SOC Analyst I

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Role: SOC Analyst I 

Salary: Competitive Basic Salary

Benefits: HMO plus 2 Free Dependents, P1,500 Rice Allowance, Night Differential.

Shift schedule: Sunday 5AM - 2PM and Monday Thursday 12AM - 9AM PHT.

Day Off: Tuesday, Friday, Saturday

Work set up:  Work from Home

Duties and Responsibilities: 





The SOC Analyst (Level 1) is responsible for:

• Initial triage of security events using established procedures, tools and monitoring platforms including, but not limited to:
  • Firewalls and network devices
  • Servers and workstations
  • Web proxies
  • Intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS)
  • Anti-malware systems
  • Security Incident and Event Management systems (SIEM)
  • Data Loss Prevention systems (DLP)
  • Advanced Endpoint Detection and Response systems (EDR)
  • External communications from outside entities, users, phone calls, emails.
• Assist senior members of the SOC with analyzing and responding to potential security incidents
• Maintain situational awareness of emerging cyber trends by reviewing open-source reports for recent vulnerabilities, malware, and other threats that have the potential to impact our client organizations.
• Document threat campaign(s) techniques, lateral movements and extract indicators of compromise (IOCs).
• Manage the Security monitoring tools, set up dashboards and alerts.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Conduct security research and intelligence gathering on emerging threats and exploits.
• Participate on shift-transition calls to ensure all open cases and tasks are properly managed and addressed.
• Periodic reporting of metrics and corresponding analysis for client review and strategic information security program adjustments and planning.
• Maintenance and management of various security technology platforms including Crowdstrike and Microsoft Sentinel.





Qualifications: 

• Highly motivated to work in information security
• Customer oriented & professional.
  
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, fluent in English.
• Ability to understand and correlate data from multiple sources, not limited to user authentication events, windows security event logs, syslog, NetFlow/PCAP data, DHCP logs, DNS logs, intrusion detections alerts, proxy logs, packet captures, and firewall events.
• Knowledge of various security methodologies and processes, and technical security solutions is a plus.
• Understanding of how both Windows, Linux and network platforms are compromised is a plus.
• Experience as a Security/Network Administrator or equivalent knowledge. Previous Security Operations Center (SOC) experience is a plus.
• Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools is a plus.
• Regular expression creation experience to support dynamic security event analysis.
• Solid understanding of IP networking fundamentals, including IPv4, TCP/IP, LAN/WAN design theory, static and dynamic routing protocols, NAT, ACLs, etc.
• Solid Understanding of TCP/IP, the OSI Model, and underlying Protocols.
• Scripting language skills in Python or PowerShell are a plus.
• Understanding of cyber forensics concepts, including malware, hunt, etc. a plus.
• Understanding how to interpret vulnerability and penetration scan results a plus.
• Configuration and knowledge of design and implementation concepts of firewall, VPN, IPS, vulnerability management platforms, and other security technologies is desirable
• Bachelors degree in Information Technology or equivalent experience preferred; background will be considered in lieu of formal education.
• Competency with Microsoft Operating Systems, including server and workstation and AD engineering and administration capabilities, is desirable
• Basic knowledge of Linux operating systems (command line and GUI) is a plus
• Expected to stay current on security industry trends, new threats and attack techniques, mitigation techniques, and emerging security technologies
• Type at least 40 words per minute
• Flexible schedule for working on nights and weekends.