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DP

Security Analyst

DP Professionals
  • 🇺🇸 United States
  • Remote
  • 10 hours ago
  • Incident Response
  • SIEM
  • EDR
  • Threat Intelligence
  • Cortex
  • Linux
  • Active Directory
  • CISSP
  • CISA
  • CEH
  • OSCP
  • GPEN
10 hours ago
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DPPis seeking a Security Analystfor an opportunity with our client in Columbia, SC.
 
Work location:Fully remote
Duration:12 months
Terms: W2 contract
Candidate Location:No South Carolina residency required. Open to nationwide candidates; must be able to work eastern time zone hours. Preference will be given to candidates that are local to SC and are able to come onsite for project needs.
 
Position summary:
  • As a Tier-2 SOC Analyst for Information Security you will focus on supporting security monitoring, threat detection, security incident response and security investigations.
  • Engaging directly with agencies to promote, support, and improve adoption of centralized security services is a key focus. 
  • All travel-related costs for onsite work will be the responsibility of the resource, regardless of the frequency of onsite work.
Responsibilities:
  • Continuously review and correlate security event data across SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, and threat intelligence sources to identify complex attack patterns, emerging threats, and security incidents.
  • Perform deep-dive analysis of suspicious activity, validate incidents, determine root cause and impact, and escalate critical incidents with detailed context to Tier 3 as required.
  • Create detailed incident reports, timelines, and post-incident summaries; contribute to lessons-learned documentation and recommendations for remediation and preventative measures.
  • Investigate user-reported phishing, malware infections, and potential policy violations; advise users and internal/external teams on containment and recovery actions.
  • Recommend updates to SOC playbooks and workflows based on real-world investigations, fine-tune detection rules. Alert thresholds, and correlation logic to reduce false positives and improve threat coverage.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure monitoring tools are properly configured and tuned. Integrate new threat intelligence feeds into workflows and proactively hunts for threats using up-to-date tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
  • Serve as a customer-facing SME, “selling” the value of the division’s services by demonstrating capabilities and resolving issues.
  • Document processes, runbooks, and troubleshooting steps related to SOC operations.
  • Coordinate with engineering, SOC, and agency staff as needed to meet goals.
  • Other duties as needed.
Required Qualifications:  
  • 2+ years of experience with Security Monitoring and Incident Response.
  • 2+ years of experience with MITRE ATT&CK framework.
  • 2+ years of experience with dashboard creation and reporting. 
  • Associate’s degree in information technology or information security related field;
  • Four years of relevant work experience may be substituted in lieu of education.
  • 2 years of experience in supporting large soc operations.
Preferred Qualifications:  
  • Experience with the Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM/XDR platform.
  • Knowledge of Linux network administration and network design.
  • Experience in administration of firewalls, VPN technology, Active Directory, Intrusion Detection/Prevention systems.
  • Candidate is local to Columbia, SC or surrounding city in South Carolina. 
  • CISSP, CISA, CISO or equivalent advanced security certification.
  • Additional relevant certifications (e.g., CEH, OSCP, GPEN).
  • Vendor certifications related to information security.
Authorized US Worker - US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time. 

Interested? Learn more:
Click the apply button to learn more about this position (#26-01336).
 
DP Professionals (DPP) offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents.DPP is a certified Woman-owned Small Business Enterprise (WBE and WOSB) with more than 25 years in the staffing industry.EOE/AA/V/D

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