SOC Analyst

Company Overview

Balchem is committed to making the world a healthier place by delivering trusted, innovative, and science-based solutions for the health and nutritional needs of the world. We have approximately 1,400 employees worldwide and operate across three business segments: Human Nutrition and Health, Animal Nutrition and Health, and Specialty Products. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey, Balchem is a public company listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “BCPC.”

Overview

Balchem is seeking a SOC Analyst to strengthen our enterprise security posture through effective alert investigation, communication, and vulnerability management. The role combines day‑to‑day security operations monitoring with hands‑on vulnerability lifecycle management, ensuring that findings from our monitoring, detection, and assessment platforms are understood, prioritized, and remediated in partnership with our IT infrastructure team.

Responsibilities

Security Operations

• Monitor, triage, and analyze alerts from enterprise detection, monitoring, and security platforms.
• Perform investigative analysis of alerts to determine legitimacy, root cause, and business relevance, distinguishing genuine threats from false positives.
• Document investigation findings and communicate results clearly through established collaboration and reporting channels.
• Support configuration tuning and ongoing optimization of alerting systems to improve signal quality and reduce noise.

Vulnerability Analysis & Support

• Participate in the configuration, execution, and review of enterprise vulnerability scanning and assessment activities with cross‑functional IT teams.
• Analyze vulnerability data from multiple sources, including endpoint protection and scanning platforms, to understand exposure, severity, and environmental relevance.
• Export, normalize, and curate vulnerability data into clear, well‑organized lists to support prioritization and remediation planning.
• Research vulnerabilities to provide additional context on exploitability, impact, and remediation options.
• Interface directly with infrastructure leadership, engineers, and other IT staff to explain findings, answer questions, and clarify remediation guidance.
• Support remediation efforts by tracking progress, validating updates, and maintaining visibility into vulnerability status for reporting and follow‑up.

Collaboration & Communication

• Work closely with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and IT leadership to ensure consistent awareness and prevent surprises.
• Proactively share observations, emerging risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels, both verbally and in writing, and keep others informed.

Continuous Improvement

• Explore new or enhanced features in existing security tools and raise recommendations when they could benefit Balchem’s environment.
• Support the administration and maintenance of data loss prevention (DLP) and information protection controls designed to safeguard company data.
• Participate in ongoing system hardening efforts, baseline reviews, and process improvements.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of internal documentation, runbooks, and playbooks to support consistent operations.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3‑5 years of experience in security operations, vulnerability management, or endpoint protection analysis.
• Exceptional communication and follow‑through; keeps others informed and initiates discussion when needed.
• Familiarity with enterprise‑class detection, endpoint protection, and vulnerability assessment technologies.
• Understanding of CVE analysis, remediation coordination, and risk‑based prioritization.
• Proactive mindset; eager to learn evolving toolsets and contribute ideas for improvement.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to SIEM platforms and log‑based investigation in an enterprise environment.
• Familiarity with Active Directory, group policies, or enterprise configuration baselines.
• Experience with scripting, automation, or reporting (PowerShell, Python, Power BI, etc.).
• Cybersecurity or cloud security certifications are welcome but not required – real‑world experience and curiosity matter most.

Working Conditions

• Some lifting and carrying of equipment is required, up to 40 pounds.
• Travel between locations may be required (NY/NJ).
• Work involves extensive use of a desktop or laptop computer.
• Most work is performed inside a normal office environment.
• Some work will be performed in an environmentally controlled server room.

Why Join Balchem

You’ll be part of a collaborative IT and cybersecurity team where communication, initiative, and follow‑through are valued as highly as technical skill. Our IT organization is highly supportive – we help each other troubleshoot, learn, and succeed as a team. This role provides broad visibility across Balchem’s infrastructure, ownership of key operational processes, and the opportunity to directly influence how the company detects and mitigates risk.

The salary range for this role is between $90,000 and $110,000 per year.