Hiring: Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst Company: Apex Location: Los Angeles, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 12:26:44 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Apex, Bash, Linux, PowerShell, Python, SIEM, SOC About the job Required Skills: •Apex is looking for a SOC Analyst to monitor, investigate, and respond to security activity across endpoints, identity, cloud services, networks, and mission-support environments. You will spend most of your time working directly with alerts, logs, vulnerabilities, and investigations to determine what happened and what needs to happen next. •Monitor and triage security alerts from CrowdStrike, Elastic SIEM, Microsoft Identity, AWS, and Palo Alto. •Investigate suspicious logins, phishing emails, privilege changes, and unusual network events. •Escalate incidents based on affected systems, severity, and CUI impact. •Interface directly with IT, Cybersecurity, and Network teams on security findings involving our systems and infrastructure. •Document incidents, required resolutions, and potentially affected assets. •Maintain recurring logging reviews and incident response documentation with the IT team; collect evidence to support vulnerability management and compliance reporting. Qualifications: •Active TS/SCI clearance required at time of hire •2 or more years of experience in a SOC, incident response, threat detection, endpoint security, vulnerability management, or another hands-on cybersecurity operations role •Solid functional working knowledge of Windows and Linux, authentication, endpoint behavior, networking fundamentals, common attacker techniques, and cloud logging •Demonstrated capacity to write useful search queries and filters in a SIEM or log-analysis platform and document investigations so another analyst can continue the work •Understanding of incident triage, scoping, containment, evidence preservation, escalation, vulnerability prioritization, and post-incident remediation •Security+, CySA+, GCIH, GCIA, or a comparable security operations certification •Apex believes in creating a work environment that you look forward to embracing every day. Our employees love working at Apex, and we want you to love it too. We're a fast-growing startup that has raised more than $500M in funding, and we invest heavily in our people from day one. •Shared upside: Receive equity in Apex, letting you benefit from the work you create Compensation: •$88,000 - $121,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!