SOC Analyst

A financial services company in Florida is seeking a SOC Analyst to join their growing team in the Greater Tampa Bay area, supporting security operations, incident triage, and threat investigation activities.

About the Opportunity:

• Shift: Day shift

• Schedule: Monday to Friday, with rotating weekend coverage as needed

• Hours: 37.5 hours per week, sometimes 40 hours; standard business hours

• Setting: Hybrid (at least 3 days a week)

Responsibilities:

• Monitor, triage, and investigate security alerts and incidents across SOC operations

• Analyze phishing emails, suspicious links, and related user-reported security events

• Correlate logs and alerts across systems to identify attack patterns and escalation needs

• Investigate endpoint, malware, identity, and network activity to determine scope and impact

• Document findings clearly and collaborate with cross-functional teams on containment and response actions

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of experience in information security monitoring, incident response, or a related SOC environment

• Experience working in a 24/7 operational environment

• Strong understanding of malware analysis and reverse engineering techniques

• Working knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks, networking protocols, operating systems, and security technologies

• Experience with incident triage, investigation, and escalation decision-making

Desired Skills:

• Experience mapping alerts to MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques

• Hands-on experience with SIEM correlation rules and log analysis

• Experience investigating phishing, data loss prevention, and CrowdStrike-related alerts

• Familiarity with ELK or similar log analysis tools