Security Operations Centre Analyst

Security Operations Centre Analyst is part of a team that monitors, analyzes and responds to cybersecurity issues.

The Security Operations Centre Analyst investigate breaches, attacks and incidents with other team members once an anomaly has been detected.  Security Operations Centre Analyst role includes implementing and incorporating multiple tools and technologies. These tools and technologies help to find potential security threats, analyze these threats and take necessary measures to ensure the security of the sensitive information and data.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

A Security Operations Centre Analyst is in charge of monitoring and auditing the company's systems. They also keep an eye on network traffic to ensure that no suspicious behavior is taking place. Here are the responsibilities that come under a Security Operations Centre Analyst's job description:

• Monitor an organization's ICT infrastructure including monitoring security systems, apps, and networks / network traffic for anomalies that could suggest a breach or assault. 
• Detects, assesses, and mitigates security threats by collaborating with the SOC team to understand what caused the anomaly within the system and how to avoid it in the future. 
• Reacts and investigates the incidents and where necessary, collaborate with other team members to conduct additional investigations into the occurrence. 
• Populates an internal knowledge repository for cybersecurity.
• Works with other team members to ensure that the company's protocols are in place to continue functioning so that it may continue to operate safely and securely. This may involve the implementation of new systems and the updating of current ones as needed. 
• Participates in security audits in order to ensure the appropriate security measures are in place as well as to uncover any vulnerabilities, old or new, that may exist.
• Prepares and evaluates the data resulting from a security audit. 
• Keeps abreast of current on the most recent cyber threat and cyber risks i.e., phishing scams, keeping track of which bad actors are currently employing hacking tools, etc. 
• Implement and manage Security Tools
• Participates in Business Continuity and Disaster Management planning
• Provides cybersecurity awareness training to all staff as directed.
• Prepares the necessary reports for escalating the issue and for management.
• Device management

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Necessary Skills

• Network Defenders: Defending the networks from possible security threats ie monitor, analyze, and eliminate security threats from your network.  These skills to protect the company's networks from hackers' attacks.
• Ethical Hacking: Find the probable threats and protect the security networks of the company. Basic understanding of perpetrations, networks, web applications, and testing to test systems to identify vulnerabilities. 
• Response to Incidents: How to eliminate the malicious activities that are taking place in security systems and how to deal with incidents involving security breaches. Recommend changes in the security systems to stay protected from future threats. 
• Computer Forensics: Understand computer forensics to help you collect, analyze and report security data to the company's upper management. 
• Reverse Engineering: Reverse engineering to gain deeper insight into software programs, derive conclusions from it, and help develop bug fixes. 

  Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in the field of computer science or some other STEM-related subject. 
• Certification courses that are relevant to the particular discipline. SOC Analyst certification, OSINT Certification, etc.
• Must have working knowledge of Wireshark and nMap and any of the commonly used open-source SOC tools such as, but not limited to:  
• Delta, Honeynet, Lynis, Ettercap, Maltego, Infection Monkey, Snort, Vega, OpenVAS, Nagios, Wireshark, nMAP, etc

Experience 

• At least one year in a similar role in a medium to large organization.

Basic Salary

Salary Scale R22 - R16

Salaray Range EC$54,072.00 - EC$64,164.00