SOC/Incident Response Engineer

Akkodis is seeking a SOC/Incident Response Engineer for a Direct Hire with a client in Cleveland, OH/ Columbus, OH/ Chicago, IL (Hybrid). The ideal candidate who takes full ownership of threat detection and incident response from initial alert through containment, recovery, and lessons learned.

Salary Range: $103k/Annum to $130k/ Annum; The salary may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

SOC/Incident Response Engineer Job Responsibilities include:

• Monitor, analyze, and investigate security alerts using SIEM, EDR, NDR, and cloud‑native security tools to detect active threats and suspicious behavior.

• Own the full incident response lifecycle, including triage, investigation, containment, eradication, recovery, and post‑incident reviews.

• Conduct digital forensics and malware triage across endpoints, servers, and cloud environments to identify root cause, scope, and indicators of compromise.

• Perform proactive threat hunting based on emerging threats, adversary TTPs, and threat intelligence to improve detection coverage.

• Develop, tune, and optimize detection rules, alerts, and response playbooks to enhance SOC effectiveness and reduce false positives.

• Collaborate with IT, cloud, security engineering, and governance teams to drive remediation efforts, improve security controls, and strengthen overall incident readiness.

 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent hands-on experience).

• 3–7 years of hands-on experience in a SOC, incident response, digital forensics, or a closely related cybersecurity role.

• Proven, deep technical experience responding to real-world security incidents end to end, including SIEM-based detection, investigation, and remediation across endpoint and cloud environments.

• Demonstrated ability to stay ahead of emerging threats through proactive threat hunting, threat intelligence research, and continuous improvement of detection and response capabilities.

 

If you are interested in this role, then please click APPLY NOW. For other opportunities available at Akkodis, or any questions, feel free to contact me at Shweta.Ojha@akkodisgroup.com.

 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefits offerings include but are not limited to:

• 401K

• PTO

• Employee perks

Pay Details: $103,003.00 to $130,000.00 per year

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

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