This is a remote position.

Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst / Engineer

Job Details

- Employment Type: Contract

- Work Mode: Remote

- Location: Offshore

- Total Experience Required: 4 to 7 years

- Relevant Experience Required: 3+ years of dedicated experience working within a 24/7 SOC environment running threat detection and incident response

- Mandatory Certification: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), CompTIA Security+, CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker), or GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced SOC Analyst / Engineer to monitor, detect, analyze, and respond to cyber threats across our global enterprise infrastructure. The ideal candidate will orchestrate real-time security incident monitoring using advanced SIEM/SOAR platforms, perform deep technical analysis of anomalous events, and execute rapid containment workflows to safeguard business networks.

Key Responsibilities

- Monitor real-time enterprise security alerts across a multi-tenant infrastructure, parsing telemetry data from SIEM, EDR, firewalls, network sensors, and cloud logs.

- Lead incident triage and analysis tracks, investigating anomalous events, identifying true positives, and prioritizing security alerts based on risk and operational impact.

- Execute rapid threat containment workflows, neutralizing live compromises, isolating infected endpoints, disabling compromised accounts, and revoking unauthorized access tokens.

- Configure and tune SIEM correlation rules (e.g., Splunk,



Microsoft Sentinel) to enhance detection accuracy and systematically eliminate noise and false positives.

- Develop and automate SOAR playbooks (e.g., Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR) to streamline recurring incident response actions and shorten mean time to remediate (MTTR).

- Perform detailed malware analysis and threat hunting sweeps, evaluating suspicious files, malicious scripts, phishing vectors, and indicators of compromise (IOCs).

- Document and report post-incident reviews, mapping threat behaviors directly to the MITRE ATT&CK; framework, identifying detection gaps, and tracking infrastructure remediation needs.

Requirements

- 4 to 7 years of core IT systems security experience, with 3+ dedicated years actively executing real-time threat detection and incident response in a mature SOC.

- Solid technical mastery of enterprise SIEM environments, Endpoint Detection and Response tools (EDR/XDR like CrowdStrike, Defender for Endpoint), and packet capture analysis software (Wireshark).

- Deep structural understanding of network architecture, TCP/IP protocols, common attack vectors, application vulnerabilities, and modern operating system security.

- Mandatory certification: Security+, CEH, GCIH, or CISSP.

Preferred Qualifications

- Prior experience writing detection rules using KQL, YARA, or Sigma formatting rules.

- Familiarity with scripting languages (Python, PowerShell) to extend custom security tool automations and log parsing logic.

📌 Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst / Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 FyerX
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