Contractor Intern

Profile: IT Cyber Defense Analyst-Intern
Location: Pune (Hybrid)
Shift: Rotational (24/7)

Required skills:
• Basic knowledge of Security Operation Center (SOC), Cyber Security, and Information Security.
• Basic knowledge about Azure, EDR, XDR, SOAR, SIEM Tools, Firewall, IDS/IPS, multi-factor authentication, encryption etc.
• Basics understandings about TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, DNS.
• Familiarity with network and application threats such as DoS/DDoS, SQL injection, XSS, reconnaissance scanning, and methods to avoid detection.
• Good to be familiar with the MITRE ATT&CK Framework and/or Cyber Kill Chain.
• Have scripting knowledge with Bash, PowerShell, or Python and the ability to use these skills to aid in responding to incidents involving Windows, Linux, and Mac hosts.
• Have strong oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities:

1. Triage security incidents identified by SOC analysts.
2. Identify enhancement to rule sets and other tool optimization to automate reporting and reduce false positives in unified SIEM and review with manager / senior team members for implementation.
3. Coordinate with SOC manager to escalate security issues to other business units including solutions development, customer hosting and corporate IT.
4. Collaborate with business units to prioritize vulnerability remediation and execution of planned activities.
5. Subscribe to threat intelligence services and monitor vendor alerts for major vulnerability disclosures.
6. Monitoring of advanced security tools, perform analysis of dissimilar indicators, correlation of multiple sources, alert & coordination of security incidents across the environment.
7. Review & analyze system logs and third-party management products to preemptively detect, take defined corrective actions and alert process/system owners to new issues.
8. Assist with creation and maintenance of security incident response procedures.
9. Participate in research and assist implementation of security tools used by SOC team.
10. Assist SOC manager with dashboards and business reporting.
11. Ready to work in rotational 24/7 shift.