Senior Security Analyst

We have an immediate opening for a Senior Security Analyst in Philadelphia. We need someone who writes up incidents clearly enough that the next shift can pick them up without asking. The Cyber Defense team runs a 24/7 SOC. We need someone who can work through an alert queue and tell which ones matter. Remote, with occasional travel to Philadelphia (a few times a year).

Day to day

• Escalate confirmed incidents and follow the incident response plan
• Help with user access reviews and offboarding audits
• Hand off open cases at shift change with clear notes
• Document incidents with timeline, impact and root cause
• Run vulnerability scans with Tenable Nessus, Qualys or Rapid7 and track remediation with system owners

Minimum qualifications

• 5-7 years in an SOC, security analyst or IT security role
• Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Must be able to pass a background check
• Experience reading Windows Event Logs, Sysmon and Linux logs
• Working knowledge of SIEM and EDR tools

Bonus points

• Prior help desk or network administration experience
• Cloud log analysis (CloudTrail, Entra ID sign-in logs)

What we offer

Salary range: $125,000 - $152,000 a year

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with 4% match
• Paid sick leave
• Home office stipend
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Employee discount

Company overview

We are 3 people, all hands-on, and the founders still run engagements themselves. Our lab is a back room full of test hardware, old routers and a rack of virtual machines. Background checks are required, and some client work requires a government clearance.

New hires usually start two to three weeks after accepting an offer.

This position requires a background check.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Scott Defense.