SOC Analyst Tier 3 - 100% onsite

Job Title:
Tier 3 SOC Analyst

Location:
Charlotte, NC

Duration:
6 Month Contract to Hire

Position Overview:
Tier-3 Team Lead SOC Analyst sets and enforces operational standards, coordinates shift activities, delegates administrative and operational tasks, and serves as the primary local SOC contact in a multi-location SOC environment. The role he Lead Analyst drives continuous improvement across people, process, and technology to strengthen detection, response, and reporting outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Ensure consistent incident handling across multiple SOC locations through standardize procedures and communication
Lead daily operations such as threat briefings, queue health checks, and high-severity incident oversight
Serve as final escalation for complex investigations (multi-stage intrusions, lateral movement, persistence, data exfiltration)
Lead containment/eradication strategy in partnership with IT, Cloud, Endpoint, and Network teams
Perform root-cause analysis and produce actionable remediation guidance
Coach Tier 1/2 analysts on investigation techniques, log analysis, and response playbooks
Integrate AI driven detections and response

Required Technical Skills

5+ years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and work experience
Ability to lead and coordinate in a multi-location / follow-the-sun SOC model
Strong mentoring and coaching skills
Excellent written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences
Calm, structured decision-making during high-pressure incidents
Strong case management discipline and evidence-based analysis
Incident response experience handling high-severity events end-to-end (containment through recovery)
Solid understanding of common attacker techniques: phishing, ransomware, C2, privilege escalation, lateral movement, exfiltration
EDR/XDR proficiency: triage, remote response actions, artifact collection
Familiar with AI-assisted attacks including deepfakes and social-engineering at scale