Cyber Security Analyst (SOC)

We are looking for a Cyber Security Analyst to join the Security Operations Center (SOC), responsible for security monitoring, incident investigation, and threat detection across enterprise environments. The role plays a key part in identifying, analyzing, and containing cyber threats while improving SOC detection capabilities and processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Security Monitoring & Incident Response
• Investigate and respond to medium to high severity security incidents across network, endpoint, cloud, and application environments
• Perform deep-dive analysis of alerts, logs, and telemetry to determine root cause and remediation actions
• Coordinate incident response activities with internal teams and stakeholders when required
• Ensure incidents are handled according to SOC playbooks, SLAs, and regulatory requirements
• Threat Detection & SIEM Management
• Monitor and analyze security alerts using SIEM platforms
• Tune and optimize detection rules and use cases to reduce false positives and improve detection accuracy
• Contribute to improving SOC processes, runbooks, and playbooks
• Identify opportunities to enhance SOC capabilities through automation, SOAR, and AI-driven solutions
• Provide guidance to junior analysts and support knowledge sharing within the SOC team
• Act as an escalation point for complex investigations

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms (Splunk, Elasticsearch, Microsoft Sentinel, or Google SecOps)
• Strong understanding of network, endpoint, identity, and cloud security
• Experience analyzing logs from firewalls, EDR, IDS/IPS, operating systems, and cloud platforms
• Familiarity with incident response methodologies and digital forensics fundamentals
• 3–5 years of experience in Cyber Security Operations / SOC / Incident Response
• Experience handling medium to high severity incidents independently
• Experience in regulated environments (financial services, government, healthcare) is a plus

This is on an initial 12-months contract role. (Renewable)