Job Description
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The below job opportunity is to one of Our clients is an American telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, that offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice, and managed services.
Job Title: SOC Analyst Level I
Location: Herndon, VA 20171
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
Location: Herndon, VA 20171
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
Job Description:
- We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented SOC Analyst Level I to join our cybersecurity operations team.
- In this role, you will support continuous monitoring, detection, and initial response to security events across enterprise environments.
- You will work in a fast-paced, SLA-driven Security Operations Center (SOC), using tools such as Splunk (SIEM) and ServiceNow to help identify and manage security incidents.
- This position is ideal for individuals looking to build a strong foundation in cybersecurity operations within a structured and process-driven environment, with opportunities for growth and skill development.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor security events and alerts using Splunk SIEM to identify suspicious activity across network, endpoint, and cloud environments.
- Perform initial triage and investigation of alerts, following defined procedures to determine severity and required actions.
- Respond to security incidents in accordance with established SLAs, ensuring timely escalation and proper handling.
- Use ServiceNow to log, track, and document incidents, maintaining accurate records throughout the lifecycle.
- Conduct basic threat research to stay informed on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and attacker techniques.
- Support incident analysis by identifying contributing factors and assisting with remediation recommendations.
- Collaborate with security engineering, and threat hunting to resolve incidents and strengthen security controls.
- Follow and contribute to standard operating procedures (SOPs) and playbooks to ensure consistent incident response.
- Communicate clearly with internal stakeholders regarding incident status and actions taken.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Proficient understanding of SOC operations and the incident response lifecycle.
- Familiarity with SIEM tool Splunk.
- Exposure to ServiceNow or similar ticketing systems.
- Knowledge of networking fundamentals, security principles, and log analysis.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work in a 24x7 operational environment with strict SLA requirements.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Relevant certifications (e.g., CompTIA Security+, Splunk certifications).
- Familiarity with threat intelligence concepts or frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in security monitoring or incident response environments.
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Herndon, VA |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Salary | $19.59–$36.72 |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2009 |
| Website | http://www.tekwissen.com/ |
About Company
WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE
TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.
To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.
Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.
It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.
Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.Skills
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