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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst - **Company:** QUANTUM SKY LLC - **Location:** Columbia, SC, United States - **Salary:** $105,000.0 - $115,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Word, Data Analysis, Cyber Security, Computer Networks, Internet Traffics, Network Security, Microsoft Office, Splunk, Cisco - **Published:** August 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/A8894F12E1B241ECA85F1F7C7B694553/job/ ## About the Role * Bachelor's Degree, or an equivalent combination of formal education, experience * Minimum of one (3) year of general work experience and two (2) year of relevant experience * Minimum one (1) year of experience as a Security/Network Administrator * Experience in some of the following tools and technologies: * Trellix Endpoint Security * CrowdStrike EDR * Splunk Enterprise Security, SOAR, and UBA * Cisco Secure IPS/NGFW IPS * Cisco Secure Network Analytics * Strong analytical and organizational skills. * Strong verbal and written communication skills. * Experience with MS Word and other MS Office applications. Desired: * Experience working in a SOC and doing incident response is preferred. * Experience with securing various environments preferred. Clearance: * Active Top Secret clearance required ## Description Quantum Sky is searching for a Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst to support threat monitoring, detection, event analysis, and incident reporting. You will be responsible for monitoring enterprise networks and systems, detecting events, and reporting on any and all threats that are directed against those systems regardless of their classification level or type. Typically, the client's sensor grid acquires millions of events per day and events are analyzed and categorized in accordance with the Cyber Security Incident Response Plan. The Incident Response Analyst will provide the client with a fully comprehensive array of analytical activities in support of external threat monitoring, detection, event analysis, and incident reporting efforts including presentation reviews, internal and external threat reporting, analysis of inbound and outbound public internet traffic, suspicious e-mail messages, administering access request to specific public sites, communicating and coordinating the characterization of events and the response., * Provide support for complex computer network exploitation and defense techniques to include deterring, identifying, and investigating computer and network intrusions; providing incident response and remediation support * Perform comprehensive computer surveillance/monitoring, identifying vulnerabilities; provide recommendations to improve security posture, and maintain the agency's incident response plan and associated artifacts * Support cybersecurity training efforts and national security exercises, such as table-top exercises, functional exercises, and scenario-based exercises. * Provide technical support for a comprehensive risk management program identifying mission-critical processes and systems; current and projected threats; and system vulnerabilities. ## Related Videos - [Cyber Sleuth: Finding Hidden Connections in Cyber Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/893-cyber-sleuth-finding-hidden-connections-in-cyber-data) - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [Our journey with Spring Boot in a microservice architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/511-our-journey-with-spring-boot-in-a-microservice-architecture) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [Computer Vision from the Edge to the Cloud done easy](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/263-computer-vision-from-the-edge-to-the-cloud-done-easy) - [Data Science on Software Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/162-data-science-on-software-data) ## Related Articles - [9 Ways to Make Money Hacking](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/333-9-ways-to-make-money-hacking) - [Dev Digest 134 - Where pixels sing?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/477-dev-digest-134-where-pixels-sing) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk)