CyberSOC Co-Op

SRA’s mission is to level up every day to protect our clients and their customers. This begins with our team members and their experience. SRA prides itself on maintaining a culture where team members have a shared sense of support and belonging, consistent with our It’s Personal company value. At SRA, we prioritize transparent career pathing, varied DEI programming and community groups, competitive benefits including mental health support, and an emphasis on a sustainable, healthy, and engaging work culture. SRA has twice been named a Best Place to Work by the Philadelphia Business Journal.   

These Essential Functions, Requirements, and Skills are guidelines. If you are a candidate who does not meet this exact job description but can demonstrate excellent organization, attention to detail, professionalism, flexibility, and self-direction in your professional background, we hope you apply. SRA values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages people of all backgrounds to apply.   

Summary/Objective  

The CyberSOC Co-Op will be part of Security Risk Advisors’ CyberSOC Practice, dedicated to the Green Shift hours of 4:30PM - 1:30AM Eastern. This role will be involved in the day-to-day, 24x7, and operations of the SOC. This is an outstanding opportunity to work with a wide variety of tool sets and various client organizations.   

Requirements

Essential Functions    

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

• Continuously monitor and triage security alerts across endpoint, network, identity, and cloud telemetry.  

• Investigate alerts to determine severity, scope, and whether activity is benign, suspicious, or malicious; escalate per documented procedures.  

• Perform initial incident response support activities such as evidence collection, timeline development, and basic containment recommendations under supervision.  

• Use SIEM, EDR, NDR/NSM, and SOAR platforms to detect, investigate, and respond to threats; examples include Splunk or Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM), CrowdStrike Falcon or Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (EDR).  

• Leverage threat intelligence and common frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK) to enrich investigations and communicate attacker behavior clearly.  

• Thoroughly document work in case management systems, including investigation steps taken, evidence reviewed, decisions made, and recommended next actions.  

• Communicate status and findings to internal leadership and clients with professionalism and clarity (written and verbal).