Security Operations / SOC Analyst

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and investigate security alerts and incidents.
• Analyse security events using SIEM, EDR/XDR, identity, email, cloud and network tools.
• Investigate system logs, authentication activity, processes, DNS, proxy and email activity.
• Handle escalated security investigations and determine the appropriate response.
• Perform approved incident containment actions such as host isolation and account disablement.
• Support incident response, evidence collection and recovery activities.
• Develop and improve security detection rules using KQL, SPL, ES|QL, EQL or similar tools.
• Identify and reduce false positives through detection tuning.
• Participate in threat hunting and apply threat intelligence to investigations.
• Maintain security runbooks, playbooks and investigation records.
• Track remediation actions and verify that security issues have been resolved.
• Prepare investigation updates and contribute to security reports.
• Work closely with NOC, engineering and client teams during security incidents.
• Participate in the rotating after-hours on-call roster.
• Support continuous improvement, knowledge sharing and client onboarding activities.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in SOC, security operations or MDR environments.
• Experience handling Level 2 or escalated security investigations.
• Hands-on experience with at least one SIEM platform such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, QRadar or FortiSIEM.
• Experience with an EDR/XDR platform such as CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender or Cortex XDR.
• Working knowledge of KQL, SPL, ES|QL, EQL or similar query languages.
• Familiarity with Sigma and MITRE ATT&CK.
• Good understanding of Windows, Linux, Active Directory and Microsoft 365/Azure security.
• Good knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/TLS, firewalls, proxies and VPNs.
• Experience using ITSM platforms such as ServiceNow or Jira Service Management.

EA Number: 11C4879