DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES :

- Owns and leads individual incident response activities by analyzing security alerts and coordinating responses.

- Perform in-depth event review and analysis where appropriate.

- Analyze events, research the potential cause, and recommend a course of action

- Designs modern detective controls for emerging security risks and involved in innovative programs to enhance the firm's security posture

- Hunts for indications of compromise across multiple technology platforms

- Continuously improves our alerting use cases and the threat hunting program

- Stays updated on the latest security trends, vulnerabilities, and threat actors to continually improve the organizations security posture

- Participates in on-call rotation schedule to provide 24/7 coverage for security incidents and emergencies

- Documents/generates reports detailing security incidents for security leaders and the business

- Conducts postmortem reviews of incident response (IR) activities, to facilitate continuous improvement

- Researches security trends with the goal of improving our processes and tools

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS :

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

- Requires 5 - 7+ years of experience working in a Security Operations role

- Threat hunting experience

- Familiarity with known cyber security frameworks including NIST and Mitre, ATT&CK, and fundamentals of kill chain analysis

- Hands-on working knowledge of SIEM/SOAR/XDR Tools (Cortex XSIAM, Torq, etc.)

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE :

- Familiarity with the principles of network and endpoint security, current threat, and attack trends, and have working knowledge of security principles such as "defense in depth"

- Familiarity with performing security Incident Response (IR) activities in complex organizations, with familiarity of the following: Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) or Endpoint Forensics, Network Log Analysis, Public Cloud Defense (Azure, AWS, GCP, etc.)

- Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, GIAC, or CEH

- Scripting knowledge (Python, PowerShell, etc.)

- Forensic knowledge

- Ability to assess and prioritize risks associated with alerts and events based on both industry knowledge and organizational context

- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

- Strong communication skills, both spoken and written

(ref:hirist.tech)

Sampoorna Consultants Pvt. Ltd

More Information