Austin, TX, United StatesPosted Sep 10, 2026OnsiteOpen
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Duration: Long Term Job Summary The Cyber Security Analyst I performs advanced cybersecurity analysis and threat triage activities within the Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC). Work involves continuously monitoring, triagi…
Job Title: Cyber Security / SOC Analyst
Location: Austin, TX (Onsite)
Duration: Long Term
Job Summary
The Cyber Security Analyst I performs advanced cybersecurity analysis and threat triage activities within the Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC). Work involves continuously monitoring, triaging, analyzing, and prioritizing cybersecurity alerts; investigating suspicious activity; identifying potential threats; and coordinating incident response activities to protect agency information systems, networks, and data. Serves as a primary point of contact for security event analysis, threat identification, and incident escalation.
Essential Job Functions
Monitors, analyzes, and triages cybersecurity alerts generated by Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), cloud security, email security, identity protection, and network security platforms.
Conducts initial investigations of detected and reported security events to determine severity, scope, impact, and potential risk to agency operations.
Identifies, validates, and prioritizes potential cybersecurity incidents, escalating confirmed threats to Incident Response, Threat Hunting, or SOC Engineering teams according to established procedures.
Correlates security events from multiple data sources, including endpoints (EDR), firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS), intrusion prevention systems (IPS), cloud services, authentication systems, and threat intelligence feeds.
Reviews and analyzes indicators of compromise (IOCs), suspicious network activity, phishing emails, malware detections, and anomalous user behavior.
Documents investigations, findings, and response actions in ticketing and case management systems to ensure accurate tracking and reporting.
Assists with incident containment, eradication, and recovery efforts by coordinating with technical teams and stakeholders.
Reports and escalates to the CSOC Team Lead and/or SOC Manager.
Supports the continuous improvement of threat detection capabilities through alert tuning, process refinement, threat intelligence integration, and identification of false-positive trends.
Performs vulnerability assessment reviews and evaluates identified vulnerabilities for potential risk and remediation prioritization.
Supports development and maintenance of operational procedures, playbooks, workflows, and knowledge base articles related to threat detection and incident response.
Researches emerging cyber threats, attack techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) to improve detection and response effectiveness.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of
Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC/SOC) operations and best practices.
Security incident triage, analysis, investigation, and escalation procedures.
Security monitoring technologies, including SIEM, EDR/XDR, IDS/IPS, firewalls, endpoint security solutions, and cloud security platforms.
Common cyber threats, attack vectors, malware, phishing campaigns, insider threats, and advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques.
Threat intelligence concepts, indicators of compromise (IOCs), indicators of attack (IOAs), and MITRE ATT&CK methodologies.
Windows, Linux, networking protocols, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, cloud environments, and enterprise security controls.
Incident response lifecycle and cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST Incident Response guidance, and PICERL.
Skill in
Security event analysis and threat triage.
Correlating and interpreting data from multiple cybersecurity tools.
Investigating suspicious activity and identifying indicators of compromise.
Using SIEM, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, and case management platforms.
Producing clear documentation, incident reports, and technical communications.
Prioritizing and managing multiple investigations in a fast-paced operational environment for a large organization.
Knowledge of and experience with query languages such as KQL, Lucene, SPL, ESQL, etc.
Knowledge of and experience with scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, etc.
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