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Job Summary:
UltraViolet Cyber is a leading platform-enabled unified security operations company providing a comprehensive suite of security operations solutions. They are seeking a Security (SOC) Analyst who will monitor and analyze security events and alerts reported by the SIEM to identify and investigate suspicious or malicious activity.
Responsibilities:
• monitor and analyze security events and alerts reported by the SIEM on a 24x7 basis to identify and investigate suspicious or malicious activity, or other cyber events which violate policy
• work with a large team that rotates 3x12 or 4x12 hour shifts
• analyzing logs and events from any other device types which may send logs or events to the SOC in the future
• provide documentation detailing any additional information collected and maintained for each security investigation
• record all artifacts (i.e. emails, logs, documents, Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), screenshots, etc.) associated with all security events and incident investigations within the SOC incident and tracking application
Qualifications:
Required:
• Active US Secret Security Clearance
• 3+ years of experience working in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or Network Operations Center (NOC) environment performing security event monitoring and analysis
• Working knowledge of the various operating systems (e.g. Windows, OS X, Linux, etc.) commonly deployed in enterprise networks.
• Must possess a working knowledge of network communications and routing protocols (e.g. TCP, UDP, ICMP, BGP, MPLS, etc.) and common internet applications and standards (e.g. SMTP, DNS, DHCP, SQL, HTTP, HTTPS, etc.)
• Familiarity with adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
• Must be capable of analyzing security logs and events from the following types of devices such as, but not limited to: Firewalls (FWs), Intrusion Detection Sensors/Intrusion Prevention Sensors (IDS/IPS), Host-based Intrusion Detection System/ Host-based Intrusion Prevention System (HIDS/HIPS), Additional: proxy/web filter, vulnerability scans, routers, router Internet Protocol (IP) accounting systems (i.e., Cisco NetFlow), Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateways/concentrators, server event logs, e-mail and host anti-virus, desktop security monitoring agents, anti-virus servers, IP services (i.e. Domain Name System (DNS) Services, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Additionally: network address translation devices, MDM (e.g. cellphones), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and cloud security infrastructure (e.g. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Oracle, Salesforce, etc.)
• 8570 Certification(s): Security+ or equivalent
• High school diploma needed
Preferred:
• Certification(s): Security+, GCIH, CEH, or CYSA+ is desired
• Experience with Splunk query language
• Experience with IDS/IPS/firewall/security configurations and signature development
• Experience with PCAP analysis
• Experience with Tanium threat response
• Ability and prior experience with analyzing information technology security events to discern events that qualify as legitimate security incidents as opposed to non-incidents. This includes the identification of malicious code present within a computer system as well identification of malicious activities that are present within a computer system and/or enterprise network
• Experience working with a ticket management system to collect, document and maintain information pertinent to security investigations and incidents
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills and ability produce clear and thorough security incident reports and briefings
• Experience in monitoring the operational status of monitoring components and escalating and reporting outages of the components
• Conceptual understanding of Windows Active Directory is also desired
• Experience working with various event logging systems and must be proficient in the review of security event log analysis. Previous experience with SIEM platforms that perform log collection, analysis, correlation, and alerting is also preferred
• Experience with the identification and implementation of counter-measures or mitigating controls for deployment and implementation in the enterprise network environment
• Experience in collecting and maintaining information pertinent to security investigations and incidents in a format that supports analysis, situational awareness reporting, and law enforcement investigation efforts
Company:
UltraViolet Cyber is a platform-enabled unified security operations firm that offers a full range of security operations solutions. Founded in 2023, the company is headquartered in Mclean, USA, with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.