SOC Analyst vs Cyber Security Engineer?

Hi all,

I’m a Cyber Security Analyst. I mainly work with tickets, Qualys and a few other threat and vulnerability tools. AD housekeeping, BAU tasks such as renewing RBAC PIM roles etc.

I’ve been getting job emails talking about SOC Analyst roles. What does this entail? What can I do in my spare time to really capitalise on learning?

I feel like titles within Cyber are ambiguous.

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