Principal SOC Analyst

Role Snapshot

As a key member of the Security Operations Center (SOC), our Principal SOC Analyst serves as the first line of defense in WPS's highly secure and regulatory-compliant environment, delivering innovative solutions. This senior analyst brings advanced cybersecurity expertise to lead and mentor other SOC analysts, develop and optimize monitoring tools, procedures, and ensure clear, effective communication with auditors and business stakeholders. This Principal SOC Analyst plays a critical role in guiding complex security initiatives, responding to incidents, and driving continuous improvement across SOC operations.

Salary Range

$125,000 ~ $160,000

The base pay offered for this position may vary within the posted range based on your job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Work Location

Our first consideration will be to have this new employee live in the state of Wisconsin to take advantage of Hybrid work and collaboration. Employees within 45 miles of WPS Headquarters (1717 W. Broadway in Madison, WI) will be expected to be able to work Hybrid 3 days a week on a regular basis.

As a secondary consideration, we do offer remote work in the following approved states : Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin

How do I know this opportunity is right for me?

• Enjoy leading security incident response by managing the end-to-end process, including preparation, detection, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident analysis.
• Have coordinated testing, simulations, and training exercises to ensure team readiness.
• Like to provide expert-level guidance and mentorship to SOC analysts, fostering skill development, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement in threat detection and response capabilities.
• Thrive when designing, implementing, and maintaining SOC monitoring solutions, tools, and procedures to enhance threat visibility, detection accuracy, and operational efficiency.
• Can represent the SOC function in audits, vendor discussions, cross-functional meetings, and other engagements, ensuring clear communication of security posture and operational effectiveness.
• Enjoy developing, reviewing, and maintaining comprehensive SOC documentation, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), incident handling playbooks, and monitoring protocols to support operational consistency and compliance.
• Can serve in an on-call capacity to support the Security Operations Center (SOC) and Incident Response Manager during security incidents, ensuring timely escalation, coordination, and resolution of critical events outside of regular business hours.

Minimum Qualifications

Proficient with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms, including log correlation, alert tuning, and threat detection strategies.

Preferred Qualifications

Remote Work Requirements

Benefits

Who We Are

WPS, a health solutions company, is a leading not-for-profit health insurer and federal government contractor headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. WPS offers health insurance plans for individuals, families, seniors and group health plans for small to large businesses. We process claims and provide customer support for beneficiaries of the Medicare program and manage benefits for millions of active-duty and retired military personnel across the U.S. and abroad. WPS has been making healthcare easier for the people we serve for nearly 80 years. Proud to be military and veteran ready.

Culture Drives Our Success

WPS' culture is where the great work and innovations of our people are seen, fueled and rewarded. We accomplish this by creating an open and empowering employee experience. We recognize the benefits of employee engagement as an investment in our workforce-both current and future-to effectively seek, leverage, and include differing and unique perspectives that fuel agility and innovation on high-performing teams. This results in people bringing their authentic selves to work every day in an organization that successfully adapts to business changes and new opportunities.

We are proud of the recognition we have received from local and national organization regarding our culture and workplace : WPS Newsroom - Awards and Recognition.

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Important Notice

This position may from time to time provide support to federal health care programs and other governmental or regulated industries. In accordance with law and / or contractual requirements, individuals in this role are or may be subject to all applicable federal regulations, agency contract requirements, and WPS internal policies, including but not limited to standards for data security, privacy, confidentiality, and program integrity. WPS and its personnel are subject to mandatory enhanced screening and background investigation prior to being granted access to information systems and / or sensitive data in order to safeguard regulated information and government resources that provide critical services.

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