Junior SOC Analyst - Americas

Continental; Manila; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Continental Manila is seeking a Cybersecurity Consultant for the Security Operations Center to handle alert triage, investigations and remediation workstreams. You will work with CrowdStrike MDR and Microsoft XDR, supporting threat hunting and compliance investigations while contributing to SOC playbook development.

Ideal candidates have 1–3 years in cybersecurity, strong tool knowledge, and a practical understanding of cloud and on-prem architectures. This is a full-time on-site role in Manila.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1–3 years in cybersecurity environments (SoC, IR, hunting).
• Solid knowledge of modern cybersecurity tools and platforms.
• Familiarity with automation and scripting is a plus.
• Understanding of client/server/cloud architectures and apps.
• Strong English communication, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Operate and respond to security events using playbooks in CrowdStrike MDR and XDR environments.
• Investigate endpoint alerts and coordinate with owners for remediation.
• Contribute to threat intelligence, hunting, and compliance investigations.
• Develop and maintain SOC playbooks and collaborate with third-party teams.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Threat Hunting

SIEM

Incident Response

Project Management

Education

Cybersecurity degree

GCIH

GSOC

GCFE

Tools

CrowdStrike MDR

Microsoft XDR

Defender for Office

EDR

SIEM

Job description

Company Description

Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2022, Continental generated sales of €39.4 billion and currently employs around 200,000 people in 57 countries and markets.

The ContiTech group sector develops and manufactures, for example, cross-material, environmentally friendly and intelligent products and systems for the automotive industry, railway engineering, mining, agriculture and other key industries. Guided by the vision of “smart and sustainable solutions beyond rubber,” the group sector draws on its long-standing knowledge of the industry and materials to open up new business opportunities by combining various materials with electronic components and individual services.

Job Description

The Cybersecurity Consultant Security Operations Center works on a variety of topics within our growing team. If you feel ready to shape the future together with us, please expect involvement in the following exciting topics:

SoC Operation

• - Work with a range of security tools such as Crowdstrike MDR and Microsoft XDR / Defender for Office to handle security events and alerts according to playbooks.
• - Accountable to investigate end point / sensor tampering alerts and ensure repairs are completed by responsible teams.
• - Get involved in Threat Intelligence and -handling activities including Threat hunting.
• - Support compliance investigations.

SoC Development

• - Supporting the continuous development of SoC capabilities, such as development and implementation of our agentic SOC strategy.
• - Development and maintenance of SOC playbooks.
• - Oversee and manage the 3rd party teams working in the SoC, to ensure detection and response for topics such as EDR, SIEM, KPI and Report analysis

Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop decent cybersecurity maturity in our organization.

Scale Cybersecurity according to business needs. Protect our environment. Together.

Qualifications

• - Relevant (best case academic) degree or comparable Cybersecurity certifications (e.g., GCIH, GSOC, GCFE, ...) and 1-3 years of equivalent experience,
• - Excellent working knowledge of up-to-date cybersecurity tools and structures
• - Knowldege of automation and programming would be desirable
• - Knowledge of client, server and cloud infrastructure and mutual understanding of applications architecture
• - English Language Skills (written and spoken)
• - IT service management skills (ITIL) – would be desirable

Experience

• - Cybersecurity related environments (focus SoC, Pentesting, Threat Hunting, Incident Response, Forensics) - mandatory
• - project management
• - global and multicultural company
• - Security Monitoring via usage of a SIEM to analyse logs and alerts

Other Details

• Leadership Level: Leading Self
• Legal Entity: Continental Global Business Services Manila, Inc. (2008)
• Working Time: Full Time