Lead Analyst - SOC Monitoring (CPX)
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About the Role
CPX seeks a Lead SOC Analyst to manage day-to-day SOC monitoring, incident detection, and response operations in Abu Dhabi. The role requires 10+ years of experience in information/cyber security, expertise in SIEM tools, incident response, and team leadership.
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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
- Coordinate and lead incident response efforts
- Analyze and respond to complex threats using threat intelligence and advanced detection techniques
- Mentor and guide SOC analysts
- Manage and optimize SIEM tools and other security technologies
- Proactively identify threats by conducting threat hunting exercises
- Generate detailed reports on incidents, trends, and SOC performance
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or quantitative fields
- Minimum of 10+ years relevant experience in Information/Cyber Security
- ISC² CISSP, CISM, or GIAC certifications
- High level understanding of TCP/IP protocol and OSI Seven Layer Model
- Knowledge of Windows and/or Unix based systems/architectures and related security
- Expertise in incident response and handling methodologies
- Experience with SIEM tool – preferably proficient with developing correlation rules, dashboards, and custom searches
- Experience with packet capture and analysis (tcpdump/windump, Wireshark, etc.)
- Experience with host and network forensics
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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 and providing technical expertise and g
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 such as Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and CTI functions.
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 mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR).
Threat Hunting & Vulnerability Management
- Proactively identify threats lurking in the environment 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 to enhance detection posture overall.
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.
- Highly result oriented and able to work independently.
- Good analytical, technical, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to multi task in a fast paced and demanding work environment.
- Comfortable with a high tech work environment and constantly learning new tools and innovations.
- Self motivated, curious, and knowledgeable about information security news and current events.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or quantitative fields.
- ISC² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- CISM Certified Information Security Manager
- GIAC Certifications
- Minimum of 10+ years’ relevant experience or working in a large scale ICT environment focused on Information/Cyber Security.
- 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 level of knowledge of LAN/WAN technologies.
- Must have a solid understanding of information technology and information security.
- Expertise in incident response and handling methodologies.
- Knowledge of Cyber kill chain, blockchain, and other IR frameworks.
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