Junior SOC Analyst - Americas

Continental Group Sector ContiTech; Taguig; Hybrid; PHP 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Continental Global Business Services Manila, Inc. in the Philippines is seeking a Cybersecurity Consultant for the Security Operations Center.

You will work on a range of security topics, handling events and alerts with playbooks and supporting threat intelligence and threat hunting initiatives. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining SOC capabilities, coordinating with third-party teams, and scaling cybersecurity maturity to meet business needs.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or cybersecurity certifications and 1-3 years of related experience.
• Excellent knowledge of current cybersecurity tools and architecture.
• Knowledge of automation and programming would be desirable.
• English language skills (written and spoken) and ITIL experience desirable.
• Experience in security monitoring, SIEM analysis, and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Operate and respond to security events using playbooks in the SOC.
• Investigate endpoint alerts and coordinate repairs with responsible teams.
• Contribute to threat intelligence, hunting, and compliance investigations.
• Develop and maintain SOC playbooks and oversee third-party teams.

Skills

Cybersecurity knowledge

Threat hunting

Incident response

Project management

IT service management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

SIEM

Crowdstrike MDR

Microsoft XDR/Defender for Office

Automation scripting

Job description

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

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

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