SOC Analyst L1 (Level 1) - Security Monitoring Analyst
Experience: 1-3 Years
Role Summary
The SOC L1 Analyst is the first line of defense responsible for continuous security monitoring, alert triage, incident identification, and initial response activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor SIEM dashboards and security tools 24x7.
- Review and triage security alerts and events.
- Perform initial investigation of security incidents.
- Escalate incidents to L2/L3 teams based on severity.
- Monitor EDR, DLP, IDS/IPS, Email Security, Firewalls, and Proxy alerts.
- Execute predefined incident response procedures.
- Validate false positives and document findings.
- Create and maintain incident tickets.
- Generate daily and weekly security reports.
- Support compliance and audit activities.
Skills Required
SIEM: Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, QRadar, ArcSight
EDR: CrowdStrike, Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne
Basic Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, HTTPS)
Windows/Linux fundamentals
Incident Management
MITRE ATT&CK fundamentals
Security monitoring concepts
Certifications Preferred
Security+
SC-200
CEH (Associate Level)
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