Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) Analyst (English Speaker)
Description
Responsibilities:
- Perform triage, analysis, and escalation of security alerts across SIEM, EDR/XDR, WAF, email security, and cloud log sources, coordinating with our MSSP where relevant.
- Own incidents end-to-end — triage through resolution through "what changed afterward" — and turn that work into documented playbooks and updated detection logic, not just closed tickets.
- Develop, tune, and validate SIEM detection rules (ES|QL/EQL/KQL or equivalent), including running detection validation exercises against existing use cases to confirm they actually fire.
- Convert threat intelligence feeds and scheduled hunting queries (e.g., lookalike domain alerts, anomalous auth events) from passive detection into defined, actionable response — closing the loop between "we saw it" and "we did something about it."
- Support the build-out of an insider threat monitoring program, including identity and privileged-access anomaly detection.
- Understand our detection tooling and log source pipelines (maintained day-to-day by our MSSP) well enough to confirm they're onboarded correctly and actually working — you're not expected to build or maintain this tooling yourself, but you need to be able to verify it.
- Track and report CSOC performance metrics (MTTD/MTTR, false-positive rates, MSSP SLA adherence) to support continuous improvement of operations.
- Write and maintain operational documentation, playbooks, and detection rule rationale so institutional knowledge isn't concentrated in one or two people.
- Contribute to automation of repetitive triage and enrichment work (scripting, workflow tools) to reduce manual toil across the team.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders and regional partners, where Chinese language skills may be required.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 3-4 years of experience in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or equivalent security monitoring/detection engineering role.
- Hands-on experience with SIEM tools, including: 1. Detection rule and use case development, and the ability to reason about whether a rule actually detects what it claims to (detection validation mindset, not just rule-writing). 2. Query/rule-writing experience in ES|QL, EQL, KQL, or equivalent. 3. Alert triage, enrichment, and case management with ticketing systems. 4. Comfort reading raw logs (auth events, CloudTrail-style audit logs, process trees) without relying solely on pre-built dashboards.
- Working knowledge of Python or similar scripting for automation, log parsing, or extending existing tooling — enough to pick up and modify scripts someone else wrote, not build from scratch.
- Knowledge of common attack techniques, malware behavior, and network security principles, with familiarity mapping detections to MITRE ATT&CK.
- Familiarity with incident response frameworks (e.g., NIST, SANS) and a track record of writing playbooks or documentation from real incidents.
- Exposure to identity/IAM log analysis or insider threat / UEBA concepts is a strong plus, given active program build-out.
- Good understanding of cloud security (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and comfort across varied operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS).
Nice to Haves
- Familiarity with atomic-level adversary emulation using Atomic Red Team or equivalent framework, for the purpose of validating that detections fire as expected.
- Effective communication and documentation skills.
- Chinese language proficiency (reading, writing, and/or speaking) is a strong advantage.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, GCIH, GCFA, CompTIA Security+, CySA+, CEH, or similar) are desirable.
Perks & Benefits
- Competitive total compensation package.
- Various team-building programs and company events.
- And many more! Apply and let us tell you more!
Skills
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