Junior Security Operations Center Analyst I

Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.
You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.
Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm investigate ideas outside of your role and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities
The Junior Security Operations Center Analyst I position will be a member of a dedicated security team within IBM Consulting Federal. In this role the Jr. SOC analyst will support a dedicated 24x7x365 operation for a federal program. The Jr. SOC Analyst will be responsible for monitoring for alerts for potential threats and security anomalies analyzing content of those alerts and providing a written analysis for each. The analyst will work closely with Tier 2 SOC analysts who will serve as their escalation point.
Perform 24x7x365 Security Monitoring Analysis and Response
Support incident investigations response and reporting
Security Reporting
Vulnerability Analysis
SOC ticket queue management
Document actions taken and analysis in the authorized ticketing system

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 3 years working in a 24x7x365 SOC environment.
• Analyzing system and network logs for security events anomalies and configuration issues.
• Experience working with SIEM technology to monitor and manage security events.
• Background in incident response system/network operations and threat intelligence.
• Experience utilizing enterprise security technologies such as SIEM/SOAR NGAV/EDR Vulnerability Scanners
• Hands-on troubleshooting analysis and technical expertise to resolve incidents and/or service requests.
• Experience SOC operations including but not limited to: Alert and notification activities- analysis / triage
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate events (through a triage process) and identify appropriate
• Experience and ability to use and follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of event timeline analysis and correlation of events between log sources
• Demonstrated proficiencies with an enterprise SIEM or security analytics solution including the Elastic Stack
• One of the following – Security + CE CEH CFR CCNA Cyber Ops CCNA-Security CySA+ ** GCIA GCIH GICSP Cloud+

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Understanding and experience with Federal Security Standards such as NIST and DoD
• Understanding and experience with FedRAMP Cloud Security Requirements