Senior Security Operations Centre (SOC) Analyst

Job Title: Senior SOC (Security Operations Centre) Analyst

Location: Bengaluru (Work from Office)
Reporting To: Cloud Business Practice Lead
Employment Type: Full-Time
Budget: 6–8 LPA
Experience Required: 3–5 Years

About the Role

We are looking for a highly motivated Senior SOC Analyst with hands-on experience in incident response, SIEM/EDR tools, and stakeholder engagement. The ideal candidate will have prior exposure to MSSP environments and demonstrate strong technical and communication skills.

Key Responsibilities

Security Operations

• Monitor, detect, triage, investigate, and respond to security incidents.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and ensure quality in incident investigations.
• Operate and optimize SIEM/EDR tools such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, MDE, MDO.

Automation & Optimization

• Develop and manage automation playbooks in Microsoft Sentinel.
• Continuously improve SOC processes and threat detection capabilities.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders on MSSP projects.
• Provide weekly incident and metrics updates to leadership.
• Work with cross-functional teams to enhance overall security posture.

Reporting & Documentation

• Prepare incident reports, SOC metrics, and RCA documentation.
• Maintain playbooks, knowledge base, and process documents.

Required Skills & Experience

• 3–5 years of SOC Analyst experience (preferably in MSSP environments).
• Hands-on expertise with Microsoft Sentinel (automation, playbooks), MDE, MDO, DLP, MIP.
• Strong knowledge of SOC operations, threat detection, and incident response.
• Good understanding of network security concepts.
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management ability.
• Detail-oriented with a proactive problem-solving mindset.

Preferred Certifications

• Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200)
• Additional security certifications (e.g., CEH, CompTIA Security+, Splunk Certified) will be a plus.

Interview Mode: Face-to-Face
Work Mode: Work from Office (Bengaluru)

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹558,995.62 - ₹856,833.35 per year

Benefits:

• Paid sick time
• Provident Fund

Application Question(s):

• What is your notice period in days?

Experience:

• SOC Analyst experience (preferably in MSSP environments): 4 years (Required)
• Microsoft Sentinel (automation, playbooks), MDE, MDO, DLP: 4 years (Required)

Work Location: In person