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Senior SOC L3 Analyst / Incident Response Lead

The AES Group
San Jose, CA Contractor
POSTED ON 8/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/6/2026

Job Title: Senior SOC L3 Analyst / Incident Response Lead

Location: San Jose, CA (4 days onsite, 1 day remote)

About The AES Group:
The AES Group is a premier technology and engineering consulting company that has been bringing businesses and talent together for over 20 years to deliver innovative solutions that have the greatest positive impact on society. AES has helped over 40 business enterprises, including Fortune 500 companies, engage their customers, empower their employees, and transform their business operations with the power of cloud, data, AI, engineering, and other emerging technologies.

Role Summary:  
Seeking a hands-on Senior SOC L3 Analyst / Incident Response Lead to lead advanced investigations, incident response activities, threat hunting, and detection improvement initiatives across our global environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead complex investigations across endpoint, identity, network, cloud, and application environments.
  • Act as the technical escalation point for critical security incidents.
  • Perform threat hunting, root cause analysis, and incident response activities.
  • Develop and tune SIEM detection rules, correlation logic, dashboards, and queries.
  • Identify detection gaps and reduce false positives.
  • Mentor SOC analysts and improve investigation quality and operational processes.

Required Experience

  • 10 years of SOC, Incident Response, Threat Hunting, or Security Operations experience.
  • Strong hands-on experience with one or more SIEM platforms.
  • Strong SIEM query writing, detection engineering, and investigation skills.
  • Experience with EDR, firewall, DNS, identity, cloud, and endpoint security technologies.
  • Deep understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and incident response methodologies.

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