Novacoast reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(145 total reviews)

Paul Anderson

69% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Novacoast has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 145 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Novacoast employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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145 reviews
5.0
May 29, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Novacoast offers fluid and adaptive work environment. I’ve had the opportunity to explore different roles based on availability and interest, which has really accelerated my professional growth. The culture is deeply rooted in collaboration—people are genuinely passionate about knowledge sharing and always willing to help when issues arise. Management, particularly in the SOC, has made noticeable improvements over the past four years. Operations have become more efficient and streamlined, making daily work much smoother. I truly appreciate how communicative and supportive the managers, especially from the Wichita and Michigan offices are—they regularly share new opportunities, offer constructive feedback, and genuinely advocate for the team. If you needed some time off for personal reasons, management is also very understanding about that and would try to accommodate you as best as they can. Upper management is also approachable and occasionally takes time to connect directly with the SOC team, which adds a personal touch. Training has improved significantly, too. The internal tools are more organized, and the trainers are very approachable and dedicated to helping employees succeed—as long as you're proactive in engaging with them. One of the best parts is that consistent performance doesn’t go unnoticed. Hard work is recognized, which makes for a very motivating and rewarding environment.

Cons

The medical insurance options could use improvement—the cost for decent coverage is quite high and can amount to nearly a month’s rent for a single individual. Additionally, adjusting to the night shift can be challenging at first. However, the flexibility during those hours is a plus—you often have time to study for certifications or catch up on schoolwork.

5.0
May 29, 2025

Great team to work with

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Pros

The team has been very friendly to me since my first day here and they have helped me tremendously in integrating me into the Security Analyst team. The manager has been responsive to feedback and I felt a good sense of community in my time here.

Cons

Night shifts can tough for newcomers to acclimate to

1.0
May 22, 2025

Just skip this one

Recommend
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Pros

The only pros are how laid back it is, not a up tight corporate feel and that you get some very limited hands on with SIEMS.

Cons

SO many. Most of the management that make any calls are disconnected with the analysts and almost make it seem like they are out to actively make your job dumber. The pay is brutally low.. like fast food work low and once you make it out of a SOC one roll you're pay remains low and is capped low so you wont get a raise after your promotion and once promoted you are on call 24/7 for the clients and the analysts to call for any questions or coverage issues. Something needed to do your job is broken at all times, you will daily need to deal with some part of your workflow not working due to the above reasons, constant patching and updated that crashes other systems. weeks of development for a fix that turns into a workaround that just becomes the normal. Little to no training, the turn around on trainers is quick most people will take the roll just to get a break from monitoring. New siems will be used with the only training provided is a sales development team video which will not help you in how to conduct your investigations or create your cases. Work load at times can be unmanageable due to the turn over you will regularly be short handed in your monitoring group. People will quit or be fired and no replacement will happen for weeks or months leaving one or two analysts to cover way to many clients at a time. You will get a break from time to time when new clients do walk throughs management will beef up the SOC by getting people to stay late or come in early to make it look like we have more analyst than we really do monitoring their environments.

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