Urgent Need For SOC Analyst Job Opening in New York, NY

IKCON TECHNOLOGIES INC delivers exceptional IT services and solutions that provide clients with definite edge over competitors and promoting highest standards of quality. We are currently looking for a SOC (Security Operations Center) Analyst with one of our clients in Remote, Remote. If you are actively looking for opportunities, please send us your updated resume with your contact details. 

Job Description:

Job duties of SOC analysts include:

• Threat and vulnerability analysis.
• Investigating, documenting, and reporting on any information security (InfoSec) issues as well as emerging trends.
• Analysis and response to previously unknown hardware and software vulnerabilities.
• Ensuring availability of security systems
• Ability to review the alerts and eliminate false positives
• Escalate key issues of interest
• Triage and perform incident response

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree & 2 to 4 years of SOC Analyst experience
• Deep understanding of SIEM solution
• Hands on experience in use case creation
• Relevant training in System Administration, Networking, and/or Security. Certifications preferred for the equivalent of CompTIA Security+ and Network+
• Ability to demonstrate a foundational knowledge of IP networking, Routing & Switching, System Administration, and Information Security
• Current FW experience/certifications would be a distinct advantage

Desired Skills

• Strong working experience with managed security services providers like Dell Secure Works / Arctic Wolf
• Deep understanding of SIEM architecture
• Strong understanding of MITRE attack patterns, TTPs, Different logging formats, Threat Intelligence analysis
• Ability to work with tools like DLP, Endpoint Security Solutions, Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Proxies is preferred
• Work experience in integrating logs from Vulnerability management solutions and Cloud
• Ability to run vulnerability scans on the infrastructure
• Understand various attack patterns and create use cases on a on demand basis
• Python / other scripting languages is desired

 MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

 Bachelor’s Degree in relevant domain is required, or Master’s level degree preferred.