SOC Analyst (Tier 2)

Division : CISO

Cyber Defence Centre (CDC) is part of the Chief Information Security Office. The main responsibility of the team is to reduce the risk of Euroclear cyber threat surface by monitoring for malicious intent targeted at Euroclear’s services, it’s supporting assets and people. We do this through the Cyber Threat Management (CTM) capabilities, Security Operations Centre (SOC) which includes monitoring (Tier 1 & Tier 2), Cyber Incident & Response Team (CIRT; Tier 3) and Data Leakage alert monitoring and Threat Detection & Response Engineering Team (TDRE). This includes cyber threat intelligence, brand and digital footprint monitoring, security incident and event monitoring, cyber analytics, incident management and forensic analysis.

CDC supports capabilities within the security domain and acts as subject matter expert across all divisions in the company as well as interacts with external stake holders, including customers, oversight bodies, threat intelligence providers, compliance and third parties.

The Security Operations Centre (SOC) houses the information security team responsible for monitoring and analyzing an organization’s security posture on an ongoing basis. The SOC team’s goal is to provide 24x7x365 capabilities to detect, analyze, and respond to cybersecurity incidents using a combination of technology solutions and a strong set of processes. The SOC staff work closely with the Cyber Incident Response team (CIRT) to ensure security issues are addressed quickly upon discovery.

The SOC monitors and analyses activity on networks, servers, endpoints, databases, applications, websites, and other systems, looking for anomalous activity that could be indicative of a security incident or compromise.

Role

Candidates in this role will respond to events or conduct incident response operations according to documented procedures and industry best practices. Candidates in this role must have excellent communication skills.

Candidates will be required to participate in multiple intelligence communities and be able to disseminate pertinent information throughout the SOC.

Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in Linux and/or Windows operating systems as well as multiple security areas such as SIEM, IDS, EDR, and WAF while having a deep knowledge of networking and attack methods. Must display enthusiasm and interest in Information Security.

1. First point of escalation for the Tier 1
2. Hunting for suspicious anomalous activity based on data alerts or data outputs from various toolsets
3. Review and build new operational processes and procedures. Review the automated process workflows and provide feedback for updates/enhancements.
4. Triage and investigation of advanced vector attacks such as botnets and advanced persistent threats (APTs)
5. Advice on the tuning of IDS, proxy policy, in-line malware tools based on threat feeds, trust and reputation data, incidents, or vulnerabilities and exploits of downstream systems
6. Provide use case creation/tuning recommendations to the Security Intelligence Analyst based on findings during investigations or threat information reviews
7. Lead response actions for incidents where CIRT is not required to intervene (low/medium priority)
8. Works directly with data asset owners and business response plan owners during low and medium severity incidents
9. Performing administrative tasks per management request (ad-hoc reports / trainings)
10. Support the creation and maintenance of a knowledge base
11. Provide training, knowledge sharing sessions to the SOC team
12. Mentor the Tier 1 team
13. Support the Service Delivery Manager with reporting
    

Technical Skills

• 3+ year prior experience in a similar position
• Experience of network security zones, Firewall configurations, IDS policies
• In depth knowledge TCP/IP
• Knowledge of systems communications from OSI Layer 1 to 7
• Experience with Systems Administration, Middleware, and Application Administration
• Experience with Network and Network Security tools administration
• Knowledge of log formats and ability to aggregate and parse log data for syslog, http logs, DB logs for investigation purposes
• Ability to define a containment strategy and execute
• Experience with Security Assessment tools (NMAP, Nessus, Metasploit, Netcat)
• Good knowledge of threat areas and common attack vectors (MITRE ATT&CK)
• Nice to have:
  • Splunk and XSOAR experience
  • Experience with log search tools such as Splunk, usage of regular expressions and natural language queries
  • Knowledge of common security frameworks (ISO 27001, COBIT, NIST)
  • Knowledge of encryption and cryptography
  • Previous experience in the financial industry
  • Scripting (automation) and familiarity with Cloud (AWS/Azure)

Soft Skills

• Passion and drive to work in start-up division with potential of significant growth in scope and services
• Possess good logical and analytical skills to help in analysis of security events/incidents
• Ability to interact with staff, peers and customers on a technical and professional level
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Fast and independent learner, with ambition to self-improve
• Have good analytical skills/problem solving skills
  
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