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Insight Global

Tier 3 SOC Analyst

Insight Global, Seattle

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This range is provided by Insight Global. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$55.00/hr - $60.00/hr

Job Description

The Cyber Security Senior Analyst will help the team perform Security Operations Center (SOC) duties, including incident response, malware analysis, and monitoring. Responsibilities include:

  • Conducting threat analysis, assessment, and malware analysis to support security investigations and incident response.
  • Leading investigations into security incidents escalated from lower-tier SOC analysts.
  • Providing technical mentorship to Tier 1 and Tier 2 SOC analysts.
  • Conducting root cause analysis and identifying containment and remediation actions.
  • Researching attacker tools, tactics, and procedures (TTP) in indicators of compromise (IOCs).
  • Building internal scripts, tools, and automation processes to enhance detection and response.
  • Collaborating with technical and business teams on SOC initiatives as the SME.
  • Conducting threat hunting activities.
  • Developing and maintaining SOC runbooks and documentation.
  • Participating in security audits and assessments.
  • Providing after-hour support and participating in on-call rotations.

Required Skills and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, IT, or related field.
  • 5+ years experience in SOC or incident response roles.
  • Strong knowledge of incident response methodologies (e.g., NIST 800-61).
  • Experience handling complex security incidents.
  • Knowledge in incident response, host forensics, malware analysis, container security, network analysis, Insider Threat, alert tuning, and trend analysis.
  • Experience with cloud security in Azure, AWS, GCP.
  • Familiarity with security tools like Azure Sentinel, Splunk, Microsoft Defender, firewalls, IDS/IPS, etc.
  • Understanding of security concepts such as malware, phishing, Defense-in-Depth, MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain.
  • Knowledge of Windows, Linux, Mac OS.
  • Proficiency with query languages (KQL, SPL) and scripting languages (Bash, PowerShell, Python).
  • Experience with security orchestration, automation, and response tools.
  • Effective communication skills.
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
  • Ability to stay calm under pressure.
  • Knowledge of security frameworks like ISO 27001, PCI DSS, NIST.
  • Experience with forensic analysis of network logs and security data.
  • Experience with cloud security posture management (CSPM).

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Analyst

Industries

Retail

Note: This job posting is active.

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