[Remote] SOC Security Analyst / US Citizenship / FULLY REMOTE

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Visual Soft, Inc is seeking qualified candidates to work on their efforts with a federal agency. The SOC Analyst has the primary responsibility of monitoring and responding to alerts triggered in the SIEM tool and investigating incidents to safeguard the U.S. Courts systems.

Responsibilities
• The SOC Analyst has the primary responsibility of aggressively monitoring and responding to alerts triggered in the SIEM tool or requests for assistance from customers
• The SOC Analyst will use a variety of tools to investigate incidents and take immediate action or recommend a course of action to safeguard the U.S. Courts systems
• The SOC Analyst works as Tier 1/2 support and will be under a senior soc analyst/shift lead for review before completing event notation to assure correctness in reviews
• Events that require over 15 minutes of analysis are to be escalated to the Seniors on shift for analysis

Skills
• US Citizenship is a MUST
• 2+ years of working in a SOC environment is a MUST
• A minimum of two (2)+ years of hands-on network intrusion detection experience with 3-5 years of total experience
• The ability to investigate and evaluate network traffic
• The ability to read and interpret log and sniffer packets, Wireshark
• The ability to analyze data from a variety of sources over time and create a logical narrative of observed behavior
• The ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing
• 2+ years of hands-on performing intrusion detection analytics working with the examination of logs and console events in the following working experience areas of; Splunk, examining Snort based IDS events, PCAP, web server log review, and working in a SIEM environment
• 5+ years of experience
• High School diploma preferred
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Industry certifications are desired such as CEH or Security+ or other industry certifications

Benefits
• 3 weeks of Paid time off (PTO that includes sick leave)
• 2 floating and 8 public holidays
• 50% of health and dental insurances for all full time employees
• STD, LTD and one time salary equivalent of life insurance at NO cost to all full time employees
• 401k program after 90 days of employment with a company match of 4%, immediate vesting
• Profit sharing, no employee contributions required

Company Overview
• Visual Soft, Inc., continues to empower and assist its federal & state agencies and public sector customers in solving their ubiquitous information technology challenges into secure, scalable & digital transformation solutions. It was founded in 1998, and is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is http://www.visualsoftinc.com/.

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