Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst / Engineer

This is a remote position.

• Employment Type: Contract
  
• Work Mode: Remote
  
• Location: Offshore
  
• Total Experience Required: 4 to 7 years
  
• Relevant Experience Required: 3+ years of dedicated experience working within a 24/7 SOC environment running threat detection and incident response
  
• Mandatory Certification: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), CompTIA Security+, CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker), or GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
  

• Monitor real-time enterprise security alerts across a multi-tenant infrastructure, parsing telemetry data from SIEM, EDR, firewalls, network sensors, and cloud logs.
  
• Lead incident triage and analysis tracks, investigating anomalous events, identifying true positives, and prioritizing security alerts based on risk and operational impact.
  
• Execute rapid threat containment workflows, neutralizing live compromises, isolating infected endpoints, disabling compromised accounts, and revoking unauthorized access tokens.
  
• Configure and tune SIEM correlation rules (e.g., Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel) to enhance detection accuracy and systematically eliminate noise and false positives.
  
• Develop and automate SOAR playbooks (e.g., Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR) to streamline recurring incident response actions and shorten mean time to remediate (MTTR).
  
• Perform detailed malware analysis and threat hunting sweeps, evaluating suspicious files, malicious scripts, phishing vectors, and indicators of compromise (IOCs).
  
• Document and report post-incident reviews, mapping threat behaviors directly to the MITRE ATT&CK framework, identifying detection gaps, and tracking infrastructure remediation needs.
  

Requirements

• 4 to 7 years of core IT systems security experience, with 3+ dedicated years actively executing real-time threat detection and incident response in a mature SOC.
  
• Strong technical mastery of enterprise SIEM environments, Endpoint Detection and Response tools (EDR/XDR like CrowdStrike, Defender for Endpoint), and packet capture analysis software (Wireshark).
  
• Deep structural understanding of network architecture, TCP/IP protocols, common attack vectors, application vulnerabilities, and modern operating system security.
  
• Mandatory certification: Security+, CEH, GCIH, or CISSP.
  

• Prior experience writing detection rules using KQL, YARA, or Sigma formatting rules.
  
• Familiarity with scripting languages (Python, PowerShell) to extend custom security tool automations and log parsing logic.