Overview

SOC Analyst in Cybersecurity Team (Analyst 2)

About Catalyst Brands:

Catalyst Brands is a leading U.S. retail company formed through the merger of JCPenney and SPARC Group. We bring together iconic names such as Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers, Lucky Brand, Nautica, and JCPenney under one powerful platform. With nearly 1,800 stores, a strong e-commerce presence, and a customer base of over 60 million, we are redefining modern retail through scale, innovation, and heritage. Backed by industry leaders,
Catalyst Brands offers a energetic environment where talent can thrive and help shape the future of fashion and retail.

Role Overview:

A SOC (Security Operations Center) L2 Analyst, also known as Tier 2 or Analyst 2, is the intermediate tier in the common three-tier SOC model for Catalyst Brands Cybersecurity Team. Their primary goal is to handle escalated alerts and confirmed or complex incidents that Tier 1 cannot fully resolve.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Real-Time Monitoring: Continuously watch security dashboards (SIEM) for potential threats across networks, endpoints,



and other security consoles.
• Investigate escalated security incidents from Tier 1.
• Perform in-depth analysis and event correlation across multiple sources (endpoint/EDR/XDR, network, identity, cloud, email, SIEM logs, etc.).
• Support or lead containment, eradication, and recovery actions (e.g., isolate hosts, disable accounts, block IPs/domains).
• Perform basic malware analysis, network forensics, or endpoint forensics as needed.
• Build incident timelines, determine scope/impact/blast radius, and identify affected systems, accounts, and data.
• Recommend or implement detection improvements (SIEM rule tuning, playbook updates) and reduce false positives.
• Mentor/support Tier 1 analysts and escalate highly complex or high-impact cases to Tier 3.
• Sometimes contributes to limited proactive hunting.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate logs of all findings, Investigations, actions taken,

📌 Analyst 2 (Bengaluru)
🏢 JCPenney
📍 Bengaluru