SOC Analyst Tier 3 Guardian angel

Have you got what it takes to act as a Guardian angel for some of the worlds leading?

Your new company is a manged service provider seeking an experienced Tier 3 SOC Analyst to join their team. This will be an extremely intense fast paced role and you will be responsible for the security of assets, data and infrastructure for some of the worlds leading brands. 

You should possess in-depth knowledge on network, endpoint, threat intelligence, forensics and malware reverse engineering. Not only will you be reactive you will also acts as an incident “hunter,” and be closely involved in developing, tuning and implementing threat detection analytics.

Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following

• Assist with the development of incident response plans, workflows, and SOPs
• Deploy and maintain security sensors and tools
• Monitor security sensors and review logs to identify intrusions
• Use high-level scripting/programming language to extract, and manipulate malware related data
• Work directly with cyber threat intelligence analysts to convert intelligence into useful detection
• Collaborate with incident response team to rapidly build detection rules as needed
• Identify incident root cause and take proactive mitigation steps
• Review vulnerabilities and track resolution
• Review and process threat intel reports
• Develop and implement detection use cases
• Develop and implement IDS signatures
• Assist with incident response efforts
• Create and brief customer reports
• Participate in on-call rotation for after-hours security and/or engineering issues
• Perform customer security assessments

You will have the below experience and qualifications to be successful in this role.

• Third level Degree or Masters
• Hold a CISSP or equivalent required.
• Experience working in a SOC environment
• Advanced training on anomaly detection; tool-specific training for data aggregation and analysis and threat intelligence
• Fuse locally derived and externally sourced cyber threat intelligence into signatures, detection techniques, and analytics intended to detect and track the advanced threat
• Strong understanding of root causes of malware infections and proactive mitigation
• Strong understanding of lateral movement and footholds
• Strong understanding of data exfiltration techniques. Demonstrated ability in critical thinking, problem solving, and analytics
• Real world experience analysing complex attacks and understand TTPs of threat actors
• Experience in network/host based intrusion analysis, malware analysis, forensics, and cyber threat intel
• Knowledge of advanced threat actors and complex attacks
• Knowledge of Splunk, Check points and SIEM

Benefits:

Salary / Remuneration:  Negotiable

Benefits:  Bonus, Health Care and Pension 

For more information contact Conor Foster confidentially on +353 1 649 8506 or email your CV  conor.foster@archer.ie

I specialise in recruiting for IT security & network professionals, if you wish to discuss this or other IT security opportunities, please feel free to contact me.