[Remote] Associate SOC Analyst I

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Rightworks offers an intelligent cloud purpose-built for accounting firms and professionals. They are seeking an Entry-level SOC Analyst responsible for security monitoring, triaging alerts, and maintaining logs, ensuring effective communication and documentation practices.

Responsibilities

• Security monitoring & log review- Basic SIEM (Microsoft Sentinel / CrowdStrike)
• Understanding of alert types & network basics
• Communication & ticketing discipline
• Monitor dashboards (“eyes on glass”)
• Perform initial triage of alerts/requests & basic investigations
• Validate alerts; reduce false positives
• Escalate valid alerts to Tier 2
• Maintain logs for reporting
• Basic networking concepts (TCP/IP, ports, protocols, firewalls)
• Strong documentation and ticket-handling discipline
• Ability to identify false positives and escalate true positives

Skills

• 0–2 years in IT/security support roles (helpdesk, NOC, desktop support, junior analyst) or Internship or lab experience with SIEM tools and basic security concepts
• Ability to identify false positives and escalate true positives
• Strong documentation and ticket-handling discipline
• Basic networking concepts (TCP/IP, ports, protocols, firewalls)
• Communication & ticketing discipline
• Security monitoring & log review- Basic SIEM (Microsoft Sentinel / CrowdStrike)
• Understanding of alert types & network basics
• Ideal certifications include Security+, SC-900, CCFA, and optionally ITIL Foundation

Benefits

• Company-paid short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Generous 401K match
• Highly affordable medical, dental, vision coverage
• Flexible PTO
• Numerous paid holidays
• Paid volunteer time off

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