Position Summary

Detect & Respond Level 1 SOC Analyst

Are you interested in improving the cyber and organizational risk profiles of leading companies? Do you like solving mysteries and enjoy the thrill of thwarting cyber-attacks? Do you want to be involved in delivering D&R Managed / Security Operations Center (SOC) Services including identifying unauthorized activities and intrusions in their networks in real time? Are you excited about rapidly changing operational environments, learning what you need to get the job done, and producing accurate and timely results?

If yes, then Deloitte’s D&R Managed Services team could be the place for you! Transparency, innovation, collaboration, sustainability: these are the hallmark issues shaping cyber initiatives today. Deloitte’s D&R business is passionate about making an impact with lasting change. 

Delivering our industry leading services requires fresh thinking and a creative approach. We collaborate with teams from across our organization to bring the full breadth of Deloitte, including its commercial and public sector expertise, to best support our clients

Our team is client focused and mission driven. As a Level 2 Analyst in Deloitte's D&R Managed Services, you’ll work with our diverse teams of passionate professionals to help solve some of today’s toughest cybersecurity challenges to enable our clients to proactively identify, triage and respond to attackers.

Work you’ll do

As a D&R Level 1 Analyst you will support the Security Operations Center (SOC) as the first line of defense to identify potential information security incidents.

• Work with a team of cyber professionals to monitor client sources of potential security incidents, health alerts with monitored solutions and requests for information. This includes the monitoring of real-time channels or dashboards, periodic reports, email inboxes, helpdesk or other ticketing system, telephone calls, chat sessions
• Follow client and incident-specific procedures to perform triage of potential security incidents to validate and determine needed mitigation
• Escalate potential security incidents to client personnel, implements countermeasures in response to others, and recommend operational improvements
• Keep accurate incident notes in case management system
• Maintain awareness of the client’s technology architecture, known weaknesses, the architecture of the security solutions used for monitoring, imminent and pervasive threats as identified by client threat intelligence, and recent security incidents
• Ensure that all identified events are promptly validated and thoroughly investigated
• Provide end-to-end event analysis, incident detection, and manage escalations using documented procedures
• Maintain compliance with processes, runbooks, templates and procedures-based experience and best practices
• Assist Cyber Hunting team with advanced investigations as needed
• Provide malware analysis (executables, scripts, documents) to determine indicators of compromise, and create signatures for future detection of similar samples
• Continuously improve the service by identifying and correcting issues or gaps in knowledge (analysis procedures, plays, client network models), false positive tuning, identifying, and recommending new or updated tools, content, countermeasures, scripts, plug-ins, etc.
• Adhere to internal operational security and other Deloitte policies
• Perform light project work as assigned

Location: Deloitte D&R Services are provided from one of our world-class Security Operations Center locations:

• Rosslyn, VA
• Mechanicsburg, PA
• Colorado Springs, CO

This position is non-remote, analysts are required to be physically present in one of our above SOC locations. 

Qualifications:

Required:

• Basic knowledge in system security architecture and security solutions
• Understanding of basic networking protocols such as TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP
• Understanding of common network infrastructure devices such as routers and switches
• Able to work shifts on a rotating basis for 24/7 support of clients
• Understanding of possible attack vectors such as network probing/ scanning, DDOS, malicious code activity, etc.
• Travel up to 10% (While 10% of travel is a requirement of the role, due to COVID-19, non-essential travel has been suspended until further notice)
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
• Located within daily commute distance to one of Deloitte’s D&R SOC locations

Preferred:

• Certifications including Security+, GIAC Certified Incident Handler or GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst
• Technology-Specific training:
• Splunk Core User
• CrowdStrike Certified Falcon Responder
• Amazon Web Services Certified Cloud Practitioner
• Google Associate Cloud Engineer
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated to improve knowledge and skills
• A strong desire to understand the what as well as the why and the how of security incidents

The team

Deloitte D&R team helps complex organizations more confidently pursue their growth, innovation and performance agendas through proactive management of the associated cyber risks. Our professionals provide services that integrate risk, regulatory, and technology skills to help clients transform their legacy programs into proactive Secure.Vigilant.Resilient.TM cyber risk programs. Join the team developing the future state of cyber risk solutions.

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Benefits

At Deloitte, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits. Learn more about what working at Deloitte can mean for you.

Our people and culture

Our diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture empowers our people to be who they are, contribute their unique perspectives, and make a difference individually and collectively. It enables us to leverage different ideas and perspectives, and bring more creativity and innovation to help solve our client most complex challenges. This makes Deloitte one of the most rewarding places to work. Learn more about our inclusive culture.

Professional development

From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to build new skills, take on leadership opportunities and connect and grow through mentorship. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career.

As used in this posting, "Deloitte Advisory" means Deloitte & Touche LLP, which provides audit and enterprise risk services; Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, which provides forensic, dispute, and other consulting services; and its affiliate, Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP, which provides a wide range of advisory and analytics services. Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP is not a certified public accounting firm. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. These entities are separate subsidiaries of Deloitte LLP.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

Deloitte will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. See notices of various ban-the-box laws where available.

Requisition code: 15128