Job Description:
We is looking for a Security Operations Centre (SOC) Analyst to be part of the Company’s SOC-as-a-Service team. This is a highly technical role, monitoring security events, identifying threats, assessing risks, and working with customers globally to improve their security posture.
Company’s SOC-as-a-Service team operates based on a follow the sun approach. Working hours for this position includes 8 hours a day from Monday to Friday.
Responsibilities:
Monitor SOC alerts to detect potential threats
Use threat intelligence feeds, triage alerts and filter out false-positives
Create custom reports, dashboards, and execute log searches to support investigations and customer’s requirements
Work with customers and Forensic analysis team to contain and eradicate incidents if need be
Follow Incident Response playbooks, processes and procedures and help to improve them
Create/Update use case detections to detect new threats from raw logs
Create/Update playbooks to automate repetitive triage steps
Requirements:
Understanding of SOC operations and Incident Response Life cycle.
Understanding of Cyber Kill chain, threat vectors and threat intelligence
Understanding of layered security at data, OS and network levels
Understanding Cybersecurity Frameworks
Hands-on experience with security log analysis such as AV, IPS, Anti-Spam logs
Hands-on experience with visualization, reporting technologies
Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, regular expressions
Hands-on experience with Network Security technologies such as Firewalls, SIEM, Sandbox
Hands-on experience with Linux and Windows system administration.
Previous working experience with Fortinet products is a bonus.
Team player, solution-focused, conflict management skills
Self-directed, takes initiatives
Open to new challenges and learning opportunities
Understands the importance of discipline, consistency and communication
Good verbal and written communication skills
Cybersecurity certifications such as GCIA, GCIH, GMON, GSOC, CEH, Security+ is a bonus
Graduates from IT degrees, or mid-career IT professionals with certifications in cybersecurity may apply
