Tier 2 SOC Analyst

Tier 2 SOC Analyst
Washington D.C.

Job Overview
Zeneth is currently seeking a Tier 2 SOC Analyst

Responsibilities and Duties
•    Provide Tier 2 support by analyzing network traffic and various log data to determine the threat/impact against the network, recommending appropriate countermeasures, facilitating the tracking, handling, and reporting of all security events and computer incidents.
•    Remediate and apply lessons learned to security incident investigation and resolution.
•    Perform monitoring, identification and resolution of security events to detect threats through analysis, investigations and prioritization of events based on risk/exposure.
•    Develop processes that analyze data and produce accurate, meaningful, easily interpreted results based on user requirements and use cases.
•    Develop processes that align with enterprise incident response activities and coordinate closely with other teams within the Security Operations Center .
•    Create custom tool content to enhance capabilities of security operations teams.
•    Manage the collection, documentation and research of security events generated by the SOC monitoring platform and infrastructure.
•    Perform Security Incident Management aligned with NIST standards.
•    Technical writing experience:
•    Standard Operating Procedures
•    Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
•    Incident Response Plans
•    Training Exercises
•    Tool configurations and content creation
Qualifications
•    1-3 years of experience on one of the following team(s): Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT), Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), Computer Security Incident Response Center (CSIRC) or a Security Operations Center (SOC).
•    Bachelors’ degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related technical field. Additional years of experience can be substituted for a degree.
•    Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Systems, Anti-Virus, Intrusion Detection Systems, Firewalls, Active Directory, and large Enterprise or Cloud environments.
•    Experience with Incident Response, analysis of network traffic, log analysis, ability to prioritize and differentiate between potential intrusion attempts and false alarms, managing and tracking investigations to resolution.
•    Good interpersonal skills to interact with customers, team members and support personnel.
•    Strong analytical and problem solving skills for investigating security issues.
•    Familiarity with one of the following; NIST Incident Response Lifecycle, Cyber Kill Chain, Adversarial Tactics, Techniques & Common Knowledge (ATT&CK).
•    At least one active security certification
•    Experience with one or more of the following tools:
•    Azure Advanced Threat Analytics
•    Azure Log Analytics
•    Windows Defender Security
•    McAfee ePO, HIPS
•    FireEye NX, EX/ETP, HX, AX

Desired Qualifications:
•    Programming and/or scripting language experience; ideally PowerShell
•    Search query language experience & content creation; ideally Kusto
•    Project management experience to help build tiger teams for special projects
•    MS Office, Visio, PowerBI proficiency