Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Cyber Security Analyst to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 5-6 years of hands-on experience in the field of cybersecurity and must be willing to work in a 24/7 shift rotation schedule. This position requires a proactive individual with strong analytical skills and a deep understanding of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.

Job Responsibilities:

Monitor, analyze, and respond to security alerts and incidents in a timely manner to mitigate potential threats.
Conduct regular security assessments and audits to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses in systems, networks, and applications.
Provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities.
Use cyber tools for continual monitoring and analysis of the system to identify malicious activity.
Document, analysis and escalate incidents (including events history, status, and potential impact for further action) that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment.
Coordinate with enterprise-wide cyber staff to validate security alerts.
Provide summary reports of security events and activity relevant to cyber practices.
Prepare Incident Reports on high severity incidents.
Execute daily ad hoc tasks or lead projects as needed.
Work with internal experts/external vendors to resolve technical issues.
Job Requirements:

5-8 years minimum work experience in an IT environment.
Degree in Information System/Information Security from a recognized institution. Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, Networking, Operating Systems and Cyber Security Concepts.
Excellent communication skills.
Experience in threat investigations would be preferred.
Strong knowledge of network security principles, protocols, and technologies.
Experience with security information and event management (SIEM) tools such as Microsoft Sentinel.
Familiarity with endpoint protection platforms like Microsoft Defender and CarbonBlack etc.
Willing to work in US shift.
Flexibility to work in a 24/7 shift model, including nights, weekends, and holidays, as required.
Hold one or more tech certification (e.g. MCP, MSCE, CCNA Security, Security+) or other Microsoft Cyber related certifications would be an advantage.
Knowledge of commonly-accepted information security principles and practices, as well as techniques attackers would use to identify vulnerabilities, gain unauthorized access, escalate privileges and access restricted information.
Solid understanding of threats reported by various data sources such as IDS/IPS, AV, HIDS/HIPS, WAFs, firewalls, and web proxies.
Strong knowledge of Windows Operating Systems, Identity and Access Management, Microsoft 365 ecosystem
Experience in digital forensics and understanding of malware analysis
Knowledge on following topics
Application Security
Cloud Security
OWASP

Role: Cyber Security
Industry Type: IT Services & Consulting
Department: IT & Information Security
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Role Category: IT Security

Education
UG: Any Graduate

Key Skills
Cyber Security Penetration Testing SIEM Vulnerability Management Threat Analysis