Senior SOC Analyst: Threat Hunting & Incident Response

Hong Leong Bank; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hong Leong Bank is seeking a Senior SOC Analyst to join our security team in Malaysia. You will support day-to-day SOC L2 operations, investigate incidents, and drive threat hunting efforts to strengthen our security posture.

You will triage alerts, review logs from SIEM/EDR/Firewall, and coordinate with MSSPs for escalations. A strong background in incident response and detection engineering is required for this fast-paced role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• 5+ years in a dedicated security role with incident response, security operations or threat hunting.
• Proven experience with SIEM platforms (Splunk, ArcSight, QRadar).
• In-depth understanding of network protocols, Windows and Linux OS, and common attack vectors.
• Hands-on experience with endpoint detection and response (EDR).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess complex situations and make sound decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct daily SOC L2 operations focusing on investigations of security alerts and initial countermeasures.
• Triage, investigate and identify root causes; escalate to incident response when needed.
• Review alerts from SIEM, EDR, WAF and logs from Firewall/Proxy/IPS etc.
• Serve as the point of contact for L1 escalations from external MSSP providers.
• Update and tune SOC run books; implement new detection strategies.
• Contain and eradicate detected threats following defined MTTA, MTTD, MTTR.
• Proactively search for new threats, develop and use threat intel to identify IOCs and attack patterns.
• Tune and improve detection rules; propose new correlations or alerting rules.
• Evaluate SOC processes for efficiency and identify automation opportunities.
• Contribute to incident response playbooks, threat hunting frameworks and SOPs.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Security

Tools

Splunk

ArcSight

QRadar

EDR

Job description

Hong Leong Bank is seeking a Senior SOC Analyst to join our security team in Malaysia. You will support day-to-day SOC L2 operations, investigate incidents, and drive threat hunting efforts to strengthen our security posture.

You will triage alerts, review logs from SIEM/EDR/Firewall, and coordinate with MSSPs for escalations. A strong background in incident response and detection engineering is required for this fast-paced role.