Need SOC Analyst II - Only W2 Candidates
Hi Candidates, This is an urgent requirement, need only W2 Candidates. C2C or 1099 candidates are not acceptable. Job Title: SOC Analyst II Client: State of South Carolina Work mode: Remote Note: The candidate must be a straight forward SOC Analyst. Daily Duties / Responsibilities: Continuously review and correlate security event data across SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, and threat intelligence sources to identify complex attack patterns, emerging threats, and security incidents. Perform deep-dive analysis of suspicious activity, validate incidents, determine root cause and impact, and escalate critical incidents with detailed context to Tier 3 as required. Create detailed incident reports, timelines, and post-incident summaries; contribute to lessons-learned documentation and recommendations for remediation and preventative measures. Investigate user-reported phishing, malware infections, and potential policy violations; advise users and internal/external teams on containment and recovery actions. Recommend updates to SOC playbooks and workflows based on real-world INVESTIGATIONS, fine-tune detection rules. Alert thresholds, and correlation logic to reduce false positives and improve threat coverage. Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure monitoring tools are properly configured and tuned. Integrate new threat intelligence feeds into workflows and proactively hunt for threats using up-to date tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) Serve as a customer-facing SME, "selling" the value of DIS services by demonstrating capabilities and resolving issues. Document processes, runbooks, and troubleshooting steps related to SOC operations. Coordinate with engineer SOC, and agency staff as needed to meet goals. Other duties as needed. Required Skills (rank in order of Importance): 2+ Years of Experience with Security Monitoring and Incident Response. 2+ Years of Experience with MITRE ATT&CK framework. 2+ Years of Experience with dashboard creation and reporting. Thanks! Apply tot his job Apply To this Job