SOC Security Analyst L3

BlueVoyant•College Park, MD

31d•Hybrid

About The Position

BlueVoyant is looking for Security Operations Center (SOC) Analysts to defend our global customers from the constant fight against adversaries. You will be part of a fast-paced team that helps spot, defend, and remediate adversary activity to reduce the impact and dwell time of security incidents. As a Senior analyst, you are the ultimate technical expert and escalation point for analysts on your team. Your significant expertise in modern attacks, analysis of intrusion data, and knowledge of attack remediation ensures that attacks against our clients are handled with urgency, accuracy, and effective communication. You are the mentor for junior analysts, the trusted voice of customers, and the bane of adversaries. The experience you bring to the role provides a front-row voice to technology strategy, process improvements, and an advocate for analysts around the world.

Requirements

Ability to handle high pressure situations in a productive and professional manner
Ability to work directly with customers to understand requirements for and feedback on security services
Advanced written and verbal communication skills and the ability to present complex technical topics in clear and easy-to-understand language
Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively with a globally distributed team
Able and willing to work in a 24/7/365 environment, including nights and weekends, on a rotating shift schedule
Knowledge and experience with SIEM solutions, Cloud App Security tools, and EDR
Advanced knowledge and understanding of network protocols and network telemetry
Forensic artifact and analysis knowledge of Windows and Unix systems
Expertise in Endpoint, Web, and Authentication log analysis
Experience with SIEM/EDR detection creation
Experience in responding to modern authentication attacks against AD, Entra, OATH, etc.
Expert knowledge of common attack paths, including LOLbin use, common adversary tools, business email compromises, AiTM attacks, including identification and response
Strong knowledge of the following: SIEM workflows (preferably Sentinel and Splunk) Modern authentication systems and attacks (SSO, OATH, Entra, etc.) Malware Detection, to include dynamic and light static analysis Network Monitoring metadata (web logs, firewall logs, WAF/IDS) Email Security and common business email compromise attacks Windows and Unix forensic artifacts (i.e. registry analysis, wtmp/btmp) Windows PE and Maldoc analysis Remote access solutions (both legitimate and inherently malicious) Lateral movement methodologies and tools for Windows & Unix-based OSes O365 attack paths, common attacker methodologies, and analysis Network metadata analysis and knowledge of commonly abused protocols Expert knowledge of credential harvesting tools and methodologies
US Citizenship Required

Nice To Haves

Experience intrusion analysis / incident response, digital forensics, penetration testing, or related areas
5+ years of hands-on SOC/TOC/NOC experience
GIAC certification(s) strongly preferred. CISSP, Security +, Network +, CEH, RHCA, RHCE, MCSA, MCP, or MCSE preferred
Familiarity with technologies such as Sentinel, Splunk, Microsoft Defender suites, Crowdstrike Falcon, SentinelOne
Familiarity with GPO, Landesk, or other IT Infrastructure tools
Understanding and/or experience with one or more of the following programming languages: JavaScript, Python, Lua, Ruby, GoLang, Rust

Responsibilities

Monitor and analyze security events and alerts from multiple sources, including SIEM logs, endpoint logs, and EDR telemetry
Research indicators and activities to determine reputation and suspicious attributes
Perform analysis of malware, attacker network infrastructure, and forensic artifacts
Execute complex investigations and handle incident declaration
Perform live response analysis of compromised endpoints
Hunt for suspicious activity based on anomalous activity and curated intelligence
Participate in the response, investigation, and resolution of security incidents
Provide incident investigation, handling, response, and incident documentation
Engage and assist the BlueVoyant Incident Response teams for active intrusions
Ensure events are properly identified, analyzed, and escalated to incidents
Assist in the advancement of security policies, procedures, and automation
Serve as the technical escalation point and mentor for lower-level analysts
Regularly communicate with clients to inform them of incidents and aid in remediation
Identification and tuning of false-positive or benign detections
Perform peer review and QA of junior analyst investigations
Support Customer Success team with client engagements when required