The original post: /r/cybersecurity by /u/Fashion_fwd on 2024-10-09 00:54:19.

Hello InfoSec community,

I am a burnt out Sr. Threat Analyst that has been working in the SOC for the past 5 years. A little background I changed career paths into Cybersecurity 5 plus years ago and started working as a L1 analyst in a SOC as I heard that is a good starting point. I busted my butt working my way up to a L2 analyst, even have 9 months of being a SOC manager experience. I have a master’s degree in cybersecurity, sec +, some vendor cloud certs, and got my CISSP earlier this year.

While it was a great learning experience working in a SOC as a threat analyst I feel like I have hit a wall. I work for a large MSSP and due to staffing shortages I have been doing mostly L1 work ( triaging alerts). I am so bored by the work and feel like I am on “auto-pilot” every day. Part of me feels like I am wasting my time as I am not learning anything new in my current position. However, I am not sure where to go from here. I’ve started looking for other jobs but have a bit of imposture syndrome when looking at the required skills/ years of experience in another cybersecurity domain. I can’t help but feel like I am stuck in the SOC as that is where my experience lays.

Has anyone successfully transitioned from working as a threat analyst in the SOC into another area of cybersecurity?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!