BlueVoyant is hiring a
SOC Security Analyst I in United States

Summary

BlueVoyant is hiring a SOC Security Analyst I to help manage IT security for global customers. The employee will monitor and analyze security events, separate true threats from false positives, initiate tickets, serve as technical escalation point, communicate with customer IT teams, perform triage, and maintain awareness of the current threat landscape. They must have excellent teamwork skills, knowledge of intrusion detection/prevention systems and SIEM software, strong experience with Mac OS, Windows, and Unix systems, ability to analyze event logs, handle high-pressure situations, work directly with customers, and possess strong written and verbal communication skills.

Requirements

• Excellent teamwork skills
• Knowledge of and experience with intrusion detection/prevention systems and SIEM software
• Strong knowledge and understanding of network protocols and devices
• Ability to analyze event logs and recognize signs of cyber intrusions/attacks
• Ability to handle high pressure situations in a productive and professional manner
• Ability to work directly with customers to understand requirements for and feedback on security services
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to present complex technical topics in clear and easy-to-understand language
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively with a globally distributed team
• Able and willing to work in a 24/7/365 environment, including nights and weekends, on a rotating shift schedule
• Ability to provide tuning recommendations for security tools to tool administrators

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze security events and alerts from multiple sources
• Separate true threats from false positives using network and log analysis
• Initiate tickets, document, and escalate to higher-level security analysts
• Serve as the technical escalation point and mentor for lower-level analysts
• Regularly communicate with customer IT teams to inform them of issues, help them remediate, and ensure that they continue to operate business as usual
• Perform triage of incoming issues (assess the priority, determine risk)
• Work with customers to deploy hardware and software monitoring systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in network/host vulnerability analysis, intrusion analysis, digital forensics, penetration testing, or related areas
• 1-2 years of hands-on SOC/TOC/NOC experience
• GCIA required. GCIH, GCFE, CISSP, Security +, Network +, CEH, RHCA, RHCE, MCSA, MCP, or MCSE preferred
• Familiarity with tools such as Wireshark, TCP Dump, Security Onion, and Splunk
• Understanding of programming/scripting languages and ability to run basic database queries

Benefits

Work in a fast-paced team that helps customers reduce the impact of security incidents and ensures critical business operations continue unhindered