What are the responsibilities and job description for the Security Analyst position at Talent 101?
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Our customer has asked Talent 101 to identify a SOC Security Analyst with a focus on Windows for a project located in Richardson, Texas.
What is the project about, what will the selected candidate be doing and what is the outcome our customer expects?
You will be working in a Security Operations Center (SOC) as a SOC Security Analyst responsible for the continuous investigation of automated alerts & manually reported IT security incidents. The analyst will handle initial triage, analysis, and identification of incidents, and work to resolve less critical events and escalate others as needed to senior security analysts. The selected candidate will collaborate closely with the senior security analysts and local IT support teams around the world, and participate during execution of the Incident Response plan in response to cyber-attacks.
Primary Responsibilities
- Executing Monitoring responsibilities as defined by customer including:
- Monitoring alerts in various tools
- Performing initial triage analysis
- Incident creation
- Work the alerts to resolution or escalation
- Simple issue resolution based on documentation or guidance from Team Leader
- Receiving and documenting incident and service requests via web tickets or phone calls or emails and convert them to tickets
Following operational processes:
Shift turn over reports
- Incident management
- Escalations
- Knowledge and process documentation
- Participating in continuous improvement initiatives.
- Using only approved tools and resources
- Performing all functions from designated facility
- No remote access will be permitted for this role
- Collaborating with worldwide customers and engage with global IT teams
What is required to be successful in this opportunity?
Required Qualifications:
- 2 years network security monitoring. Malware analysis, incident response, endpoint protection, using SIEM tools.
- Candidate should have a strong desire to provide world-class support and be highly skilled in communicating with the end user community and team mates.
- Candidate should demonstrate strong customer service, verbal, documentation and listening skills.
- Candidate should demonstrate the ability to access, triage, and determine criticality of issues or incidents.
- Preferred certification: EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH) or GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), CompTIA Security .
Applicants must be at least 18 years or older, must be willing to take a drug test and background check as part of the selection process and must have legal authorization to work in the United States.
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