SOC Analyst 2

Location: Harrisburg, PA
Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite
Schedule: 8 hours per day, 5 days per week; various shift rotations to support 24/7/365 operations, including days, nights, holidays, and weekends
Interview: On-site at 1 Technology Park | Harrisburg, PA 17110
Contract: 08/03/2026 - 12/31/2026. Historically, these roles are extended for an additional year.
Visas Accepted: USC, GC, GC EAD, H1B

Role Overview

The SOC Analyst 2 performs event triage and internal SOC escalations to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the Commonwealth's information technology assets through prompt and accurate threat handling, while also identifying and closing security gaps through detection engineering, threat hunting, intelligence gathering, and investigation. This is a full-time onsite role at 1 Technology Park | Harrisburg, PA 17110.

Primary Responsibilities

• Perform ongoing, on-site information security and network monitoring with proactive response for mission-critical communication sites and systems.
• Capture, log, and respond to events received from email, chat, telecommunication systems, and other security systems, ensuring accurate documentation of incoming data.
• Perform security investigation for alerts escalated within the Security Operation Center, determining full scope, potential root cause, and potential impact.
• Follow, create, and improve established playbooks and SOPs used by the SOC.
• Document security incidents, responses, and related information in accordance with established procedures.
• Analyze advanced logs, network capture, end-point telemetry to identify malicious activity and indicators of compromise.
• Conduct initial threat hunting to proactively identify security anomalies and adversary activity.
• Conduct tuning and optimization of existing detection rules, alerts, and correlation logic to reduce false positives and improve detection fidelity.
• Participate in root cause analysis or lessons learned sessions.
• Monitor external event sources for security intelligence and actionable incidents.
• Provide incident response support as needed and directed during network and security events providing support for incident resolution.
• Maintain flexibility to work in various shift rotations to support 24/7/365 operations, including days, nights, holidays, and weekends.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Required Technical Skills

• Create queries, reports and scripts leveraging current security coding and SIEM query languages.
• Prioritize tasks effectively.
• Working knowledge of troubleshooting tools (software).
• Analyze and interpret various information.
• Use personal computer/laptop with Microsoft Office products and other business software.
• Communicates effectively orally and in writing.
• Work independently and as a team member.