Security Managed Services Specialist

Accenture; Chennai District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Chennai seeks a Senior Security Analyst to join their global security analysis team. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in security threat analysis and incident investigation. Responsibilities include working 24/7 on detection engineering, documenting best practices, creating detection rules, and improving processes. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science is required, along with networking fundamentals and EDR investigation skills. Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in SOC Operations with customer-facing responsibilities.
• Strong threat hunting and investigation skills.
• Knowledge on networking, Linux, and security concepts.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a global security analysis team that works 24/7.
• Incident analysis and root cause analysis.
• Creation of detection rules and implementation.

Skills

Networking Fundamentals

Security threat analysis

EDR investigation skills

Rule writing

Playbook creation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

EDR

Job description

Project Role

Senior Security Analyst

Project Role Description

Security threat analysis and investigation skills, detection engineering, Training and Documentation

Key Responsibilities

• Work as part of a global security analysis team that works 24/7 on rotational shift
• Handling tunings, customer requests, escalations, reporting, training, etc.
• Life cycle management of the SIEM (Onboarding, Break-fix, Patching, Live update etc)
• Adhering to SOPs and notify customers on log flow/log format issues
• Incident analysis, deep dive threat hunting and investigation and root cause analysis
• Creation of detection rules, testing and implementation
• Evaluation of client detection requirements, gap analysis, fine tuning
• Playbook creation for automation and integration with SOAR requirements
• Document best practices and writing KB articles
• Identify opportunities for process improvements

Qualification

Must have skills

• Networking Fundamentals, security threat analysis and EDR investigation skills, rule writing and playbook creation

Good to have skills

• Network Security (Firewall, IDS/IPS, Endpoint AV, EDR etc.), scripting

Technical Experience

• Experience in SOC Operations with customer-facing responsibilities
• Deep understanding on cyber security fundamentals, security devices, network defense concepts and threat landscape
• Hands-on experience in SIEM, SOAR, EDR and threat hunting tools
• Hands-on experience in creation of detection rules, playbooks for automation and response actions
• Desirable knowledge in any scripting language and EDR products
• Strong threat hunting and investigation skills and root cause analysis
• Knowledge on networking, Linux and security concepts
• Knowledge with security devices such as Firewall, DS/IPS, EDR, UTM, Proxy, Cloud solutions, etc.
• Knowledge on log collection mechanisms such as Syslog, Log file, DB & API
• Preferable certifications GCIA, GCFA

Professional Attributes

• Passion for cyber security, learning, and knowledge sharing
• Strong Verbal & written communication skills
• Proven customer service skills, problem solving and interpersonal skills
• Ability to handle high pressure situations
• Consistently exhibit high levels of teamwork

Educational Qualification

• Bachelors Degree in computer science, prior experience in information security or SOC operations

Additional Information

• Following certifications is added advantage:GCIA, GCFA, CISSP