Cyber Security Analyst / Engineers

Nexacore; Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Delhi; Hybrid; INR 837,000 - 1,339,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexacore in Hyderabad, India is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst Engineer to monitor and protect our IT infrastructure. You will identify threats, investigate incidents, and coordinate vulnerability assessments to strengthen security controls.

Responsibilities include SIEM management (Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel), threat hunting, incident response, and ensuring compliance with ISO 27001/NIST/CIS. Collaboration with IT, cloud, and DevOps teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience monitoring security systems and networks for threats.
• Ability to analyze alerts and investigate incidents.
• Familiarity with vulnerability assessments and security testing.

Responsibilities

• Monitor security systems, networks, and endpoints to identify and prevent cyber threats and suspicious activities.
• Analyze security alerts, investigate incidents, and perform root cause analysis to minimize security risks.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments, penetration testing coordination, and security risk analysis.
• Manage and monitor SIEM tools such as Splunk, IBM QRadar, and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Implement and maintain security controls, firewalls, antivirus, EDR, and intrusion detection and prevention systems.
• Investigate phishing attacks, malware infections, ransomware threats, and unauthorized access attempts.
• Perform log analysis, threat hunting, and security event correlation to detect potential cyberattacks.
• Support incident response, digital forensics, and disaster recovery activities.
• Ensure compliance with security frameworks and standards such as ISO 27001, NIST, and CIS Controls.
• Collaborate with IT, cloud, and DevOps teams to strengthen security posture and implement effective cybersecurity solutions.

Skills

Threat detection

Incident response

Log analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity

Tools

Splunk

IBM QRadar

Microsoft Sentinel

Job description

Job Role: Cybersecurity Analyst Engineer

1. Monitor security systems, networks, and endpoints to identify and prevent cyber threats and suspicious activities.
2. Analyze security alerts, investigate incidents, and perform root cause analysis to minimize security risks.
3. Conduct vulnerability assessments, penetration testing coordination, and security risk analysis.
4. Manage and monitor SIEM tools such as Splunk, IBM QRadar, and Microsoft Sentinel.
5. Implement and maintain security controls, firewalls, antivirus, EDR, and intrusion detection and prevention systems.
6. Investigate phishing attacks, malware infections, ransomware threats, and unauthorized access attempts.
7. Perform log analysis, threat hunting, and security event correlation to detect potential cyberattacks.
8. Support incident response, digital forensics, and disaster recovery activities.
9. Ensure compliance with security frameworks and standards such as ISO 27001, NIST, and CIS Controls.
10. Collaborate with IT, cloud, and DevOps teams to strengthen security posture and implement effective cybersecurity solutions.