Senior SOC Analyst 

Recon InfoSec is in need of a Senior SOC Analyst. At our SOC, you won't be confined to triaging alerts; instead, every team member actively contributes to building and advancing our approach to security operations. The work is dynamic and engaging, from developing innovative detections and playbooks to participating in incident response. If you're passionate about cybersecurity, ready for varied challenges, and eager to contribute to a collaborative and forward-thinking team, join us and help find and stop threats.

Responsibilities

  • Perform investigations, threat hunts, and work cases as needed

  • Define and mature playbooks for triage and response to cyber threats

  • Act as an escalation point for more junior analysts

  • Communicate with customers regarding security incidents and recommendations

  • Assist in threat signature implementation and tuning

  • Provide teaching/mentoring to junior analyst team members

  • Participate and lead SOC training efforts

 

Skills

  • Willingness to learn, adapt, and innovate

  • Critical thinking and analytical skills

  • Excellent written and oral communications skills

  • Great interpersonal and teamwork skills

 

Requirements

  • 2-5 years experience in Security Operations or similar role

  • Experience with log management, SIEM, and endpoint protection

  • On-call availability (Some nights, weekends, and holidays)

 

Competitive Applicants Will Have

  • Experience in a managed services role

  • Experience as an incident responder

  • Threat hunting experience

  • Experience with tools and technologies such as SOAR, Sigma, Sysmon, Thinkst,  and OpenSearch/Elastic

  • Working knowledge of industry best practices such as HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and NIST

  • Experience working with email platforms such as Azure/M365, Google Workspace, and Exchange

 

Work Location

  • Fully Remote

 

About Recon InfoSec

Recon InfoSec is a cybersecurity team headquartered in Austin, TX. We specialize in enterprise cybersecurity and are passionate about defending good. We have experience working with companies of all sizes and industries, as well as government entities at the local, state and federal levels. 

We are committed to advancing the art and science of security operations. Our primary goal is to protect our customers by finding and stopping threats and providing fast, actionable answers. We know the value of collaboratively designed tools, networks, and security systems, and we believe our effectiveness and efficiency depends on motivated and creative people building and integrating the best technologies.

Our team includes analysts, architects, engineers, intrusion specialists, penetration testers and operations experts.

Benefits & Perks:

  • Benefits begin on your first day

  • Contributes toward: Health/Medical insurance (over 100 plans available); AD&D

  • Additional benefits available: HSA (medical plan choice dependent), FSA (medical and dependent care), Dental, Vision, Supplemental AD&D, Short-term and Long-term Disability, Legal, Pet Insurance, and more

  • Paid holidays

  • 3 weeks of PTO accrual per year

  • Flexible work arrangement

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Discount Program