Senior Analyst - SOC Monitoring

CPX; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior SOC Analyst to join their Security Operations Centre. The role focuses on leading security monitoring efforts, analyzing security incidents, and enhancing the overall security operations program. Ideal candidates will have 6-8 years of experience in security analysis and possess excellent analytical and communication skills. Join CPX to contribute to a secure technological environment.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of experience in security analysis.
• Experience with host-based and network-based security logs.
• Knowledge of DLP technologies and incident response procedures.

Responsibilities

• Lead security monitoring efforts and analyze threat conditions.
• Conduct research across various data sets to identify security issues.
• Monitor external data sources and maintain SIEM content.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Integrity

Tools

Splunk

Wireshark

ELK

Rekall

Ghidra

FlareVM

Job description

Job Title - Sr SOC Analyst

Job Purpose -

The Security Operations Centre team at CPX is a cross-functional Operations/Engineering team involved in all phases of our application and service release lifecycle, embracing SecOps communication, collaboration, and integration. The Senior Security Analyst is responsible for leading security monitoring efforts, analyzing log sources, responding to security incidents, and enhancing the security operations program within CPX/Client technology.

• Validate incidents escalated by Tier 1 SOC Security Analysts.
• Perform second-level analysis of threat conditions and assess security issues impacting organization services and information.
• Conduct research, analysis, and correlation across various data sets (e.g., indications and warnings).
• Provide recommendations for incident handling, security monitoring, and validation of physical security.
• Identify weaknesses in software, hardware, and networks.
• Analyze and communicate threats associated with incidents to stakeholders.
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to validate network alerts.
• Analyze log files, evidence, and other information to identify attackers.
• Characterize and analyze network traffic to detect anomalies and threats.
• Monitor external data sources (e.g., Threat Intelligence sources, Dubai AE-CERT Teams) to maintain SIEM content, tuning, reports, and dashboards.

Skills and Experience

• Excellent communication skills: written, verbal, and interpersonal.
• Strong team player with a customer service orientation and ability to build relationships across diverse cultures.
• Ethical, honest, fair, and high integrity.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Ownership of projects and tasks.
• In-depth understanding of incident response, analysis, alerts, and rules.
• Highly analytical with strong problem-solving skills in a fast-paced security environment.
• Ability to pass all security clearances.
• Dependable, self-motivated, and accurate in task handling.
• Experience with DLP technologies, configuration, and administration.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned by the Line Manager.

Work Experience and Certifications

• Minimum 6-8 years of experience in security analysis.
• Proficient in analyzing host-based and network-based security logs to identify trends and patterns.
• Experience with network investigation tools like Wireshark, ELK, Rekall, Ghidra, FlareVM, etc.
• Support and improve security requirements for security operations.
• Experience with Windows/Linux/Unix, understanding of NIDS/HIDS.
• Monitoring SIEM alerts using tools such as Splunk and EDR solutions.

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