Senior SOC Analyst

MatchPoint Solutions is a fast-growing young energetic global IT-Engineering services company with clients across the US. We provide technology solutions to various clients like Uber Robinhood Netflix Airbnb Google Sephora and more! More recently we have expanded to working internationally in Canada China Ireland UK Brazil and India. Through our culture of innovation we inspire build and deliver business results from idea to outcome. We keep our clients on the cutting edge of the latest technologies and provide solutions by using industry-specific best practices and expertise.

We are excited to be continuously expanding our team. If you are interested in this position please send over your updated resume. We look forward to hearing from you!

Job Title: Senior SOC Analyst

Remote

6 Months

Rate: 55$ - 60$ per hour on W2

Key Responsibilities

Threat-Informed Defense & Detection Engineering

• Use internal and external threat intelligence risk insights and adversary behavior research to guideproactive defensive actions.
• Develop tune and optimize SIEM/SOAR EDR NDR and log analytics platforms to improve detection quality and reduce noise.
• Engineer test and deploy new detection logic alerting mechanisms behavioral analytics and ATT&CK-aligned use cases.
• Identify control gaps and collaborate with platform owners to implement both preventive anddetective enhancements.

SOC Operations Maturity & Operational Excellence (Efficiency Coverage & Continuous Improvement)

• Partner with SOC leadership to refine responsibilities skill requirements and operational targets.
• Improve SOC operational effectiveness by spotting opportunities to streamline execution and remove process friction.
• Translate observed detection gaps into measurable improvements through new detections automation or enhanced processes.

Threat Hunting

• Conduct hypothesis and intelligence driven threat hunts to uncover malicious activity suspicious behavior or weaknesses not visible through standard monitoring.
• Document findings and collaborate with SOC leadership and partner teams on remediation and follow-up actions.
• Continuously evolve hunting methodologies techniques and automation in response to a changing threat landscape.

Incident Response & Security Event Handling

• Support the management and resolution of security events and incidents.
• Work independently and collaboratively to identify assess report and recover from security incidents.
• Participate in after-hours response when needed.

Qualifications (Baseline)

• Minimum of 3 5 years of experience in an operational security program.
• Bachelors in computer science information security or equivalent experience/certifications.
• The ability to balance security principles with business realities as part of a risk-managed program.
• Hands-on experience performing responsibilities aligned to incident response security operations and security initiatives.
• Background in SOC operations detection engineering threat hunting or cyber threat intelligence.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to provide sponsorship for this position.

Success Looks Like

In this role success means you are:

• Enhancing detection fidelity and reducing noise through thoughtful tuning and optimized detection logic.
• Closing detection gaps with ATT&CK aligned analytics and proactive threat hunts.
• Driving operational improvements by resolving inefficiencies and enabling the SOC to execute with greater speed consistency and confidence.

MatchPoint Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

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