About the job

Large incident response engagements can involve 20 or more responders working in shifts for weeks. Annual revenue from managed services has grown every year since 1995.

Role overview

Cedartrack is looking for a Senior SOC Analyst to join a small, steady team. We need someone who writes up incidents clearly enough that the next shift can pick them up without asking. The Security Operations team runs a 24/7 SOC. We need someone who can work through an alert queue and tell which ones matter. The company is based in Montreal, Canada. The team is distributed across several countries. Contract role, full-time hours, paid in USD at the end of each month. Core hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM US Eastern. You need a reliable internet connection and somewhere quiet to work.

Job duties

Monitor and triage alerts in Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar or Elastic SIEM. Pull evidence for SOC 2, PCI DSS or HIPAA audit requests. Check threat intelligence feeds and IOCs against our environment. Report on security awareness training and phishing simulation results. Tune noisy detection rules with the security engineering team. Analyze reported phishing emails, check headers and URLs, and purge malicious messages. Escalate confirmed incidents and follow the incident response plan.

Minimum qualifications

5-7 years in an SOC, security analyst or IT security role. Ability to work shifts, including some nights, weekends or holidays as scheduled. Clear written communication for incident tickets and reports. Experience reading Windows Event Logs, Sysmon and Linux logs. CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (or ability to obtain within six months). Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP and common ports and protocols.

Preferred

CySA+, GCIH, GCIA or BTL1 certification. Prior help desk or network administration experience.

Schedule: Rotating 12-hour shifts on a 2-2-3 schedule, including nights

The base pay range for this position is $69.00 - $81.50 per hour. Actual pay depends on experience, skills and location.

What we offer

Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise. Flexible hours. Monthly internet allowance. Annual rate review.

Cedartrack is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

We review applications on a rolling basis.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

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