Title: Security Analyst 1
Location: Remote (PST working hours)
Duration: 5 months (possibility of conversion)
Schedule: 2 weeks of 36 hours to 1 week to 48 hours - OT is ok! 

• 1 Person will cover MON-WED and every 3rd Sunday.
• 2nd person would cover WED-FRI and every 3rd Saturday

Job Summary:

• 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
• 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

Skills:

• 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

 
 
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 pay range is $35.00/hr - $40.00/hr.