Prudent Technologies and Consulting

SOC Analyst- L2

Posted 3 Hours Ago

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2 Locations

In-Office

Entry level

Information Technology • Consulting • Cybersecurity

The Role

Investigates escalated security incidents, performs threat hunting and root-cause analysis, analyzes security logs and indicators of compromise, develops and tunes SIEM detections, reduces false positives, coordinates incident response, documents investigations, supports compliance, and mentors L1 analysts.

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Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced SOC Analyst L2 to investigate escalated security incidents, perform threat hunting, conduct root-cause analysis, and develop detection use cases. The candidate should have strong hands-on experience with SIEM platforms, incident response, log analysis, and security monitoring.

Key Responsibilities

· Investigate and resolve incidents escalated by L1 analysts.

· Perform threat hunting across endpoint, network, identity, and cloud logs.

· Analyze indicators of compromise (IOCs), suspicious processes, malicious IPs, and unusual authentication activity.

· Conduct incident scoping, root-cause analysis, and impact assessment.

· Develop, tune, and test SIEM detection rules and correlation searches.

· Create new detection use cases to address emerging threats and monitoring gaps.

· Reduce false positives and improve alert quality.

· Coordinate with infrastructure, network, endpoint, and identity teams during investigations.

· Maintain incident reports, technical documentation, and response timelines.

· Support security frameworks, compliance requirements, and SOC process improvements.

· Mentor L1 analysts and improve triage and escalation procedures.

Must-Have Skills

· Strong SIEM experience, preferably Splunk or another enterprise SIEM.

· Threat hunting and advanced log analysis.

· Incident investigation, containment coordination, and response.

· Detection engineering and use-case development.

· Knowledge of endpoint, network, identity, and cloud security events.

· Incident reporting, root-cause analysis, and stakeholder communication.

Preferred Certifications

CISSP, CompTIA Security+, or other relevant cybersecurity certifications. Confirm which credentials are mandatory versus preferred.

Skills Required

Strong hands-on experience with SIEM platforms, preferably Splunk or another enterprise SIEM.
Threat hunting and advanced log analysis experience.
Incident investigation, containment coordination, and incident response experience.
Detection engineering and SIEM use-case development experience.
Knowledge of endpoint, network, identity, and cloud security events.
Incident reporting, root-cause analysis, and stakeholder communication skills.
CISSP, CompTIA Security+, or another relevant cybersecurity certification.

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The Company

HQ: Dallas, TX

167 Employees

Year Founded: 1998

What We Do

For over 24 years Prudent Technologies & Consulting has been helping customers secure the technical and functional resources needed to deliver mission-critical IT & Business initiatives. What started as an IT Consulting company providing premium IT staffing services on a contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire basis in the US, has grown to include full service IT Consulting specialty practices in three key technology verticals: Data Sciences, Cybersecurity, and Enterprise CRM. Prudent’s specialty practices are built on strong partnerships with best of breed technology firms, including Salesforce, Splunk, Cylance, McAfee, Symantec, and Databricks. At Prudent we pride ourselves on our ability to tailor the best solution to meet our customer’s needs. From augmenting an IT team with a qualified consultant, to delivering an end to end software solution, our goal is always to help our customers execute critical business and IT initiatives. We are always on the lookout for innovators! We strive to hire the best people to work on our exciting projects and teams. We offer our staff a great compensation package, work-life balance, benefits, 401K, holidays, PTO, career paths, teamwork, awards & recognition and much more. WINNER: Dallas Business Journal’s - 2015 Best Place to Work! Come join the Prudent family and let’s have fun creating innovative solutions for our clients!