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SOC Analyst - Tier 1
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Role and Responsibilities
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Work as a Cyber SOC Tier 1 Analyst in DTS Solution HawkEye CSOC cyber command center.
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The security analyst Tier 1 monitors security events from the various SOC entry channels (SIEM, Tickets, Email and Phone), based on the security event severity, escalate to managed service support teams, tier 2 security analyst, and/or customer as appropriate to perform further investigation and resolution.
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Reviews trouble tickets generated by SIEM Leverages emerging threat intelligence (IOCs, updated rules, etc.) to identify affected systems and the scope of the attack.
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Reviews and collects asset data (configs, running processes, etc.) on systems for further investigation.
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Will actively monitor security threats and risks, provide in-depth incident analysis, evaluate security incidents, and will provide proactive threat research.
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Work closely with the Tier 2 Analyst to assess risk and provide recommendations for improving DTS Solution - HawkEye CSOC s customer security posture.
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Participate in security incident management and vulnerability management processes. Identify, perform, review or track security incident investigations to resolution and identify lessons learnt.
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Identify, perform or review root cause analysis efforts following incident recovery to enhance operations.
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Participate in evaluating, recommending, implementing, and troubleshooting security. solutions and evaluating IT security of the new IT Infrastructure systems.
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Ensure that corporate data and technology platform components are safeguarded from known threats.
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Develop, implement and test new SIEM use cases. Regularly identify and develop new use cases for automation and tuning of security tools
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Provide technical guidance to the customer s technical teams during the configuration of new log sources.
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Understanding and implementing the SOC processes and procedures.
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Follow standard operating procedures for detecting, classifying, and reporting.
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Triage events for criticality and escalate according to predefined processes incidents under the supervision of Tier 2 and Tier 3 staff.
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Communicate effectively with customers, team-mates, and management.
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Provide input on tuning and optimization of security systems.
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Follow ITIL practices regarding incident, problem and change management.
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Document and maintain customer build documents, security procedures and processes.
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Stay up to date with current vulnerabilities, attacks, and countermeasures.
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Reviews the latest alerts to determine relevancy and urgency.
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Creates new trouble tickets for alerts that signal an incident and require Tier 2 / Incident Response review.
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Manages and configures security monitoring tools (SIEM, SYSLOG, NETFLOW, FIM, SYSMON etc.)
Qualifications
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3+ years of experience of network/security architecture or operations experience
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Experience working on specific SOC/SIEM platforms
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Excellent experience in Elastic (ELK), Splunk, Wazuh, LogRhythm
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Experience in SOAR technologies Demisto, Cybersponse, FortiSOAR, Swimlane
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Excellent experience in MDR or EDR
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Experience in using security tools commercial and open source
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Experience in defensive technologies NGFW, AV, VPN, IPS, NETFLOW, DAM, WAF, Proxy, Web Filtering etc. Ability to inspect using PCAP files.
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Knowledge with Threat Hunting and MITRE ATT&CK Methodology
Certifications
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GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
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GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender (GCED) issued by GIAC
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GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) issued by GIAC
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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) issued by EC-Council
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