Lead Analyst - SOC Monitoring CPX
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About the Role
CPX is seeking a Lead SOC Analyst to manage daily SOC monitoring, incident detection, and response operations. You will lead a team, coordinate incident response, optimize security tools, and ensure compliance.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and manage daily SOC activities and ensure efficient monitoring of security systems
- Oversee the triage, investigation, and resolution of security incidents
- Ensure incident handling aligns with defined SLAs and escalation procedures
- Coordinate and lead incident response efforts
- Analyze and respond to complex threats using threat intelligence and advanced detection techniques
- Oversee triage, investigation, and remediation of security events and incidents
- Lead major incident investigations and coordinate with other teams
- Mentor and guide SOC analysts
- Conduct training sessions and promote continuous learning
- Manage and optimize SIEM tools and other security technologies
- Ensure effective integration of tools for comprehensive monitoring
- Correlate security events from SIEM, EDR, Firewall, IDS/IPS etc.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or quantitative fields
- Minimum of 10+ years relevant experience in Information/Cyber Security in a large scale ICT environment
- CISSP, CISM, or GIAC certifications
- High level understanding of TCP/IP protocol and OSI Seven Layer Model
- Knowledge of security best practices and concepts
- Knowledge of Windows and/or Unix based systems/architectures and related security
- Sound knowledge of LAN/WAN technologies
- Expertise in incident response and handling methodologies
- Knowledge of Cyber kill chain, blockchain, and other IR frameworks
- Knowledge of Defense in depth techniques
- Knowledge of security event correlation and analytics tools
- Skill in recognizing and categorizing types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks
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Overview
- The Lead SOC Analyst is responsible for managing the day to day activities of the SOC Monitoring, Incident Detection, and Response Operations.
- The role involves collaborating with internal and client teams to identify and respond to threats and vulnerabilities.
SOC Operations Management
- Lead and manage daily SOC activities and ensure efficient monitoring of security systems.
- Oversee the triage, investigation, and resolution of security incidents.
- Ensure incident handling aligns with defined SLAs and escalation procedures.
Incident Response & Threat Management
- Coordinate and lead incident response efforts.
- Analyze and respond to complex threats using threat intelligence and advanced detection techniques.
- Oversee triage, investigation, and remediation of security events and incidents.
- Lead major incident investigations and coordinate with other teams.
Team Leadership & Development
- Mentor and guide SOC analysts.
- Conduct training sessions and promote continuous learning.
Security Tools & SIEM Management
- Manage and optimize SIEM tools and other security technologies.
- Ensure effective integration of tools for comprehensive monitoring.
- Correlate security events from SIEM, EDR, Firewall, IDS/IPS etc.
- Validate and fine tune detection rules, correlation searches, and threat models.
- Identify automation opportunities to reduce MTTD and MTTR.
Threat Hunting & Vulnerability Management
- Proactively identify threats by conducting threat hunting exercises.
- Oversee vulnerability scanning and patch management.
- Work closely with CTI and Threat Hunters to integrate IOCs, TTPs, and MITRE ATT&CK coverage.
Reporting & Compliance
- Generate detailed reports on incidents, trends, and SOC performance.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
- Provide regular operational metrics and incident reports to senior management.
Collaboration & Strategy
- Work closely with IT, Cloud, Application, Risk, and Security teams for cross functional incident handling.
- Contribute to the development of security policies and procedures.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or quantitative fields.
- ISC² CISSP, CISM, or GIAC Certifications.
- Minimum of 10+ years relevant experience in Information/Cyber Security in a large scale ICT environment.
- High level understanding of TCP/IP protocol and OSI Seven Layer Model.
- Knowledge of security best practices and concepts.
- Knowledge of Windows and/or Unix based systems/architectures and related security.
- Sound knowledge of LAN/WAN technologies.
- Expertise in incident response and handling methodologies.
- Knowledge of Cyber kill chain, blockchain, and other IR frameworks.
- Knowledge of Defense in depth techniques.
- Knowledge of security event correlation and analytics tools.
- Skill in recognizing and categorizing types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks.
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