SOC Cyber Threat Senior Analyst & Assistant Vice President

Citigroup Inc.; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial institution in Singapore is seeking a Cyber Threat Analyst to join its Global SOC Team. The role involves monitoring and responding to cyber threats, conducting analysis to identify potential security incidents, and improving SOC processes. Candidates should have 4-8 years of relevant cybersecurity experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to work collaboratively. A bachelor's degree is required, and relevant cybersecurity certifications are a plus. This position requires weekend work as part of a regular shift.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of relevant experience in Cyber.
• Proven influencing and relationship management skills.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to analyze network traffic and logs for malicious activity.

Responsibilities

• Analyze security events to identify potential threats.
• Drive continuous improvement of SOC processes.
• Conduct root cause analysis of security incidents.
• Stay updated with the latest cybersecurity trends.

Skills

Cyber Threat Analysis

Relationship Management

Analytical Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication

Team Player

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

The Security Operations Center (SOC) Cyber Threat Analyst will be part of the Global SOC Team. This center operates 24x7, follow-the-sun model to monitor, analyze and respond to cyber-attacks and information/data breaches. SOC Analysts are the critical first line of defense, in charge of monitoring Citi’s environment globally through state-of-the-art security detections tools, responding to security events and escalating security incidents that have potential impact to Citi.

Responsibilities

• Analyze security events to identify potential threats and intrusions. Events include but not limited to Intrusion Detection/Prevention tools, anomaly detection systems, Firewalls, Antivirus and EDR systems, proxy devices, cloud security solution and data leakage prevention system.
• Assess and investigate potential security threats sourced from other channel leveraging variety of data and tools.
• Drive a continuous effort to improve SOC process. Execute adhoc tasks or small projects as needed.
• Undertake root cause analysis of events, perform risk assessment on threat or vulnerability and make recommendations to improve detection capability.
• Drive a continuous effort to review and fine tune detection rule/use case/signature to reduce unnecessary noise and increase alert fidelity.
• Handle threat incidents call like DDOS incidents, adhoc high severity cases including collaboration and escalation to other support groups.
• Participate in daily and adhoc conference calls, self-assessment processes and documentation related tasks.
• Stay updated with the latest cybersecurity trends, emerging threats and technologies.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of relevant experience in Cyber.
• Proven influencing and relationship management skills.
• Understand the life cycle of network threats, web attacks, attack vectors, and methods of exploitation.
• Ability to conduct analysis utilizing network traffic (packet capture), web logs, endpoint logs and others to identify unusual behavior that may indicate malicious activity.
• Proven and strong analytical skills.
• Attentive to detail and possess a strong investigative mindset.
• A good team player, self-driven and able to act as individual contributor.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Relevant cybersecurity certification is a bonus.
• Regular weekly work shift will include one of the weekends (e.g., Saturday, Sunday).

Education

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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