The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's/applicant's qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.


Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship not available.


Our client is seeking a SOC Analyst III in Miami, FL/ Hybrid.


Role Description


• Ability to confidently and simply explain technical security issues.
• Review threats and incidents related to vulnerability scanning and determine root cause analysis, conduct validation, and recommend remediation.
• Provide the various business units with incident response and threat and vulnerability management services as required by the business.
• Experience with reading firewall, IDS/IPS technology logs.
• Maintain awareness of new and emerging cyber-attack and network threats correlated with Threat Intelligence and CISA Reporting.
• Conduct incident response and triage of security events that contribute to indicators of attack or compromise.
• Provide suggestions, solutions, and integrations to improve SOC Operations.
• Assist with escalations, reporting procedures and investigations
• Provide Knowledge of TCP/IP communications and how common protocols and applications work at the network level to include DNS, HTTP, and SMB
• Ensure security appliances, data sources and configurations up to date, and operational.
• Works well in a cohesive team environment to include being able to work alone with minimum guidance.


Skills & Requirements


• 4+ years of Security Center Operations experience in enterprise environments
• Must possess strong detection and investigation experience with EDR/XDR appliances (SentinelOne, Carbon Black, CrowdStrike, etc)
• Must possess hands-on experience analyzing high volume logs, network data, and other attack artifacts in support of incident investigations utilizing SIEM platforms (Splunk, QRadar, etc)
• Must possess working experience with scripting languages (PowerShell and/or Python)
• Must possess solid experience with threat vulnerability management tools (Qualys, Rapid7-Nexpose or Tenable/Nessus)
• Bachelor of Computer Science, Cyber Security or Information Technology
• Preferred certifications GCHI, C| EH, SSCP, CySA+
• Experience with Kali Linux, Nmap, hack-the-box or TryHackMe
• Experience with MITRE ATT&CK Framework and TTP's
• Experience with email security (Proofpoint)
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel/Defender.


Benefits/Other Compensation:


Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, 401K.


Why Hays?


You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the industry and market trends. Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there's a position you really want, you're fully prepared to get it.


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Hays is committed to building a thriving culture of diversity that embraces people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better we serve our candidates, clients, and employees. We are an equal employment opportunity employer, and we comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, genetic information, HIV-positive status, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. One of Hays' guiding principles is 'do the right thing'.
We also believe that actions speak louder than words.
In that regard, we train our staff on ensuring inclusivity throughout the entire recruitment process and counsel our clients on these principles. If you have any questions about Hays or any of our processes, please contact us.


In accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law protecting qualified individuals with known disabilities, Hays will attempt to reasonably accommodate those individuals unless doing so would create an undue hardship on the company. Any qualified applicant or consultant with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should call or text 813.336.5570.


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