SOC Specialist II

Summary

Join Expel as a Junior Security Operations Center Analyst and help protect customers from cyber threats. You will learn from experienced analysts, respond to real attacks, and contribute to a growing team focused on managed phishing services. This role offers opportunities to develop your skills, innovate, and solve problems in a collaborative environment. You will participate in a 24/7 shift rotation, working to identify and mitigate security risks. The position requires a fundamental understanding of security concepts and excellent analytical and communication skills. Expel offers competitive compensation, including a bonus and equity, along with unlimited PTO, flexible work location, parental leave, and excellent health benefits.

Requirements

• Flexibility and an openness to new challenges because, hey, startup life
• Client comes first mindset - you aim to answer questions and process customer requests quickly and to a high standard
• An inquisitive mind and a noble spirit
• A keen sense of humor
• A fundamental understanding of phishing, TCP/IP, and core application layer protocols
• Basic understanding of Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems and command line tools
• Awareness of cloud applications (O365, Okta, etc) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Familiarity with the attack lifecycle (or kill chain, if you prefer)
• Knowledge of attack vectors, threat tactics, and attacker techniques
• Excellent analytical and prioritization skills- you can navigate competing priorities, spot the details most people don’t and ask for help when you need it
• Clear and concise written communications-you know how to change your tone for the audience and can seamlessly switch between slacking a team member, a customer, or writing a report
• A bachelor's degree in a technical field or a compelling story

Responsibilities

• Apply your real passion for information security at protecting our customers
• Participate in our 24x7 shift rotation: bad actors remain active throughout nights, weekends, and holidays so we’re always watching
• Be perpetually dissatisfied with the state of affairs, then help us get better
• Help us meaningfully impact the security of our customers' organizations
• Once we bring you up to speed, constantly experiment to find new ways of catching bad actors

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO (which we model and encourage)
• Work location flexibility
• Up to 24 weeks of parental leave
• Really excellent health benefits