Senior SOC Analyst

About us

Based in San José, Brassstead IT also runs a small colocation rack for clients who want local backups. Help desk calls are answered from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with an on-call tech covering nights and weekends.

Role overview

Brassstead IT is hiring for the Senior SOC Analyst role to monitor, investigate and respond to security alerts across our environment.

Responsibilities

• Document incidents with timeline, impact and root cause.
• Investigate endpoint alerts in CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne or Defender for Endpoint.
• Write and update SOC runbooks and playbooks.
• Help with user access reviews and offboarding audits.
• Escalate confirmed incidents and follow the incident response plan.
• Run vulnerability scans with Tenable Nessus, Qualys or Rapid7 and track remediation with system owners.

Skills and experience

• 5+ years in an SOC, security analyst or IT security role.
• Clear written communication for incident tickets and reports.
• Basic scripting in PowerShell or Python.
• Experience reading Windows Event Logs, Sysmon and Linux logs.

Schedule: Day shift with one week of on-call every six weeks

Perks and benefits

• Private health insurance.
• Training budget.
• Flexible hours.
• Stock options.

Start: Flexible.

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