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Your Role And Responsibilities Handson experience of SOC operations leveraging Palo Alto security stack including Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM, Cortex XSOAR, and Cortex XDR

Drive end-to-end security monitoring, detection, and response strategy using XSIAM’s unified data and analytics capabilities

Oversee incident lifecycle management for critical and high-severity incidents ensuring timely containment and resolution

Design and implement detection use cases, correlation rules, and analytics aligned with MITRE ATT&CK;

Lead automation initiatives by building and optimizing playbooks in XSOAR to reduce manual effort and improve MTTR

Manage and optimize XDR policies for endpoint protection, behavioral detection, and threat prevention

Provide strategic direction for log ingestion, data onboarding, and normalization within XSIAM





Conduct advanced threat hunting leveraging XDR telemetry, causality chains, and behavioral analytics

Act as escalation point for L2/L3 analysts and guide complex investigations and RCA

Drive continuous improvement of SOC maturity, detection coverage, and response capabilities

Collaborate with network, cloud, and IR teams to ensure integrated security operations across environments

Monitor and report SOC KPIs such as MTTD, MTTR, alert fidelity, and automation efficiency

Ensure compliance with security frameworks and audit requirements

Lead stakeholder communication including executive reporting, incident briefings, and risk updates

Mentor and develop SOC team members, ensuring skill enhancement on Palo Alto platforms

Stay updated with latest threat landscape, Palo Alto feature enhancements, and industry best practices Preferred Education Master's Degree Required Technical And Professional Expertise Hands-on experience with SIEM/XDR platforms ,Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM

Basic scripting skills (Python, PowerShell, or Bash) for automation and enrichment

Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving capability Preferred Technical And Professional Experience Experience in purple teaming, attack simulation, or detection validation

Understanding of compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST, CIS)

Experience in API integrations and advanced automation use cases

Ability to create dashboards, reports, and SOC metrics (MTTD, MTTR, SLA tracking)

📌 Security Consultant - SOC (XSIAM) (Mumbai)
🏢 IBM
📍 Mumbai