Senior SOC Analyst
N-able · Morrisville, NC · 1 wk ago
Information TechnologyFull-time
What You'll Do
- Lead Incident Handling (IH) engagements from containment through eradication and recovery planning.
- Provide technical and procedural guidance to customers during active incidents.
- Conduct root-cause analysis and determine long-term remediation steps.
- Perform deep-dive analysis of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), persistence mechanisms, and lateral movement.
- Review forensic artifacts from endpoints, networks, and cloud environments.
- Correlate indicators of compromise to broader attack campaigns and threat actors.
- Act as a primary point of contact for customers during incident engagements.
- Deliver technical findings and recommendations to both technical and executive stakeholders.
- Provide remediation roadmaps tailored to customer environments.
- Partner with operational Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team analysts to transition containment into IH workflows.
- Collaborate with operational MDR teams for intelligence gathering and validation.
- Contribute to Incident Handling (IH) playbooks development and improvement.
- Provide mentorship and peer review for junior analysts.
- Share lessons learned with SOC leadership to improve service delivery.
What You'll Bring
- 4–6 years of experience in SOC, Managed Detection Response, or equivalent cybersecurity role.
- Proven experience handling escalations and complex investigations.
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Advanced knowledge of SOC operations, incident support, and analysis techniques.
- Ability to mentor and support less experienced analysts.
- Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- High proficiency with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Intrusion Detection Systems/Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), and related tools.
- Analytical and detail-oriented with a passion for solving problems.
- Strong mentor and team player.
- Calm and dependable under high-pressure situations.
- Ethical, professional, and dedicated to customer security.
- Able to work on a 24/7 shifting model.