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SOC (security operation center) Analyst - HYBRID - NJ - to $110,000
Montvale, NJ · $90,000 to $110,000OPEN JOB: SOC (security operation center) Analyst
LOCATION: Montvale, New Jersey
DETAILS:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Security Operations
QUALIFICATIONS:
Required
Upon receipt, one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.
STEPHEN FLEISCHNER
Recruiting Manager
INTERMEDIA GROUP, INC.
EMAIL: sfleischner@intermediagroup.com
LOCATION: Montvale, New Jersey
- Three days in office, two days from home. Everyone works from home Fridays and employees are given and extra 40 remote work days per year.
DETAILS:
- Our client is seeking a SOC Analyst to strengthen our enterprise security posture through effective alert investigation, communication, and vulnerability management.
- This role combines day-to-day security operations monitoring with hands-on vulnerability lifecycle management, ensuring that findings across our security monitoring, detection, and assessment platforms are understood, prioritized, and remediated in close partnership with our IT infrastructure team.
- The ideal candidate is analytical, detail-oriented, and an excellent communicator, someone who keeps teammates informed, proactively shares updates, and collaborates naturally in a highly communicative IT organization built on shared accountability.
- You’ll have the opportunity to work with modern enterprise security technologies, learn their full capabilities, and contribute ideas for continuous improvement.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Security Operations
- Monitor, triage, and analyze alerts from enterprise detection, monitoring, and security platforms.
- Perform analytical investigation of alerts to determine legitimacy, root cause, and business relevance, distinguishing genuine threats from false positives.
- Document investigation findings and communicate results clearly through established collaboration and reporting channels.
- Support configuration tuning and ongoing optimization of alerting systems under direction, improving signal quality and reducing noise.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Participate in the configuration, execution, and review of enterprise vulnerability scanning and assessment activities in collaboration with cross-functional IT teams.
- Analyze vulnerability data from multiple sources, including endpoint protection and scanning platforms, to understand exposure, severity, and environmental relevance.
- Export, normalize, and curate vulnerability data into clear, well-organized lists to support prioritization and remediation planning.
- Research vulnerabilities to provide additional context on exploitability, impact, and remediation options.
- Interface directly with infrastructure leadership, engineers, and other IT staff to help explain findings, answer questions, and clarify remediation guidance.
- Support remediation efforts by tracking progress, validating updates, and maintaining visibility into vulnerability status for reporting and follow-up.
- Work closely with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and IT leadership to ensure consistent awareness and no surprises.
- Proactively share observations, emerging risks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels, both verbally and in writing - comfortable reaching out, following up, and keeping others informed.
- Explore new or enhanced features in existing security tools and raise recommendations when they could benefit the firm’s environment.
- Support the administration and maintenance of data loss prevention (DLP) and information protection controls designed to safeguard company data.
- Participate in ongoing system hardening efforts, baseline reviews, and process improvements.
- Contribute to the development and refinement of internal documentation, runbooks, and playbooks to support consistent operations.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3-5 years of experience in security operations, vulnerability management, or endpoint protection analysis.
- Exceptional communication and follow-through - keeps others informed and initiates discussion when needed.
- Familiarity with enterprise-class detection, endpoint protection, and vulnerability assessment technologies.
- Understanding of CVE analysis, remediation coordination, and risk-based prioritization.
- Proactive mindset - eager to learn evolving toolsets and contribute ideas for improvement.
- Exposure to SIEM platforms and log-based investigation in an enterprise environment.
- Familiarity with Active Directory, group policies, or enterprise configuration baselines.
- Experience with scripting, automation, or reporting (PowerShell, Python, Power BI, etc.).
- Cybersecurity or cloud security certifications are welcome but not required - real-world experience and curiosity matter most.
- MS WORD Resume
- required compensation.
- Contact information.
- Availability
Upon receipt, one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.
STEPHEN FLEISCHNER
Recruiting Manager
INTERMEDIA GROUP, INC.
EMAIL: sfleischner@intermediagroup.com