SOC Tier 3 Analyst

Job Title: SOC, Tier 3 Analyst Job Location: 100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD (2 Days Onsite Hybrid) Job Duration: Fulltime
Candidates should possess US Citizenship, reside in US and be willing to go through the federal background check due to the nature of the client.

Responsibilities: • Incident Response & Forensics: Plan, initiate, and conduct forensic investigations on compromised systems; perform root cause and scope-of-impact analysis; create detailed forensic reports • Malware & Tool Analysis: Support malware analysis of attacker tools and techniques; identify and analyze malicious payloads • Tool & Process Development: Train SOC analysts on SIEM tools (e.g., Sentinel), develop and tune detection rules, and assist in creating new SOC monitoring processes • Threat Intelligence & Hunting: Correlate actionable security events, review threat data, develop custom detection signatures, and conduct threat hunting to identify advanced threats • Technical Leadership: Contribute to technical briefings, develop incident response procedures, and ensure adherence to operational and technical standards • On-Call Support: May require availability outside regular hours or on weekends to respond to critical incidents