SOC Analyst - III || Ashburn VA or Cary NC (Hybrid)

Hello,We at AgreeYa solutions are focused on hiring highly skilled professionals who are excited by the opportunity to make a true impact on their careers as well as on our clients' businesses. We power our clients success and drive our consultants career growth.We are seeking an experienced and outstanding SOC Analyst - IIIfor one of our esteemed clients. Kindly have a look at the below JD and reach us with your updated resume.The job description is as follows:Job Title: SOC Analyst - IIILocations: Ashburn VA or Cary NC (Hybrid)Duration: Long TermDescription:• Working Model: Hybrid- Tues - Sat schedule once onboarded with the requirement to be in the Cary or Ashburn office 4 days a month typically on Tues and Wed• MUST HAVE SKILLS:• At least three years of experience in security-related fields including prior SOC experience• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely in written and oral English• Experience using a supported Security Incident Event Management (SIEM) for analytics• Knowledgeable with scripting, parsing, and query development in enterprise SIEM solutions• Experience in tuning use cases & content, driven from day to day optimizations, with understanding of best practices to ensure adjustments do not cause false negatives• Experience with documenting processes and procedures as well as training team members on processes and procedures• Exceptional problem solving skills• Ability to drive process improvements and identify gaps• Proactive in engaging with customers and Verizon management teams• Thorough understanding of threat landscape and indicators of compromise• Experience with incident response techniques related to network forensic analysis• Experience investigating security incidents with SIEMs, use case development/tuning, and understanding of incident response• Experience with IPS including analyzing alerts generated by the inspection with consideration to how signatures are written, and how to identify false positives• Experience with implementing changes on next generation firewalls including firewall policy & content inspection configuration ( FortiManager, FortiGate, Cisco, Palo Alto, Checkpoint, etc.)• Skilled with Linux command line• Experience with health and availability monitoring; understanding of device logging and ingestion, network troubleshooting, and device troubleshooting• DESIRED SKILLS:• Scripting knowledge in (ie. Python, PowerShell, Bash Shell, Java, etc.)• Incident response experience utilizing different SIEMs and industry best practices• Experience with customer service and supporting service desk functions such as IAM management• Duties of the Tier-2 Senior Security Analyst include:• Provide eyes on glass near real-time security monitoring in a 24x7 environment by monitoring• security infrastructure and security alarm devices for Indicators of Compromise utilizing a proprietary SIEM and cybersecurity tools;• Perform near real-time security monitoring of alerts and escalating critical alerts in compliance with the service level agreement;• Detect security incidents and analyze threats for complex and/or escalated security events;• Respond to customer Requests For Information including using Linux command line skills to query raw logs for IOCs, answering questions about the MSS infrastructure, and features of the SIEM including correlation engine while recommending best practices;• Develop internal and/or external documentation, such as detailed procedures, playbooks, and runbooks; review and assess reports concerning operational metrics;• Perform level 2 assessment of incoming alerts (assessing the priority of the alert, determining severity of alert in respect to customer environment, correlating additional details) and coordinate with tier III for critical priority incidents, if necessary;• Perform incident response activities utilizing customer SIEM and cybersecurity toolkits;• Assist with quality control during onboarding of new customers to verify validity of Use Cases and generated alerts;• Utilize the SOC Knowledge Base and provide input on revisions as needed;• LOGISTICS:• Shift work required, including nights and weekends. Team members work 5x8 hour shifts per week.Contact: Saksham Gupta at AgreeYa SolutionsABOUT AGREEYA SOLUTIONS:AgreeYa Solutions is a global provider of software, solutions and services to over 200 large to small organizations in the US, Europe, India, China, Korea, UAE, Singapore and Mexico across various industries. Headquartered in Folsom, California (US) and 6 Global Delivery Centers, AgreeYa s flexible Global but Local approach delivers world class technology and business solutions around Portal and Enterprise Social Collaboration (SharePoint and SocialXtend), Cloud & Infrastructure (VDIXtend), Mobility (Onvelop), Application Development & Management, Product Engineering, Independent Software Testing, IT Staffing (Workforce Solutions) and Risk and Compliance Staffing Solutions.Along with this end-to-end portfolio of services, AgreeYa leverages mature quality processes based on ISO 9001-2008 and SEI-CMMI standards to become a trusted IT partner for our customers and have been recognized by Gartner as Cool Vendor for Enterprise Mobility; by Sacramento Business Journal as Top Software Companies; by SiliconIndia as the Top 5 Outsourced Product Development Companies; and by DiversityBusiness.com as Top 500 Diversity-Owned Businesses in the United States with Minority Business Enterprise certification from (NCMSDC)