Senior SOC Analyst

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The Senior Security Analyst is an experienced member of the Cyber Security Operation Center, which is responsible for providing 24x7/365 continuous monitoring, triage and reporting for security investigations. Senior Security Analysts must possess a keen attention to detail, ingenuity, and desire to improve upon existing security practices. Senior Security Analysts also are responsible for ensuring reporting, building out security monitoring content, documentation, working with teams on remediation, training of junior members and monitoring cloud security.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• First responder to security events reported via various communication channels
• Conduct initial triage through investigation into network traffic, host activity, user authentication, cloud provider logs, application logs, etc.
• Perform intrusion detection using SIEM (Security Information Event Management) technology
• Detect, triage, and escalate critical security incidents
• Conduct threat hunting and contribute to content development
• Responsible for documentation and metrics of security findings
• Interact with customers and act as the primary point of contact for security requests.
• Improve and challenge existing processes and procedures, contribute to security automation
• Monitoring corporate communication channels (MS Teams, Slack, etc.)
• Maintain knowledge of information security policies and goals
• Keep current on the threat landscape and upcoming trends in cyber security
• Coach and guide junior SOC analysts , perform knowledge transfer as required
• Manage reports via PlayStation's bug bounty program
• Manage all cases, ensuring they are acted upon efficiently and effectively
• Compile and analyze data for reporting and metrics
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience
• 7+ years overall security industry experience
• 1+ years of IT or networking experience required, as well as basic knowledge of Windows/Linux/MacOS
• Threat hunting experience, ability to troubleshoot and assess security risk
• Experience with cloud-based systems such as AWS, GCP, Azure
• Experience with analyzing host, network and web application activity, including log analysis techniques and methodologies
• Proficient with cloud services such as, security, monitoring, and analytics
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working with customers via the phone, email, other corporate communications methods
• Good independent problem-solving experience
• Ability to manage parallel tasks and accurately document resolutions
  
  

Desired Experience:

• Industry recognized professional certification such as GCIA, GMON, GCIH
• Basic understanding of scripting languages, experience with automation
• Experience working with container technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes
  
  

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At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

This is a flexible role that can be remote, with varying pay ranges based on geographic location. For example, if you are based out of Seattle, the estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$103,500 — $155,300 USD

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