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Security Operations Center - QA Analyst at Chicago, IL- locals highly preferred

Chicago, IL
contractor
Posted 10/21/2025
Verified Source
Key Skills:
SOC operations
SIEM
SOAR
DFIR
Incident response lifecycle
SLA and KPI tracking
Security policy construction
Technical writing
Coaching and reporting
Microsoft Office (Excel)

Compensation

Salary Range

$60K - 90K a year

Responsibilities

Perform QA duties across SOC shifts including case review, metrics reporting, mentoring junior staff, coordinating training, and collaborating on incident investigations.

Requirements

7+ years technical security experience, SOC tools familiarity, certifications like CISSP or GCFA preferred, ITIL a plus, and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.

Full Description

Hi, Hope you are doing well I have an urgent opening of SOC QA Analyst at Chicago, IL Position Type: Contract Location: Chicago, IL, United States Onsite Flexibility: 0% Remote Description: Interview: Virtual Onsite: Chicago, IL (need local) JD: • Assisting in QA duties across all SOC shifts to ensure timely reporting and tracking of all SOC issues for management review. This additional support in QA will ensure greater capacity in review and scope of coaching efforts. • Part of the global IT security team working closely with the US SOCs teams. • Performs a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines. • Queue admin (execution, oversight, and delegation). • Case review and quality assurance. • Metrics review and reporting. • Assist in case work as needed. • Management updates on daily issues and impact. • Maintain scheduled weekly/bi-monthly/monthly QA meetings with L2 and L3 analysts. • Coordinate Roundtable topics/training and lunch & learn sessions. • Conduct analysis review of junior staff for quality control; mentor junior staff to encourage career growth and development. • Collaborate with SOC, Intelligence, Incident Response and Enterprise Security Teams for incident investigations and hunt missions when possible. • Identify visibility gaps in the network and recommend solutions. • Develop, maintain and update playbooks, process, and detection capabilities based on real-time feedback from investigations. • Articulate security incident details to business stakeholders and non-technical individuals. • May perform additional duties as assigned Skills: • Familiarity with SOC operations, scheduling, and tools including SIEM, SOAR, and DFIR products. • Knowledge of the incident response lifecycle and cyber security leading practices. • SLA calculations and KPI tracking experience. • Solid understanding of security policy construction and publication. • In-depth knowledge of regulations (i.e., SOX, privacy, etc.) and internal controls as they apply to IT. • Ability to influence change in corporate understanding and adoption of information security concepts. • Experience in technical writing and knowledgebase management and administration. • Proven solid analytical and problem-solving skills. • Excellent communications and interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with peers, IT management and staff, and internal/external business partners/clients. • Experience in coaching and reporting findings to assist in team growth. • Ability to manage various technical projects to completion with limited oversight. • Advanced computer skills including Microsoft Office suite and other business-related software systems (Excel or similar spreadsheet and database applications experience is a must). Other technologies will apply dependent on business area supported. Preferred Insurance Industry experience Education: • Typically a minimum of 7 years of technical experience in the security aspects of multiple platforms, operating systems, software, communications and network protocols or an equivalent combination. • Industry certifications preferred (CISSP, GCFA, GCIH, GCFE, or equivalent) or related discipline • ITIL certification is a plus in this role • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline Regards, Nitin Gupta Team Lead-Recruitment ShiftCode Analytics Inc., 5118 Sylvester loop Tampa, Florida 33610 Direct: Email:

This job posting was last updated on 10/23/2025

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