SOC Security Analyst L3

BlueVoyant•Sacramento, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

BlueVoyant is looking for Security Operations Center (SOC) Analysts to defend our global customers from the constant fight against adversaries. You will be part of a fast-paced team that helps spot, defend, and remediate adversary activity to reduce the impact and dwell time of security incidents. As an L3 analyst, you are the ultimate technical expert and escalation point for analysts on your team. Your significant expertise in modern attacks, analysis of intrusion data, and knowledge of attack remediation ensures that attacks against our clients are handled with urgency, accuracy, and effective communication. You are the mentor for junior analysts, the trusted voice of customers, and the bane of adversaries. The experience you bring to the role provides a front-row voice to technology strategy, process improvements, and an advocate for analysts around the world. This role reports into BlueVoyant SOC leadership and operates under BlueVoyant processes, tooling, and supervision at all times, including when working from client facilities

Requirements

Ability to pass background check / clearance (if required)
Ability to work onsite in a government facility
Adherence to government security policies and handling requirements
Ability to handle high pressure situations in a productive and professional manner.
Ability to work directly with customers to understand requirements for and feedback on security services.
Advanced written and verbal communication skills and the ability to present complex technical topics in clear and easy-to-understand language.
Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively with a globally distributed team.
This role operates on a fixed daytime schedule aligned to client business hours; participation in broader SOC coverage is not required for this position
Knowledge and experience with SIEM solutions, Cloud App Security tools, and EDR.
Advanced knowledge and understanding of network protocols and network telemetry.
Forensic artifact and analysis knowledge of Windows and Unix systems.
Expertise in Endpoint, Web, and Authentication log analysis.
Experience with SIEM/EDR detection creation.
Experience in responding to modern authentication attacks against AD, Entra, OATH, etc.
Expert knowledge of common attack paths, including LOLbin use, common adversary tools, business email compromises, AiTM attacks, including identification and response.
Strong knowledge of the following:
SIEM workflows (preferably Sentinel and Splunk).
Modern authentication systems and attacks (SSO, OATH, Entra, etc.)
Malware Detection, to include dynamic and light static analysis
Network Monitoring metadata (web logs, firewall logs, WAF/IDS)
Email Security and common business email compromise attacks.
Windows and Unix forensic artifacts (i.e. registry analysis, wtmp/btmp)
Windows PE and Maldoc analysis
Remote access solutions (both legitimate and inherently malicious)
Lateral movement methodologies and tools for Windows & Unix-based OSes.
O365 attack paths, common attacker methodologies, and analysis.
Network metadata analysis and knowledge of commonly abused protocols.
Expert knowledge of credential harvesting tools and methodologies.
Experience countering ransomware threat actors / operations preferred

Nice To Haves

Experience intrusion analysis / incident response, digital forensics, penetration testing, or related areas.
5+ years of hands-on SOC/TOC/NOC experience.
GIAC certification(s) strongly preferred.
CISSP, Security +, Network +, CEH, RHCA, RHCE, MCSA, MCP, or MCSE preferred.
Familiarity with technologies such as Sentinel, Splunk, Microsoft Defender suites, Crowdstrike Falcon, SentinelOne.
Familiarity with GPO, Landesk, or other IT Infrastructure tools.
Understanding and/or experience with one or more of the following programming languages: JavaScript, Python, Lua, Ruby, GoLang, Rust

Responsibilities

Monitor and analyze security events and alerts from multiple sources, including SIEM logs, endpoint logs, and EDR telemetry.
Research indicators and activities to determine reputation and suspicious attributes
Perform analysis of malware, attacker network infrastructure, and forensic artifacts
Execute complex investigations and handle incident declaration
Perform live response analysis of compromised endpoints. Access and actions within client systems will be performed in accordance with defined client-approved access controls, logging, and BlueVoyant operating procedures.
Hunt for suspicious activity based on anomalous activity and curated intelligence.
Participate in the response, investigation, and resolution of security incidents.
Provide incident investigation, handling, response, and incident documentation.
Engage and assist the BlueVoyant Incident Response teams for active intrusions.
Ensure events are properly identified, analyzed, and escalated to incidents.
Assist in the advancement of security policies, procedures, and automation.
Serve as the technical escalation point and mentor for lower-level analysts.
Regularly communicate with clients to inform them of incidents and aid in remediation.
Identification and tuning of false-positive or benign detections.
Perform peer review and QA of junior analyst investigations.
Support Customer Success team with client engagements when required.
Operate across BlueVoyant-managed systems and client-provided environments while maintaining strict separation and adherence to security policie.
While operating within client environments, all tasking, prioritization, and performance management remain under BlueVoyant direction