Security Analyst I

Job Title: Security Analyst I

Location: Seattle, WA (preferred) - Remote within the US is allowed

Equipment: Mac or Windows acceptable

Duration: 03-month contract (Conversion: possible only if the candidate is Seattle-based)

Start Date: Targeting Feb 2026

Pay Rate: $39.44 hr. to $43.66/hr. on W2

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision.

Work Schedule & Shifts:

Average Hours: 40 hours/week

Shift Structure:

• Week 1 & 2: 3 × 12-hour shifts (36 hours)
• Week 3: 4 × 12-hour shifts (48 hours)

Workdays:

• Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
• Every 3rd week includes Saturday

Core Working Hours:

• 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM Pacific Time

Overtime:

• OT is paid and allowed

Job Description:

Years of Experience: 1+ years

Role Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for triaging security alerts
• Engage senior analysts and management as required
• Correlate data from SIEM, EDR, and firewall logs
• Perform basic log analysis and escalate suspicious activity
• Follow standard operating procedures and escalate issues or improvement opportunities
• Map basic security incidents to MITRE ATT&CK tactics during documentation
• Identify and escalate issues related to data privacy
• Document incidents in ticketing systems
• Support endpoint and network monitoring activities
• Participate in shift handovers and daily SOC briefings

Required Skills

Security Operations & Monitoring

• Security Monitoring: understands basic alert types and can triage low-level events
• Security Operations: follows established SOC procedures and documents findings
• Incident Escalation: recognizes when to escalate alerts to senior analysts

Technical Knowledge

• 1+ years of experience in IT or security operations (internships or bootcamps acceptable)
• Basic understanding of networking protocols and operating systems
• Basic understanding of incident response phases
• Awareness of common indicators of compromise (IOCs)
• Familiarity with ticketing systems and escalation procedures

Networking Basics

• TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP/S, ICMP

Security Concepts

• CIA triad
• Types of malware
• Phishing
• Brute force
• DDoS

Operating Systems

• Windows: Event Viewer, Task Manager
• Linux: top, ps, netstat

Security Tools

SIEM: Splunk (basic search), IBM QRadar (offense monitoring)

AV/EDR: Windows Defender, CrowdStrike

Ticketing: ServiceNow, Jira

Additional Technical Exposure

• Familiarity with SIEM tools and log analysis
• Cloud platforms: basic AWS/Azure console navigation and understanding of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
• Basic understanding of containerization concepts (Docker, Kubernetes fundamentals)

Other Skills

• Strong attention to detail and documentation skills
• GenAI tools: ChatGPT or similar for threat research assistance and automated report summarization

Certifications

• Foundational security certifications (e.g., Security+, Network+, CySA+, GSOC) or pursuing certification

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

"Kick-start your cybersecurity career by joining a fast-paced SOC environment where you will triage real-world security alerts, work with modern SIEM and EDR tools, and gain hands-on experience supporting enterprise security operations."