SOC Engineer (Monitoring)

1 Year Contract - Renewable

About this role

Resident Engineer who takes care of SOC monitoring - (Customer uses Alien Vault for SOC). As an L2 SOC Engineer, you will play a crucial role in enhancing the cybersecurity posture by actively monitoring and responding to security incidents be considered for this role you will need to be a proactive problem solver willing to develop and learn new skills. This is a deeply technical role working with security products/devices.

Role and Responsibilities

• Assist in the completion of day-to-day checklist(s), including log review, alert analysis, and escalation follow up activity status.
• Perform event and incident analysis.
• Provide timely advice and guidance on the response action plans for events and incidents based on incident type and severity.
• Follow detailed operational processes and procedures to analyze, escalate, and support the remediation of critical information security incidents.
• Assist in the documentation and reporting of changes, trends and implications concerning the design and integration of evolving systems and solutions.
• Contribute to documentation owned by the SOC team including but not limited to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Remain current on cyber security trends and intelligence (open source and commercial) in order to assist in the security analysis & identification capabilities of the SOC team.
• When necessary, and with the SOC Lead guidance, devise, and document new operational procedures
• Assist the SOC Lead in relevant compliance efforts.
  
• Utilize best practice and industry standards in performing daily operations.

• An enthusiastic, well-presented, strong communicator to engage with internal clients and provide clearly understandable security advice to key stakeholders.
• A proven track record of successful delivery of engagements in cyber security;
• Understanding of the current trends, standards and developments in cyber and information security;
• Experience in identifying information risks and the application of the required controls;
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, able to priorities workload and meet deadlines.
• Minimum 2 to 4 years' experience as a L2 SOC Engineer or relevant role in SOC team.
• Degree qualified or equivalent in Information Security, IT, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related subject;
  
• Candidate must have hand's on experience for the security devices and have knowledge for the function perspective.