SOC Analyst

RFA
Quezon City, Philippines
Remote

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for candidates with security operations experience who can work rotating night shifts and thrive in a collaborative team environment. The role emphasizes technical security skills and requires a commitment to 24x7 on-call availability.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 2+ years in security operations and a SC200 certification who are comfortable with night shifts
    — “Certification requirements = Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate SC200”
  • Individuals with a background in network security and incident response who value teamwork and situational awareness
    — “Communicate and collaborate with the analyst team for situational awareness”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a commitment to night shifts from Sunday to Thursday.
    — “Working shift - 6pm - 3:30am PHT - Sunday - Thursday”
  • Candidates must be prepared to work independently and follow established procedures closely.
    — “Independently follow established procedures to investigate, escalate, contain, and/or eradicate malicious activity.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight incident response experience and familiarity with SIEM and EDR tools in your resume.
    — “Monitor, prioritize, correlate, analyze, and escalate security data from multiple sources including, but not limited to SIEM and endpoint EDR solutions.”
  • Emphasize your ability to document security events and provide clear status updates.
    — “Document all activities during incident identification and provide leadership with status updates during the life cycle of an incident.”
  • Showcase your knowledge of TCP/IP protocols and network analysis in technical interviews.
    — “Knowledge of TCP/IP Protocols, network analysis, and network/security applications.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • successful detection and containment of cyber threats
  • improved security operations processes
Typical background
security operations experiencenetwork administration background

Skills & requirements

Required

Security OperationsIncident ResponseNetwork AnalysisSIEMEDR

Preferred

Security Certifications

Stack & domain

Security OperationsSIEMEndpoint Detection And ResponseCommunicationProblem-solvingSecurity+Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst AssociateCybersecurity

About the role

Original posting from RFA via Lever

Certification requirements = Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate SC200

Working shift - 6pm - 3:30am PHT - Sunday - Thursday

As a member of the RFA Security Operations Center, a SOC Analyst monitors and analyzes the output from various security monitoring and scanning tools to detect malicious or anomalous activity on behalf of RFA clients. The SOC Analyst recommends actions per established procedures for the detection, containment, and remediation of cyber security incidents. The analyst also supports the engineering, installation, configuration, and maintenance of the RFA MDR  infrastructure, as required.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for working in a 24x7 Security Operation Center (SOC) environment.
  • Monitor, prioritize, correlate, analyze, and escalate security data from multiple sources including, but not limited to SIEM and endpoint EDR solutions.
  • Independently follow established procedures to investigate, escalate, contain, and/or eradicate malicious activity.
  • Document all activities during incident identification and provide leadership with status updates during the life cycle of an incident. Log and record all security events to internal ticketing system.
  • Communicate and collaborate with the analyst team for situational awareness.
  • Support network mapping and vulnerability scanning as required.
  • Build and develop professional working relationships with fellow analysts.
  • Assist and communicate to foster collaboration and support a team approach to operations.
  • Support process improvement.
  • Respond to client security related inquiries. 

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level of experience.
  • 2+ years' experience as a Security/Network Administrator or equivalent knowledge.
  • Knowledge of various security methodologies and processes, and technical security solutions (firewall and intrusion detection systems).
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Able to work independently.
  • Knowledge of TCP/IP Protocols, network analysis, and network/security applications.
  • Knowledge of common Internet protocols and applications.
  • Security+ or InfoSec security certification preferred.

Source: RFA careers (Lever)

Similar roles