L2 Security Analyst

Specialized Technical Services; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in IT Software Services is seeking an L2 Security Analyst. The role entails 24/7 monitoring of IT security incidents, proactive threat response, incident analysis, and collaboration across teams. Ideal candidates should possess over 3 years of experience in security operations and demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in SOC operations or security operations systems.
• Excellent skills in data analysis and problem-solving.
• Strong expertise in SIEMSOAR technologies.

Responsibilities

• Conduct 24x7 monitoring and respond to IT security events.
• Analyze incidents for impact and engage teams for response.
• Perform threat hunting and conduct investigations on security events.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Communication

Job description

Provide 24x7 monitoring (shift based), analysis and alerting of IT Security events and incidents.

Analyze security events to verify incidents and their potential impact and risk to the clients.

Create tickets for incident alerts and prioritize, correlate, and analyze events and incidents.

Prepare and share incident analysis form to initiate response to validated events by engaging the required teams or resources to address the security incidents

Analyze recurring incidents and performance of existing systems, processes, people and ensure corrective actions are taken.

Proactive monitoring and respond to known and emerging threats against the network.

Whitelist and fine-tuning content (use-cases) on SIEM solution.

Threat hunting by identifying and hunting for emerging threat activities across all internal and external sources

Perform complex data analysis in support of security event management.

Conducting detailed & comprehensive investigation and triage on wide variety of security events and implement cleanup and remediation processes.

Participation on Incident Response that includes root cause and lessons learned.

Participation in the development of new logic and analytical capabilities.

Desired Candidate Profile

3+ years experience in SOC operation or with common security operations systems, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS/IPS), Security Incident Event Management systems (SIEM), anti-virus log collection systems, etc.

Excellent security data analytical and problem-solving skills.

Good knowledge and expertise of using SIEMSOAR technologies for event investigation

Demonstrated experience with a wide variety of security logs to detect and resolve security issues.

Demonstrated success as a member of a highly collaborative team.

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Good understanding of the incident response process

Company Industry

• IT - Software Services

Department / Functional Area

• Guards
• Security Services

Keywords

• L2 Security Analyst

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