

Job description:

• Detect, fingerprint, and mitigate cyber threats on a per-event basis
• Participate in projects specific to Security Operations Center roadmap
• Perform security incident analysis and recommend remediation steps
• Work escalations from SOC analysts to completion in ticket tracking system
• Create rules, filters, active channels, queries, trends and all other informational content based on use cases
• Communicate and collaborate with security operations center analysts to optimize SIEM solution performance to better meet the needs of operations
• Tune correlation rules and event data quality to maximize SIEM system efficiency
• Provide support, recommendations and optimization for the SIEM platform
• Interface with onsite clients to understand the quality aspects and expectations, as needed

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, or related field of study preferred; MS degree is a plus.
• At least 2 years of experience within a Security Operations Environment or 2+ years of experience in Network Operations Center.
• Good knowledge of Various Security Technologies
• Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools
• Experience in event monitoring, correlation, event analysis, investigation and remediation of security events.
• Proven Knowledge and expertise in SIEM administration tasks including troubleshooting of various SIEM components
• Experience in managing multiple SOC customers.
• Information security certifications, Professional Security certification is a plus (SSCP, GSEC, CIHE, GCIH, CEH, or equivalent)