What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst position at LanceSoft, Inc.?
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior SOC Analyst to support cybersecurity operations by monitoring, detecting, analyzing, and responding to security threats across enterprise systems. This role is responsible for conducting in-depth network and system analysis, performing incident response, and ensuring timely identification and mitigation of potential cyber threats.
This position requires working swing shifts and weekend coverage in a Security Operations Center environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct daily network traffic analysis to identify and characterize anomalous or malicious activity
- Perform system and network forensics to investigate and remediate security incidents
- Analyze and reconstruct cyber attacks using network traffic and logs
- Generate detailed incident reports and document findings
- Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting
- Identify attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
- Monitor and validate security alerts, logs, and events across multiple systems (network, endpoint, identity, etc.)
- Coordinate with internal teams to validate alerts and respond to incidents
- Proactively identify threats and issue enterprise-wide security alerts
- Conduct security reviews and identify vulnerabilities in system architecture
- Recommend and support risk mitigation strategies and vulnerability remediation
- Monitor security patches and system updates, ensuring proper testing and validation
- Document, track, and coordinate incident response activities
- Communicate incident details, impact, and status to stakeholders per incident response procedures
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 2 years of experience in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or related cybersecurity role
- Strong understanding of IT systems and cybersecurity principles
- Hands-on experience with incident response, alert triage, and threat analysis
- Ability to analyze logs, network traffic, and endpoint activity to detect threats
- Experience working with security tools and monitoring platforms
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritize multiple security incidents
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Required Skills
- Security Operations experience (2 years)
- End-to-end understanding of IT systems and security architecture