Job Title: Security Analyst 1
Duration: 3 months
Location: Seattle, WA

The schedule is as follows:
Week 1 & 2: 3 x 12 hour shifts = 36 hrs
Week 3: 4 x 12 hour shifts = 48 hrs
 
Duties:

• Years of experience 1+ 
• You will be the first point of contact for triaging security alerts and will engage more senior analysts and management as required 
• Correlate data from SIEM, EDR, and firewall logs 
• Perform basic log analysis and escalate suspicious activity 
• Follow standard operating procedures and escalate issues or improvement opportunities as needed. 
• Map basic security incidents to MITRE ATT&CK tactics during documentation 
• Identifies and escalates issues related to data privacy. 
• Document incidents in ticketing systems 
• Support endpoint and network monitoring activities 
• Participate in shift handovers and daily SOC briefings

 
Skills:

• Security Monitoring: Understands basic alert types and can triage low-level events 
• Security Operations: Follows established SOC procedures and documents findings 
• Incident Escalation: Recognizes when to escalate alerts to senior analysts 
• 1+ years of experience in IT or security operations (internships or bootcamps acceptable) 
• Basic understanding of networking protocols and operating systems 
• Basic understanding of incident response phases  
• Awareness of common indicators of compromise (IOCs). 
• Familiarity with ticketing systems and escalation procedures. 
• Networking Basics: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP/S, ICMP 
• Security Concepts: CIA triad, types of malware, phishing, brute force, DDoS 
• Operating Systems: Basic Windows (Event Viewer, Task Manager), Linux (top, ps, netstat) 
• Security Tools: 
• SIEM: Splunk (basic search), IBM QRadar (offense monitoring) 
• AV/EDR: Windows Defender,  Crowdstrike 
• Ticketing: ServiceNow, Jira 
• Familiarity with SIEM tools and log analysis 
• Cloud platforms: Basic AWS/Azure console navigation, understanding of cloud service types (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) 
• Basic understanding of containerization concepts (Docker, Kubernetes fundamentals) 
• Strong attention to detail and documentation skills 
• GenAI tools: ChatGPT or similar for threat research assistance, automated report summarization 
• Foundational security certifications (e.g., Security+, Network+, CySA+, GSOC) or pursuing certification

 
Education:

• Bachelors or equivalent exp.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 39.44/hr.