SOC Advanced Cyber Defense Analyst (AVP)

Job Description

Principle Responsibilities:

• Provide guidance to SOC Tier 1 and SOC Tier 2 analysts
• Participate in major security events as subject matter expert.
• Proactively hunt for potential malicious activities in the bank’s environment
• Research and identify emerging cyber security threats and validate detection capabilities of existing security technologies against the threats.
• Enhance current deployment of commercial tools used by Security Operations Center.
• Development of new tools, processes and procedures to enhance SOC monitoring and analysis capabilities
• Identify redundant tasks and automate them to increase efficiency of the SOC
  team
• Utilize SOAR to develop playbooks for automating complex use cases
• Evaluate new technologies against SOC requirements in proof of concepts

Requirements:

The candidate should have Security Operations Center / Threat Hunt / Incident Response experience. He/she should be able to perform the SOC analyst Tier 2 duties in addition to following experience and advanced threat analysis skills:

• 5+ years working in the security & operations fields
• Bachelor's Degree or higher preferred
• Possess strong fundamental knowledge of network (TCP/IP) and operating system (Windows/Linux)
• Hands-on experience with cyber security solutions; SIEM, AV, NIDS, EDR etc
• Ability to investigate network traffic, read and interpret logs and packet captures
• Experience in web/shell programming and debugging codes
• Experience in cloud computing and security controls
• Familiar with malware and memory analysis techniques
• Critical thinking and analytical skills
• Good written and oral communications skills
• Team player with the ability to work independently
• Experience in Reverse-engineering of malware and/or Web application attack is a plus