Jr. SOC Analyst 101916

Jr. SOC Analyst 
Location: Chandler, AZ. 
Required Clearance: Secret 

Since 1999, ITEC has delivered mission-critical support to the DoD and Intelligence Community. Now part of ManpowerGroup Public Sector (MGPS), we continue that work with expanded capabilities. Employees hired through this process will join MGPS and receive a comprehensive benefits package and competitive pay. 

U.S. Citizenship Mandatory: Due to our US federal government contract, candidates for this position are required to be a US Citizen and will be subject to a background investigation. 

Job Responsibilities:

• The ideal candidate should be able to multitask and give equal attention to a variety of functions while under pressure.
• Monitoring and analyzing network traffic, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), security events and logs.
• Prioritizing and differentiating between potential intrusion attempts and false alarms.
• Develop, maintain, and follow SOC Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Support daily and monthly situation reporting per shift.
• Proactively reviewing large data sets for anomalous activity.
• Create detective content for monitoring devices such as IDS and SIEM and advise on proactive blocks for security architecture.
• Creating and tracking security investigations to resolution.
• Composing security alert notifications and other communications.
• Advising incident responders in the steps to take to investigate and resolve computer security incidents.
• Staying up to date with current vulnerabilities, attacks, and countermeasures. 

Required Skills:

• This position requires the ability to work a shift schedule.
• LCAT Experience; Two (2) years’ experience in security.
• Experience in handling incident response.

Required LCAT Certifications:

• Certified Ethical Hacking (CEH) certification or CompTIA CySA+.
• (within 6 months of hire) any from the CSSP Analyst, Infrastructure  Support, or IR from the DOD 8570 list (or other similar certifications as  approved by Government).

Required Education:

Bachelor’s degree