NIH - SOC Analyst

cFocus Software seeks a SOC Analyst to join our program supporting the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This position is fully remote. This position requires a Public Trust or the ability to obtain a public trust clearance. Qualifications:

• Public Trust Clearance
• B.S. Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Minimum 2 years of Security Operations Center (SOC) or cybersecurity monitoring experience.
• Experience monitoring enterprise security environments.
• Experience investigating cybersecurity incidents.
• Knowledge of SIEM platforms and security monitoring technologies.
• Understanding of NIST SP 800-61 Computer Security Incident Handling Guide.
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK Framework.
• Ability to obtain and maintain NIH suitability/background investigation.

Duties:

• Continuously monitor enterprise security systems and Security Operations Center (SOC) dashboards.
• Analyze security alerts generated by SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR, cloud security, and network monitoring platforms.
• Identify indicators of compromise (IOCs) and suspicious activity.
• Correlate security events across multiple technologies to identify potential cyber threats.
• Monitor Windows, Linux, cloud, network, and endpoint environments for malicious activity.
• Perform initial incident triage and classification.
• Analyze security events to determine severity, scope, impact, and priority.
• Validate potential security incidents and reduce false positives.
• Escalate confirmed incidents to Tier 2 and Tier 3 Incident Response personnel.
• Maintain incident tickets throughout the incident lifecycle.