What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst position at Sharp Decisions?
Senior Security Operations Center AnalystKey Responsibilities
- Conduct daily traffic analysis to identify and characterize anomalous activity.
- Perform in-depth system and network forensics to identify and eradicate threats.
- Analyze network traffic to detect anomalies and potential threats to resources.
- Generate incident reports and investigate suspicious network and system activity.
- Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting.
- Determine tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for intrusion sets.
- Reconstruct malicious attacks based on network traffic analysis.
- Proactively identify threats and distribute enterprise-wide alerts.
- Coordinate with cyber defense teams to validate network alerts.
- Provide timely detection and alerting of attacks, intrusions, and misuse activities.
- Monitor software patches and security fixes; test and validate modified systems.
- Conduct security reviews and identify gaps in security architecture.
- Recommend vulnerability remediation and risk mitigation strategies.
- Process, document, and coordinate resolution of cyber incidents.
- Notify stakeholders and incident response teams of suspected cyber incidents.
- Support incident response by communicating event history, status, and impact.
- Provide SOC coverage for swing shifts and weekends (Central AZSOC, North Phoenix).
- Strong end-to-end understanding of IT systems, especially in security contexts.
- Ability to triage security alerts across network, endpoint, logs, and identity systems.
- Experience in incident response and incident management.
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritize effectively.
- Strong attention to detail for handling cyber alerts and incidents.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Fast learner with strong problem-solving abilities.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a security operations environment or related field.
- 2 years of experience in Security Operations or related field.
- Strong understanding of IT systems with a focus on cybersecurity.