Analyst II-Cyber Defense

Invesco

Hyderabad

Hybrid

INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, Hybrid Work

30 days Annual Leave + Holidays

Life Insurance

Medical Insurance for Employee and Fam

Job summary

Invesco is seeking an Advance Analyst to act as a technical escalation point during security incidents, determine impact, and guide containment and remediation in partnership with business or IT teams.

You will support monitoring during high-priority events, tune detection rules, and contribute to process improvements while working in a hybrid, full-time role in a global investment firm.

Qualifications

4+ years of IT experience with incident management and security operations.
Strong knowledge of cybersecurity technologies including SIEM, DLP, IDS/IPS, firewalls, anti‑malware, encryption.
Experience in threat detection, malware analysis, vulnerabilities, exploits and scripting.
Ability to lead and mentor Level 1 analysts and participate in 24x7 on‑call support.
Excellent communication and confidentiality of security matters.

Responsibilities

Act on alerts, events, and incidents escalated from Level 1 Analyst.
Triage malware incidents and determine escalation priority.
Monitor for emerging threat patterns and know when to escalate.
Provide recommendations and workarounds for incidents.
Lead shift when required and coordinate with external stakeholders.
Communicate incident updates to management.

Skills

SIEM

DLP

IDS/IPS

Firewalls

Anti-malware

Encryption

Databases

Web apps

Network infra

Security configs

Tools

SIEM tools

Job description

As one of the world’s leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.

Job Description

Your Team

Do you aspire to be a part of a global organization that recognizes security as a critical component in its trust relationship with clients, staff, business partners and shareholders? Do you want to collaborate and learn from like-minded security professionals? Do you want to work in a highly collaborative and consultative environment that values everyone’s ideas on how to best protect, detect and respond to the latest physical and cyber threats impacting the financial industry? If this sounds like a team you want to be a part of, read on to learn more about the opportunity to join us.

Your Role

Advance Analyst provides a technical escalation point during Security Incidents, determining extent of threat and business impacts in partnership with applicable business or IT personnel as needed, then advising and performing the most suitable course of action to contain and remediate the incident. Provides further support and input to the monitoring team during high-priority incidents. Drive continuous improvement process to reduce false positives by identifying opportunities for content tuning, L1 procedure/playbook enhancements, etc.

You Will Be Responsible For:

Responsible for acting on alerts, events, and incidents escalated from the Level 1 Analyst
Triage malware incidents, their priority and the need for escalation
Monitor for emerging threat patterns and vulnerabilities
Assist with recommendations and workarounds
Exhibit leadership qualities when and where required and act as shift lead
Coordinate with other external stakeholders
Communicate with management on incident updates
Ability to complete the incident lifecycle without higher level supervision
Establish and maintain intrusion detection and policies and offense rules
Tune response and alerting mechanisms
Import new signatures from manufacturer
Provide status reports to applicable management
Have a thorough understanding of technological requirements for client systems and provide guidelines to effectively mitigate security risks
Analyze and assess Firewall policy and rule base sets
Handle emergencies 24x7
Assist with BAU activities if not responding to incidents

The Experience You Bring:

4+ years of Information Technology experience, preferably within the financial services sector, with hands‑on incident management and security operations expertise.
Strong knowledge of cybersecurity technologies and concepts, including SIEM, DLP, IDS/IPS, firewalls, anti‑malware, encryption, operating systems, databases, web applications, network infrastructure, and security configurations.
Experience in network traffic analysis, threat detection, malware analysis, software vulnerabilities, exploits, and scripting, with the ability to identify emerging attack patterns and trends.
Proficient in analyzing and correlating security data from multiple sources, including security events, system logs, application logs, device logs, and publicly available intelligence.
Understanding of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), with the ability to extract, organize, and leverage large datasets for investigations and threat analysis.
Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor Level 1 analysts, while effectively operating in high-volume, results‑driven environments and participating in 24x7 on‑call support as required.
Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to convey technical information clearly to diverse audiences while maintaining strict confidentiality of security matters.
Highly organized, detail‑oriented, and adaptable team player, capable of multitasking, managing changing priorities, taking initiative, and continuously maintaining current technical knowledge and skills.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Worker Type

Employee

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Workplace Model

At Invesco, our workplace model supports our culture and meets the needs of our clients while providing flexibility our employees value. As a full‑time employee, compliance with the workplace policy means working with your direct manager to create a schedule where you will work in your designated office at least three days a week, with two days working outside an Invesco office.

Why Invesco

In Invesco, we act with integrity and do meaningful work to create impact for our stakeholders. We believe our culture is stronger when we all feel we belong, and we respect each other’s identities, lives, health, and well‑being. We come together to create better solutions for our clients, our business and each other by building on different voices and perspectives. We nurture and encourage each other to ensure our meaningful growth, both personally and professionally.

We believe in diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace where everyone feels equally valued, and this starts at the top with our senior leaders having diversity and inclusion goals. Our global focus on diversity and inclusion has grown exponentially and we encourage connection and community through our many employee‑led Business Resource Groups (BRGs).

What’s in it for you?

As an organization we support personal needs, diverse backgrounds and provide internal networks, as well as opportunities to get involved in the community and in the world.

Our benefit policy includes but not limited to: