Principal Cybersecurity - Tier-3 Team Lead SOC Analyst
Charlotte, North Carolina
This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.
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A Tier-3 Team Lead SOC Analyst sets and enforces operational standards, coordinates shift activities, delegates administrative and operational tasks, and serves as the primary local SOC contact in a multi-location SOC environment. The role drives continuous improvement across people, process, and technology to strengthen detection, response, and reporting outcomes.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure consistent incident handling across multiple SOC locations through standardize procedures and communication
- Lead daily operations such as threat briefings, queue health checks, and high-severity incident oversight
- Serve as final escalation for complex investigations (multi-stage intrusions, lateral movement, persistence, data exfiltration)
- Lead containment/eradication strategy in partnership with IT, Cloud, Endpoint, and Network teams
- Perform root-cause analysis and produce actionable remediation guidance
- Coach Tier 1/2 analysts on investigation techniques, log analysis, and response playbooks
- Integrate AI‑driven detections and response
Required Skills:
- 5+ years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and work experience
- Ability to lead and coordinate in a multi-location / follow-the-sun SOC model
- Strong mentoring and coaching skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences
- Calm, structured decision-making during high-pressure incidents
- Strong case management discipline and evidence-based analysis
- Incident response experience handling high-severity events end-to-end (containment through recovery)
- Solid understanding of common attacker techniques: phishing, ransomware, C2, privilege escalation, lateral movement, exfiltration
- EDR/XDR proficiency: triage, remote response actions, artifact collection
- Familiar with AI-assisted attacks including deepfakes and social-engineering at scale
Education/Experience: Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) desired in Computer Science or Cybersecurity. 7+ years of related experience. Certification is required in some areas.
Supervisor:
No
Our Principal Cybersecurity earns between $155,400-$233,200 USD Annual, not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.
Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:
- Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Caregiver Leave
- Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
- Adoption Reimbursement
- Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
- Life and Accidental Death Insurance
- Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Extensive employee wellness programs
- Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories,
- AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone.
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Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:
- Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Caregiver Leave
- Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
- Adoption Reimbursement
- Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
- Life and Accidental Death Insurance
- Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Extensive employee wellness programs
- Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone
Weekly Hours:
40Time Type:
RegularLocation:
USA:NC:Charlotte / Ibm Dr - Adm:8505 Ibm DrSalary Range:
$155,400.00 - $233,200.00It is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.
Job ID R-113754 Date posted 06/24/2026
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