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Security / Soc Analyst III

WaveStrong, Inc.
Houston, Texas, United States
Contract
You apply on WaveStrong, Inc.'s own careers site

This six-month contract role monitors cybersecurity events and handles incident triage and response. You’ll assess SIEM coverage, identify detection gaps, and use security data and code to develop or refine detection cases.

Contract
On-site
5+ years

Skills & Expertise

SIEM
Incident response
Threat monitoring
Endpoint Detection and Response
Firewall/IPS/IDS
Proxy
Data Loss Prevention
Authentication

Key Responsibilities

Monitor cybersecurity events and triage incidents, including identifying false-positive alerts.

Assess SIEM data sources and detection cases to identify coverage gaps and overlaps.

Use security data and interpret code to support detection-case development.

Full Description

Exciting Security / Soc Analyst III, 6 months contract opportunity in Houston, TX.

Requirements

• 5 plus years experience in the security domain, Incident Response, threat monitoring, and handling incidents (incident triage and response)

• Determine detection requirements for data sources being on-boarded to the SIEM, and assessing the value of in place SIEM detection cases, in order to determine gaps and overlap in the overall detection scheme.

• Perform security monitoring and incident response of cyber security events for proper determination of being considered a cybersecurity event.

• Triage offenses for false positives

• Hands-on experience defining detection or protection schemes based on industry standards and frameworks.

• SIEM, Endpoint Detection and Response, Firewall/IPS/IDS, Proxy, Data Loss Prevention, Authentication

• Experience leveraging data from security technologies and referential data sources to define security detection requirements, including detections which correlate data across multiple data sources.

• Ability to interpret code in the support of detection case development.

Applications are handled on WaveStrong, Inc.'s site