Role & responsibilities

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Job Description SOC Analyst (L2)

Role: Security Operations Center (SOC) – L2 Analyst

Experience
- 4–7 years of experience in Cyber Security Operations / SOC
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in security monitoring, incident investigation, and incident response

Key Responsibilities
- Investigate and analyze security incidents escalated by the L1 SOC team
- Perform alert triage, log analysis, event correlation, and root cause analysis
- Validate security alerts and distinguish true positives from false positives
- Investigate phishing, malware, unauthorized access, privilege escalation, and cloud security incidents
- Monitor and analyze security events across endpoints, networks, cloud, and identity platforms
- Coordinate with L3 engineers, infrastructure teams, and other stakeholders for incident remediation
- Maintain incident documentation, investigation reports, and ticket updates
- Ensure SLA adherence in a 24x7 SOC workplace

Must-Have Skills
- SIEM: Splunk, QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, LogRhythm
- EDR/XDR: CrowdStrike,



Microsoft Defender, SentinelOne, Cortex XDR
- Security Monitoring: Firewall, IDS/IPS, WAF, VPN, Email Security, Endpoint Security
- Log Analysis: Windows, Linux, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, CloudTrail
- Threat Analysis: IOC validation, Threat Intelligence, MITRE ATT&CK;
- Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, SMTP

Good-to-Have Skills
- AWS or Azure security
- PowerShell or Python
- Knowledge of the NIST Incident Response Framework

Preferred Certifications
- Security+
- SC-200
- CEH
- CySA+
- Splunk Certified User
- IBM QRadar SIEM Foundation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cyber Security, or a related field.

Work Location & Shift
- 24x7 rotational shift
- Willingness to work on weekends and holidays as required

Naukri Search Keywords

SOC, SIEM, Splunk, QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, EDR, CrowdStrike, Incident Response, Threat Hunting, Log Analysi

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