Sr. Specialist DDIT ISC Detection & Response

Novartis India; Telangana; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Detection and Response Analyst at Novartis India will be part of the Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) supporting global IT security defense. You will monitor security controls, perform initial investigations, and contribute to incident response, forensics, and playbook automation, collaborating with security leadership and stakeholders.

This entry-level role offers growth in technical investigation, threat detection, and advanced analytics, with opportunities to mentor junior staff

Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent in a technical/scientific area.
• 2+ years IT/analytical role preferred.
• Experience in IT administration with technical, analytical and conceptual skills.
• Experience in reporting to and communicating technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills; interpersonal and collaborative skills.
• Understanding of general IT infrastructure technology and systems.

Responsibilities

• Security Monitoring and Triage: Monitor in real time security controls and consoles from across the Novartis IT ecosystem. Communicate with end users reporting suspicious activity.
• Forensics and Incident Response: Conduct initial investigations into security incidents; gather live evidence from endpoints and logs; support scoping, reporting and remediation.
• Big Data analysis and reporting: Use SIEM/Big data to identify abnormal activity and derive insights; develop content within SIEM.
• Technologies and Automation: Design, test and implement playbooks and automation; explore new technologies and platforms.

Education

University degree or equivalent

Tools

SIEM

Playbooks

Automation

Incident response

Forensics

Job description

Summary
The Detection and Response Analyst will be an integral part of the Novartis Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC). The CSOC is an advanced global team passionate about the active defense against the modern and sophisticated IT security threats and attacks. The Detection and Response Analyst will leverage a variety of tools and resources to detect, investigate, and mitigate threats impacting Novartis’ networks, systems, users, and applications. This role will involve coordination and communication with technical and nontechnical teams, including security leadership and business stakeholders. This is an entry level position intended to challenge and grow technical investigation and IT security skillsets

Summary
The Detection and Response Analyst will be an integral part of the Novartis Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC). The CSOC is an advanced global team passionate about the active defense against the modern and sophisticated IT security threats and attacks. The Detection and Response Analyst will leverage a variety of tools and resources to detect, investigate, and mitigate threats impacting Novartis’ networks, systems, users, and applications. This role will involve coordination and communication with technical and nontechnical teams, including security leadership and business stakeholders. This is an entry level position intended to challenge and grow technical investigation and IT security skillsets

About The Role

Key Responsibilities

• Security Monitoring and Triage : Monitor in real time security controls and consoles from across the Novartis IT ecosystem . Communicate with technical and non-technical end users who report suspicious activity
• Forensics and Incident Response :Conduct initial investigations into security incidents involving a variety of threats .Gather live evidence from endpoint devices and log sources from a variety of systems and applications .Support incident response activities including scoping, communication, reporting, and long-term remediation planning. Prepare technical reports for business stakeholders and IT leadership
• Big Data analysis and reporting: Utilizing SIEM/Big data to identify abnormal activity and extract meaningful insights. Research, develop, and enhance content within SIEM and other tools
• Technologies and Automation: Interface with engineering teams to design, test, and implement playbooks, orchestration workflows and automations. Research and test new technologies and platforms; develop recommendations and improvement plans
• Perform host-based analysis, artifact analysis, network packet analysis, and malware analysis in support of security investigations and incident response Coordinate investigation, containment, and other response activities with business stakeholders and groups.
• Develop and maintain effective documentation; including response playbooks, processes, and other supporting operational material. Perform quality assurance review of analyst investigations and work product; develop feedback and development reports.
• Provide mentoring of junior staff and serve as point of escalation for higher severity incidents. Develop incident analysis and findings reports for management, including gap identification and recommendations for improvement..
• Recommend or develop new detection logic and tune existing sensors / security controls. Work with security solutions owners to assess existing security solutions array ability to detect / mitigate the abovementioned TTPs.
• Creating custom SIEM queries and dashboards to support the monitoring and detection of advanced TTPs against Novartis network

Essential Requirement

• University working and thinking level, degree in business/technical/scientific area or comparable education/experience.
• 2+ years of experience in Information Technology / Analytical role preferred
• Experience in IT administration with technical, analytical and conceptual skills
• Experience in reporting to and communicating technical and non-technical business stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills; interpersonal and collaborative skills; and the ability to communicate information risk-related and incident response concepts to technical as well as nontechnical audiences.
• Understanding and knowledge of general IT infrastructure technology and systems

Desirable Requirement

• As the role is part of a global organization, willingness for required traveling and flexible work hours is important.
• Professional information security certification, such as CISSP, CISM or ISO 27001 auditor / practitioner is preferred. Professional (information system) risk or audit certification such as CIA, CISA or CRISC is preferred.

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