SOC Analyst Level 3

Tekskills Inc.; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills Inc. in Kolkata seeks an experienced security professional to design and tune detection use cases, manage SIEM analytics, and lead incident response efforts. You will triage security events, coordinate across teams, and develop playbooks to strengthen detection and response capabilities.

The role requires 5+ years of experience in security operations, strong logs/alerts expertise, and the ability to drive KPI reports for ongoing improvement. On-call duties may apply.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in security operations and incident response.
• Design and tune detection use cases for effective threat coverage.
• Knowledge of log formats, sources, and parsing for data accuracy.
• Familiarity with SIEM platforms to implement and monitor use cases.
• Ability to define thresholds and logic to reduce false positives.
• Awareness of incident response workflows and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience in creating KPI/KRI reports to track detection performance.

Responsibilities

• Detect and respond to company-wide security incidents, coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Triage events, escalations and incidents to determine remediation actions.
• Coordinate response activities with stakeholders to rapidly remediate threats.
• Develop playbooks to improve processes and information sharing across teams.
• Provide security operations and incident response expertise in initiatives and projects.
• Contribute technical and process improvements within the team.
• Participate in current operations and on-call rotation with occasional after-hours duties.

Skills

Use Case Development

Incident Response

Log Analysis

Threat Detection

SIEM & Analytics

Cross-functional Coordination

Performance KPIs

Tools

Securonix

Sentinel

Splunk

Job description

Job Description:

Minimum 5+ years of experience

• Use Case Development: Knowledge of organizational risks and threats to design relevant and effective detection rules.
• Log Sources: Understanding log formats, sources, and parsing for accurate data utilization in use cases.
• SIEM and Analytics Tools: Familiarity with platforms like Securonix, Sentinel, or Splunk to implement and monitor use cases.
• Alert Logic: Ability to define thresholds, logic, and conditions to reduce false positives and improve detection accuracy.
• Incident Response Needs: Awareness of incident response workflows to align use cases with actionable intelligence.
• Performance Metrics: Skills to create and optimize KPI/KRI reports to track detection and response performance.
• Fine-Tuning Methodology: Experience in analyzing alert data to refine use cases and adjust logic periodically. Detect and respond to company-wide security incidents, coordinating cross-functional teams to mitigate and eradicate threats.
• Incident response lead for high impact cyber security incidents
• Triage events, escalations and incidents to determine remediation and resolution actions
• Coordinate appropriate response activities across teams or directly with stakeholders to rapidly remediate potential threats
• Develop playbooks to improve processes and information sharing across teams
• Initiative and project-related support to provide Security Operations and Incident Response perspective and subject matter expertise
• Contribute technical and process improvements within the team
• Participate in current operations, on call rotation. Which includes some after-hours responsibilities and escalations.