A career as a Junior (Associate) Security Analyst

In the Junior Security Analyst role, you will be a Triage Specialist. You will spend a lot of time triaging or monitoring the event logs and alerts.

The responsibilities for a Junior Security Analyst or Tier 1 SOC Analyst include:

• Monitor and investigate the alerts (most of the time, it's a 24x7 SOC operations environment)
• Configure and manage the security tools
• Develop and implement basic IDS (Intrusion Detection System) signatures
• Participate in SOC working groups, meetings
• Create tickets and escalate the security incidents to the Tier 2 and Team Lead if needed

Required qualifications (most common):

• 0-2 years of experience with Security Operations
• Basic understanding of Networking ( OSI model (Open Systems Interconnection Model) or  TCP/IP model (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Model)), Operating Systems (Windows, Linux), Web applications. To further learn about OSI and TCP/IP models, please refer to the Introductory Networking Room.
• Scripting/programming skills are a plus

Desired certification:

• CompTIA Security+ 
  

As you progress and advance your skills as a Junior Security Analyst, you will eventually move up to Tier 2 and Tier 3.

An overview of the Security Operations Center (SOC) Three-Tier Model: