Security Operations Center Analyst II

POSITION SUMMARY

Summary of the primary function of the position and its role.

The Security Operations Center Analyst II serves as a member of the Security Operations Center, responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and responding to security threats across the organization. This role supports the security posture of the business by triaging alerts, conducting in-depth investigations, and collaborating with internal teams and external teams. The analyst plays a key role in incident response activities, supports security monitoring infrastructure, and contributes to the continuous improvement of operational security processes and controls.

DESCRIPTION

Duties and Responsibilities

• Independently monitor, analyze, and respond to security events and alerts to detect potential threats, attacks, or policy violations across the enterprise.
• Act as Tier-2 support for escalated security incidents; perform triage, threat intelligence correlation, and provide recommendations for containment or remediation.
• Correlate and analyze data from multiple sources including SIEM, network flow, endpoint telemetry, threat intel feeds, and firewall logs to identify indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Maintain accurate and detailed documentation of investigation findings, response actions, and event timelines using security case management tools.
• Assist in threat hunting and proactive detection initiatives to identify stealthy or advanced threats across the environment.
• Support and help improve security policies, standards, procedures, and documentation aligned with best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with IT, infrastructure, and development teams to validate findings, implement compensating controls, and improve detection use cases.
• Conduct ongoing research and analysis to stay current with the latest threat landscape, vulnerabilities, and defensive strategies.
• Contribute to SOC playbook development, tuning of detection rules, and enhancements to alerting fidelity.
• Participate in security-focused projects and cross-functional initiatives as a subject matter expert.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge

Additional Information :

While this description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position’s requirements, it in no way implies / states that these are the only job responsibilities. Management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties and request other duties, as necessary.

All employees are required to have smart phones that meet Company security standards with the ability to install apps such as Okta Verify and Microsoft Authenticator. Employment will be contingent on this requirement.

Company Benefits :

Newrez is a great place to work but we are only as strong as our greatest asset, our employees, so we believe in rewarding them!

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Health Savings Account with employer contribution

401(k) Retirement plan with employer match

Paid Maternity Leave / Parental Bonding Leave

Pet insurance

Adoption Assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Employee Loan Program

The Newrez Employee Emergency and Disaster Fund is a new program to support our team members

Newrez NOW :

Our Corporate Social Responsibility program, Newrez NOW, empowers employees to become leaders in their communities through a robust program that includes volunteering, philanthropy, nonprofit grants, and more

1 Volunteer Time Off (VTO) day, company-paid volunteer day where all eligible employees may participate in a volunteer event with a nonprofit of their choice

Employee Matching Gifts Program : We will match monetary employee donations to eligible non-profit organizations, dollar-for-dollar, up to $1,000 per employee

Newrez Grants Program : Newrez hosts a giving portal where we provide employees an abundance of resources to search for an opportunity to donate their time or monetary contributions