Position: Senior SOC Lead Analyst
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Duration: Perm Placement
Job ID: 174123
Job Overview: As a Senior SOC Analyst, you will play a critical role in monitoring, investigating, and responding to security threats. This position involves leading security investigations, incident response processes, threat detection, and security control validation to ensure a robust security posture across the organization. You will also be responsible for assessing MSSP performance, tuning security controls, and validating security technologies such as firewalls, cloud security configurations, and endpoint security solutions. Additionally, you will mentor junior team members and contribute to operational threat monitoring.
Responsibilities: - Oversee internal and external SOC resources, ensuring effective collaboration and threat response.
- Define and manage SOC and Incident Response workflows, processes, and escalation procedures.
- Implement and maintain SOC and IR playbooks, runbooks, and automation to improve response times.
- Monitor security logs, SIEM alerts, and endpoint detections to identify potential threats.
- Lead and manage security investigations, ensuring accurate root cause analysis and timely mitigation.
- Conduct forensic analysis, malware investigations, and threat hunting to identify indicators of compromise (IOCs).
- Utilize SOAR platforms to automate response actions and improve incident handling efficiency.
- Integrate external threat intelligence feeds into security monitoring tools.
- Support vulnerability scanning and analysis, ensuring full visibility into security gaps.
- Collaborate with IT teams to enforce patch compliance for critical vulnerabilities.
- Act as a primary escalation point for MSSP investigations and assess MSSP effectiveness.
- Participate in red teaming, blue teaming, and incident response exercises.
- Evaluate and test new security tools, integrating them into SOC workflows.
Qualifications: - Minimum of 7+ years of experience in Security Operations, Incident Response, and Threat Detection.
- 3+ years of experience leading cybersecurity investigations and incident handling.
- 3+ years of experience managing and working with MSSPs.
- Bachelor's degree in a related field.
- Preferred certifications: CompTIA Security+, CEH, GCIH, GCIA, CISSP, CISM, AWS/Azure security certifications.
- Extensive experience with SIEM solutions (e.g., DataSet, Splunk, Elastic).
- Experience managing EDR solutions (e.g., SentinelOne, CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender ATP).
- Familiarity with vulnerability management platforms like Rapid7.
- Basic scripting skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash) for security automation.
- Deep understanding of MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, and incident response frameworks.
- Strong analytical and investigative skills with expertise in log analysis and threat correlation.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work across IT, legal, and executive teams.
- Strong project management and leadership abilities.
About PTR Global: PTR Global is a leading provider of information technology and workforce solutions. PTR Global has become one of the largest providers in its industry, with over 5000 professionals providing services across the U.S. and Canada. For more information visit ;br>
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Pay Range: $130000
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