Senior Cybersecurity Specialist (Splunk Architect)
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About the Role
Help AG is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Specialist (Splunk Architect) to manage and integrate SOC technologies including SIEM, EDR, NDR, VA, and SOAR. The role involves administering Splunk, developing use cases, and collaborating with clients and SOC teams.
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Responsibilities
- Administer Splunk and Splunk Apps, including developing new or extending existing Apps for specialized functionality
- Integrate Splunk with a wide variety of legacy data sources
- Design, implement, and support solutions with Microsoft security technologies such as Azure Cloud Access Security Broker, O365 ATP, Microsoft Defender ATP
- Handle implementation/deployment/support of Vulnerability scan engines with Engineering, SOC, and IR
- Manage EDR sensors including deployment, operation, management, maintenance, update, upgrade, patching, and administration
- Create watchlists to detect Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) and malicious behavior of new threats
- Assess customer needs and expectations, design solutions, and implement the design
- Serve as primary responder for Managed Security customer systems, taking ownership of client configuration issues and tracking through resolution
- Work closely with SOC team members to enhance service quality and fine tune false positives
- Develop content for SOC technologies (e.g., use cases for Splunk) in cooperation with SOC
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience supporting and maintaining Splunk SIEM & Enterprise Security
- 3 5 years of experience with advanced tuning of Splunk SIEM content
- Professional experience working with networks and network architecture
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training with experience in a Security Operations Center, Managed Security, or client network environment
- Information security knowledge in one or more areas such as EDR
- Practical hands on experience in EDR (e.g., Carbon Black), Vectra, and Microsoft Azure
- Certifications on Splunk Admin, Splunk Architect, Splunk Consultant
- Knowledge of Linux and Windows Operating Systems
- Experience with other SIEM solutions such as QRadar & LogRhythm is highly preferred
- Shift flexibility, including the ability to provide after hours support when needed
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Overview
- Help AG is looking for a talented and experienced Senior Cybersecurity Specialist (Splunk Architect) who will be responsible for the creation of procedures, implementation of process development, and maintenance of security systems across internal and client environments.
- The Senior Cybersecurity Specialist (Splunk Architect) will work closely with Management, Security Operation Center Analysts, Threat Analysts, Solution Architects, other Security Engineers, and clients to complete high profile, critical services to existing Managed Security Service clients.
- This position will be based in Riyadh, KSA under the Cyber Engineering department and will be responsible for the administration, maintenance, and integration of SOC technologies including SIEM, EDR, NDR, VA, SOAR, and other platforms.
Responsibilities
- Administering Splunk and Splunk Apps to include developing new or extending existing Apps to perform specialized functionality.
- Integrating Splunk with a wide variety of legacy data sources.
- Adapt to learn new SOC technologies from different vendors.
- Engaging application and infrastructure teams to establish best practices for utilizing Splunk data and visualizations.
- Design, implement, and support solutions with Microsoft security technologies such as Azure Cloud Access Security Broker, Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (O365 ATP), Microsoft Defender ATP, and their integrations used to deliver internet scale intelligence and managed security products.
- Handle the implementation/deployment/support of Vulnerability scan engines with Engineering, SOC, and IR Document vulnerabilities and work on vulnerability mitigation with agreed SLA.
- Document vulnerabilities and work on vulnerability mitigation with agreed SLA.
- Managing EDR sensors including deployment, operation, management, maintenance, update, upgrade, patching, and administration.
- Should be able to create watchlists to detect Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) and malicious behavior of new threats.
- Assess customer needs and expectations, design solutions to meet those needs, and then implement the design.
- Quickly build and solve a problem using a new technology to determine viability.
- Serve as a primary responder for Managed Security customer systems, taking ownership of client configuration issues and tracking through resolution.
Qualifications & Skills
- Experience and knowledge of Splunk SIEM is essential.
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience supporting and maintaining Splunk SIEM & Enterprise Security.
- 3 5 years of experience with advanced tuning of Splunk SIEM content.
- Professional experience working with networks and network architecture.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training with experience working in a Security Operations Center, Managed Security, or client network environment.
- Information security knowledge in one or more areas such as EDR.
- Practical hands on experience in EDR (e.g., Carbon Black), Vectra, and Microsoft Azure.
- General security knowledge, certificates on Splunk Admin, Splunk Architect, Splunk Consultant is must.
- Knowledge of Linux and Windows Operating Systems.
- Experience with other SIEM solutions such as QRadar & LogRhythm is highly preferred.
- Experience working with clients in a service delivery function.
- Shift flexibility, including the ability to provide after hours support when needed.
Benefits
- Health insurance with one of the leading global providers for medical insurance.
- Career progression and growth through challenging projects and work.
- Employee engagement activities throughout the year.
- Tailored training & development program.
About Us
- Help AG is the cybersecurity arm of e& enterprise (formerly Etisalat Digital) and provides leading enterprise businesses and governments across the Middle East with strategic consultancy combined with tailored information security services and solutions.
- Present in the Middle East since 2004, Help AG was strategically acquired by e& (formerly Etisalat Group) in Feb 2020, hence creating a cybersecurity and digital transformation powerhouse in the region.
- Help AG has firmly established itself as the region's trusted IT security advisor by remaining vendor diagnostic, trustworthy, independent, and cybersecurity focused.
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