Senior SOC Analyst
About the role
The SOC Engineer is part of the Cyber team and serves as an escalation responder to security events within the Security Operations Center. The ideal candidate would have a strong problem-solving skills and analytics aptitude. This role participates in security posture monitoring and threat response activities and is directly responsible for troubleshooting security events. This role provides additional analysis during security incidents establishing the extent of the threat, business impacts, and then advising and performing the most suitable course of action to contain and remedy the incident. The SOC Engineer must maintain a good knowledge of the threat landscape, help enhance current capabilities, and provides support in the identification of new methods of detecting threats.
At BDO, how we show up matters. We build strong relationships by supporting one another, our clients, and our communities with care, curiosity, and a commitment to helping one another grow and succeed. Here, you’ll find meaningful work, leaders invested in your success, and opportunities to build a career around what matters most to you. Our purpose is to be the people our clients count on to grow with confidence and achieve what matters most. Our values guide how we bring that purpose to life each day. Together, they shape how we work with one another, serve our clients, and create meaningful impact. BDO provides assurance, tax, and advisory services to clients across the U.S. and around the world. No matter your role, you’ll be part of a team helping clients navigate complexity and move forward with clarity. We are proud to be an ESOP company, offering participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being. As a qualified retirement plan, the ESOP is a meaningful addition to our comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits* offerings. It also reinforces an ownership mindset that strengthens our connection to one another, our clients, and the future we’re building together.
Responsibilities
- Monitors security event platforms and follow incident playbook for first response, triage, potential resolution, and participates in postmortem activities as required
- Conducts network monitoring and intrusion detection analysis using various network defense tools, such as intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), firewalls, host-based security systems (HBSS), Azure security, and audit log management etc.
- Provides proactive feedback to enable improvement of the current monitoring rules, based on information and knowledge/experience
- Creates daily, weekly, and monthly reports for Security Management Team
- Performs front line response and escalation tasks and updates runbooks and procedures as needed
- Compiles statistics and contributes to the improvement and creation of playbooks
- Uses public cyber security resources (e.g. sites/blogs/podcasts) to stay up to date with latest news, threats, and security analysis tools
- Participates in on-call rotation
- Other duties as required
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED, required
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or Computer Science, preferred
- Three (3) or more years of experience in infosec, cybersecurity, system or networking, required
- Three (3) or more years of experience of network protocols, configurations, or IT operations, required
- Two (2) or more years of experience within cloud technologies such as Azure, Azure Stack Azure Backups, AWS or similar cloud experience, preferred
- Two (2) or more years with EDR platform or SIEM Platform, preferred
- Experience with help desk ticketing systems and service desk management tools, preferred