SOC Analyst

Job Description:

SOC Analyst Summary:

Signature Consultants is seeking a SOC Analyst for an opportunity in Washington, DC. The SOC Analyst has the primary responsibility of aggressively monitoring and responding to alerts triggered in the SEIM tool or requests for assistance from customers. The Analyst will use a variety of tools to investigate incidents and take immediate action or recommend a course of action to safeguard the U.S. Courts systems. This role will be a first shift position: M-F 7:00 AM-3:30 PM.

Responsibilities:

• Document all incidents and create a clear narrative that supports their conclusions
• Work as tier 1 support and will escalate all events to second tier, Senior, for review before completing event notation to assure correctness in reviews
• All events that require JASIRC or Level 4 handling will be immediately escalated to the Shift Team Lead. Events that require over 15 minutes of analysis are to be escalated to the Seniors on shift for analysis

Requirements:

• High School Diploma
• Two years of network intrusion detection experience
• Ability to investigate and evaluate network traffic
• Ability to read and interpret log and sniffer packets, Wireshark
• Ability to analyze data from a variety of sources over time and create a logical narrative of observed behavior
• Ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing
• At least two years of experience performing intrusion detection analytics working with the examination of logs and console events in the following working experience areas of; Splunk, examining Snort based IDS events, Pcaps, web server log review, and working in a SIEM environment

About Signature Consultants, LLC

Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Signature Consultants was established in 1997 with a singular focus: to provide clients and consultants with superior staffing solutions. For the seventh consecutive year, Signature was voted as one of the “Best Staffing Firms to Work For” and is now the 15th largest IT staffing firm in the United States (source: Staffing Industry Analysts). With 25 locations throughout North America, Signature annually deploys thousands of consultants to support, run, and manage their clients’ technology needs. Signature offers IT staffing, consulting, managed solutions, and direct placement services. For more information on the company, please visit www.sigconsult.com.