Tier 2 SOC Analyst - REMOTE

Binary Defense

$80K — $95K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Houston, TX
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Security Operations or equivalent experience
  • Proficient with SIEM and EDR tools
  • Experience in mapping detections to risk reduction frameworks
  • Familiar with latest attacker TTPs
  • Strong technical expertise and cross-functional communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Create alert strategy and process documentation for identification and prioritization
  • Review and tune noisy alerts to reduce alert fatigue
  • Assess alerts to analyze logic effectiveness
  • Act as primary liaison with MDR Provider's Detection team
  • Collaborate with Incident Responders to analyze alerts
  • Establish a regular reporting cadence for detections and tuned rules
  • Contribute to the client’s 'Signal to Noise ratio' detection metric

Benefits

  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
  • 401k match that vests every payroll
  • Flexible and remote-friendly work environment
  • Opportunities for skill set expansion through training programs
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

Description

Binary Defense is seeking a client-facing Tier 2 SOC Analyst to serve as a hands-on contributor within a client's Security Operations team.

This is a technical position responsible for transforming the client's detection strategy, organizing detections, tuning rules, and creating and maintaining cross functional feedback loops. Additionally, leading analysis, design, and hands-on analysis and remediation for Attack Surface Reduction functions such as vulnerability management and penetration test remediation.

You'll play a key role in growing capabilities with leading tools in the client's environment such as Splunk, Proofpoint, SentinelOne, and more. This role requires deep technical expertise, strong cross-functional communication, and the ability to deliver operational results.

Responsibilities

  • Create internal alert strategy and process documentation for how client identifies alerting opportunities, prioritizes based on threat level, with a focus and priority on gaps
  • Review alerts that are too noisy to tune and drive down alert fatigue
  • Assess alerts that haven't triggered to determine whether logic needs to
  • Be the main point of contact to the MDR Provider's Detection team
  • Work with the client's Incident Responders on alert feedback loops; analyze true and false positive alerts
  • Create regular reporting cadence for of all detections created, rules tuned
  • Contribute to client's homegrown "Signal to Noise ratio" detection metric
  • Coordinate with MDR Threat Hunting team to request and implement Sentinel One STAR rules
  • Map detections to standard frameworks such as the Cyber Kill Chain
  • Work with MDR provider on an ongoing tuning of the on-call criteria
  • Perform attack surface reduction including full-scope change management, cross functional coordination, enterprise communication planning/execution, execution of changes in support of security remediation
  • Provide vulnerability prioritization and analysis, ticketing, reporting, trending, metrics, assistance to patch teams on troubleshooting root cause of patching challenges
  • Analyze stale identities and accounts, admin privileges, and recommend and implement improvements


Requirements

  • 5+ Years Security Operations or Equivalent Experience
  • Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools
  • Experience mapping detections to common frameworks and risk reduction models
  • Familiarity with the latest trends in attacker TTPs


Binary Defense offers competitive medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and dependents, a 401k match which vests every payroll, a flexible and remote friendly work environment, as well as training opportunities to expand your skill set (to name a few!). If you're interested in joining a growing team with great perks, we encourage you to apply!

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