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IT Security Analyst (SOC) GC1721-09

Maarut


Job Location:

Montreal - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Experience Required: 7-10years
Posted: 26 September 2026 (3 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 24 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Overview:

  • The client is looking for an IT security analyst for its SOC positioned at level 2: alerts reach this person already escalated by level 1 and the person in turn acts as the technical escalation point for those analysts.
  • The work centres on investigation: qualifying phishing account compromise malware or lateral movement cases correlating events across several platforms then enriching them with logs indicators of compromise and threat intelligence.
  • The person determines verdict severity and impact then recommends or initiates first measures according to established processes with incident response remaining initial and carried out with other teams.
  • The form title specifies no level while the full set of responsibilities describes a level 2 role.
  • The Talents and qualifications section is empty: no degree certification language or named tool is required so assessment rests entirely on the activity profile.
  • Target candidate: a QA professional with at least 10 years in IT including 5 years in testing who has coordinated testing within agile teams and uses JIRA XRAY Cypress and Playwright in recent mandates.
  • Group insurance exposure or an integration project will set apart otherwise equal candidates.


Requirements
Required:
  • Analysis and qualification of escalated alerts (phishing account compromise malware lateral movement)
  • Event correlation (SIEM XDR EDR identity email network cloud)
  • Alert enrichment (logs indicators of compromise threat intelligence)
  • Determination of verdict severity potential impact and required actions
  • Initial mitigation containment or escalation measures recommended or initiated per processes
  • Documentation of investigations findings decisions and actions
  • First-level technical analysis of endpoint and network logs and artefacts
  • Support and coaching of level 1 SOC analysts on complex cases
  • Improvement of detection rules investigation queries runbooks and playbooks
  • Use of approved AI and automation tools (triage enrichment documentation)



Required Skills:

Required: Analysis and qualification of escalated alerts (phishing account compromise malware lateral movement) Event correlation (SIEM XDR EDR identity email network cloud) Alert enrichment (logs indicators of compromise threat intelligence) Determination of verdict severity potential impact and required actions Initial mitigation containment or escalation measures recommended or initiated per processes Documentation of investigations findings decisions and actions First-level technical analysis of endpoint and network logs and artefacts Support and coaching of level 1 SOC analysts on complex cases Improvement of detection rules investigation queries runbooks and playbooks Use of approved AI and automation tools (triage enrichment documentation)