SOC Analyst

cFocus Software seeks a SOC Analyst to join our program supporting the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This position is fully remote. This position requires a Public Trust or the ability to obtain a public trust clearance., * Continuously monitor enterprise security systems and Security Operations Center (SOC) dashboards.

• Analyze security alerts generated by SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR, cloud security, and network monitoring platforms.
• Identify indicators of compromise (IOCs) and suspicious activity.
• Correlate security events across multiple technologies to identify potential cyber threats.
• Monitor Windows, Linux, cloud, network, and endpoint environments for malicious activity.
• Perform initial incident triage and classification.
• Analyze security events to determine severity, scope, impact, and priority.
• Validate potential security incidents and reduce false positives.
• Escalate confirmed incidents to Tier 2 and Tier 3 Incident Response personnel.
• Maintain incident tickets throughout the incident lifecycle.

• Public Trust Clearance
• B.S. Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Minimum 2 years of Security Operations Center (SOC) or cybersecurity monitoring experience.
• Experience monitoring enterprise security environments.
• Experience investigating cybersecurity incidents.
• Knowledge of SIEM platforms and security monitoring technologies.
• Understanding of NIST SP 800-61 Computer Security Incident Handling Guide.
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK Framework.
• Ability to obtain and maintain NIH suitability/background investigation.

Invitation for Job Applicants to Self-Identify as a U.S. Veteran

• A “disabled veteran” is one of the following:
• a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
• a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
• A “recently separated veteran” means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran’s discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
• An “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
• An “Armed forces service medal veteran” means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.