Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Rightworks offers an intelligent cloud purpose-built for accounting firms and professionals. They are seeking an Entry-level SOC Analyst responsible for security monitoring, triaging alerts, and maintaining logs, ensuring effective communication and documentation practices.
Responsibilities
- Security monitoring & log review- Basic SIEM (Microsoft Sentinel / CrowdStrike)
- Understanding of alert types & network basics
- Communication & ticketing discipline
- Monitor dashboards (“eyes on glass”)
- Perform initial triage of alerts/requests & basic investigations
- Validate alerts; reduce false positives
- Escalate valid alerts to Tier 2
- Maintain logs for reporting
- Basic networking concepts (TCP/IP, ports, protocols, firewalls)
- Strong documentation and ticket-handling discipline
- Ability to identify false positives and escalate true positives
Skills
- 0–2 years in IT/security support roles (helpdesk, NOC, desktop support, junior analyst) or Internship or lab experience with SIEM tools and basic security concepts
- Ability to identify false positives and escalate true positives
- Strong documentation and ticket-handling discipline
- Basic networking concepts (TCP/IP, ports, protocols, firewalls)
- Communication & ticketing discipline
- Security monitoring & log review- Basic SIEM (Microsoft Sentinel / CrowdStrike)
- Understanding of alert types & network basics
- Ideal certifications include Security+, SC-900, CCFA, and optionally ITIL Foundation
Benefits
- Company-paid short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Generous 401K match
- Highly affordable medical, dental, vision coverage
- Flexible PTO
- Numerous paid holidays
- Paid volunteer time off
Company Overview
Cloud services provider purpose-built for accounting firms and professionals It was founded in 2002, and is headquartered in Hudson, New Hampshire, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://www.rightworks.com/.