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NETWORK SECURITY ANALYST 2, AUSTIN, TX (HYBRID)

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Contract: 12 Months(3 Yrs Ext)

Deadline: 9/18/26

Job Description:

The Network Security Analyst II performs advanced cybersecurity and network security analysis work in support of Client’s enterprise security operations. This role is responsible for monitoring, detecting, investigating, and responding to security events across on-premises, cloud, and endpoint environments. The ideal candidate is a hands-on security operations professional with strong experience across SIEM, SOAR, EDR, network detection, and incident response platforms. This role requires sound judgment, technical depth, attention to detail, and a strong commitment to protecting Client systems, data, and services that support the health and well-being of Texans. 

Essential Job Functions 

  • Monitor security alerts, logs, network events, endpoint telemetry, and threat intelligence feeds. 

  • Analyze suspicious activity, anomalous network behavior, malware indicators, endpoint detections, and SIEM correlation events to determine scope, impact, and required response actions. 

  • Perform incident triage, investigation, escalation, containment coordination, and documentation in alignment with security operations procedures. 

  • Develop, tune, and maintain detection rules, dashboards, alerts, playbooks, and queries to improve visibility across network, endpoint, identity, and cloud environments. 

  • Support threat hunting activities using KQL, SPL, packet/session analysis, endpoint telemetry, and other investigative techniques. 

  • Assist with vulnerability, risk, and control assessments for network security infrastructure and enterprise information systems. 

  • Document findings, prepare incident reports, track corrective actions, and communicate technical information to security leadership and business stakeholders. 

  • Collaborate with network, infrastructure, cloud, endpoint, and application teams to validate security events and implement risk mitigation measures. 

  • Maintain awareness of emerging cyber threats, attack techniques, indicators of compromise, and security best practices relevant to healthcare and public-sector environments. 

  • Support compliance, audit, and reporting activities by providing evidence, metrics, and security operations documentation as requested. 

Required Qualifications 

  • 7 Yrs of Knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, NDR

  • 7 Yrs of Experience with security log collection and management

  • 7 Yrs of Experience with threat intelligence concepts

  • 7 Yrs of Skill in writing and interpreting KQL, SPL, and security queries to support investigations and reporting

  • 7 Yrs of Experience in SIEM platform/architecture support

  • 7 Yrs of Experience in detection engineering methodology and implementation

Preferred Skills:

  • 10 Yrs of Knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, NDR

  • 10 Yrs of Experience with security log collection and management

  • 10 Yrs of Experience with threat intelligence concepts

  • 10 Yrs of Skill in writing and interpreting KQL, SPL, and security queries to support investigations and reporting

  • 10 Yrs of Experience in SIEM platform/architecture support

  • 10 Yrs of Experience in detection engineering methodology and implementation

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities 

  • Knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, network detection and response, log management, and threat intelligence concepts. 

  • Skill in writing and interpreting KQL, SPL, and security queries to support investigations and reporting. 

  • Skill in identifying indicators of compromise, attacker tactics, suspicious network patterns, and endpoint-based threats. 

  • Ability to prioritize alerts, document investigative steps, and escalate incidents based on severity and business impact. 

  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a security operations environment with shifting priorities and time-sensitive incidents. 

  • Ability to communicate cybersecurity risks, findings, and recommended actions to both technical and non-technical audiences. 

Work Expectations 

  • Participate in incident response, escalation, and after-action review activities as needed. 

  • Support enterprise security monitoring for systems that process, store, or transmit sensitive information. 

  • Follow Client policies, procedures, standards, and applicable state and federal security requirements. 

  • Maintain accurate operational documentation, investigation notes, metrics, and leadership-ready summaries. 

  • May be required to provide support outside normal business hours during high-priority security incidents or planned maintenance activities.

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