Security Operations Center Analyst

Yubi; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity organization in Chennai is looking for a Senior Technical Recruiter for an SOC Analyst position. This role involves managing the Cyber Defence Centre 24/7, handling security incidents, and providing rapid response to threats. Candidates should have a Bachelor's Degree in computer science, experience in a SOC team, and proficiency in AWS/Azure. Strong communication skills and knowledge of security systems, including SIEM and compliance standards, are essential.

Qualifications

• 1–7 years of experience in the SOC team.
• Experience working in or with a Security Operations Centre.
• Security certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Cyber Defence Centre (SOC) in a 24/7 environment.
• Handle security incidents and respond rapidly.
• Provide 24/7 monitoring by acting as the first line of defence.
• Monitor and remediate cloud alerts (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Perform manual analysis of log files to identify attack patterns.
• Conduct Threat Hunting to identify attacks and suggest detection rules.

Skills

Proficiency in AWS and/or Azure resource alerts handling

Critical incident analysis and response experience

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Knowledge of Windows-server based systems

Experience with suspicious URL blocking and malware analysis

Sound understanding of SIEM and Incident Response tools

Ability to perform forensic analysis

Working knowledge of compliance standards

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in computer science

Job description

Senior Technical Recruiter @ Yubi | Engaging Top Technical Talent

Role: SOC Analyst

In this role, you are expected to manage the Cyber Defence Centre (SOC), which is a 24/7 environment. Handle security incidents and provide rapid response with a deep understanding of IT & Network Infrastructure tools and Technologies.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Member of a critical role in our cyber security function to ensure enterprise and client data is secure and private.
• Help provide 24/7 monitoring for the organization by acting as the first line of defence against potentially malicious events.
• Escalate confirmed incidents to SOC leads and reach out to respective teams to get the security issue fixed as soon as possible.
• Monitor and remediate the cloud alerts like AWS, GCP and Azure.
• Derive steps for identifying various suspicious and anomalous activities.
• Perform manual analysis of log files to identify attack patterns.
• Assist with creating new methods for detection and triage – technical expertise is an added advantage.
• Threat Hunting – analyse security system logs, security tools, and available data sources on a day‑to‑day basis to identify attacks against the enterprise, report on irregularities, and make suggestions for detection rules and system tuning.

Desired Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science with a minimum of 1–7 years of experience in the SOC team.
• Proficiency in AWS and/or Azure resource alerts handling.
• Critical incident analysis and response experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to recognise ways to improve IT security.
• Knowledge of Windows‑server based systems (DNS, DHCP, IIS, NPS, RDS, DFS, Hyper‑V, etc.).
• Experience with suspicious URL blocking, sandboxing, and malware analysis.
• Sound understanding of SIEM, PAM, CASB, EDR, and other threat detection platforms and Incident Response tools.
• Knowledge of authentication standards such as SAML, OAuth, etc.
• Ability to perform forensic analysis of laptops, mobile devices, and servers.
• Experience with advanced SIEM is a plus.
• Working knowledge of compliance standards such as ISO27001, PCI‑DSS, and Cyber Essentials Plus.

Preferred Qualification:

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science with a minimum of 2 years related experience.
• Experience working in or with a Security Operations Centre and managing security issues and incidents; security certifications preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to recognise ways to improve IT security.