SOC Analyst I

Our lending business funds equipment, vehicles and working capital for small and mid-sized companies across the US.

POSITION SUMMARY

KA Wealth Management is hiring for the SOC Analyst I role to monitor, investigate and respond to security alerts across our environment. You will join as an independent contractor on a long-term agreement. Payment is monthly in USD. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time. We send you a laptop and the accessories you need on day one.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyse reported phishing emails, check headers and URLs, and purge malicious messages.
• Check threat intelligence feeds and IOCs against our environment.
• Document incidents with timeline, impact and root cause.
• Write and update SOC runbooks and playbooks.
• Investigate endpoint alerts in CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne or Defender for Endpoint.
• Review firewall, proxy, VPN and authentication logs for suspicious activity.
• Monitor and triage alerts in Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar or Elastic SIEM.
• Run vulnerability scans with Tenable Nessus, Qualys or Rapid7 and track remediation with system owners.

WHAT YOU NEED

• 1+ years in an SOC, security analyst or IT security role.
• Ability to work shifts, including some nights, weekends or holidays as scheduled.
• Must be able to pass a background check.
• Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP and common ports and protocols.

PREFERRED

• SOAR platforms such as Splunk SOAR, Cortex XSOAR or Tines.
• Cloud log analysis (CloudTrail, Entra ID sign-in logs)
• Prior help desk or network administration experience.
• KQL or SPL query writing.

Rate: $2,350 - $3,200 monthly

WHAT YOU GET

• Long-term engagement.
• Paid in USD.

Tell us your notice period and what salary you are looking for.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

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