Cyber Security Analyst

Title: Cyber Security Analyst

Work schedule: Rotational

Mode: Hybrid

Job Summary:

Cyber Security Analyst

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor SIEM dashboards, alerts, and security logs to detect suspicious activities or policy violations.
• Perform initial triage, investigation, and classification of security incidents.
• Respond to alerts and incidents following defined incident response procedures.
• Analyze data from firewalls, IDS/IPS, endpoint protection, email security, and threat intelligence platforms.
• Escalate critical incidents to Team Lead or incident response teams.
• Create and maintain incident tickets with detailed findings and actions taken.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of SOC processes, use cases, and playbooks.
• Assist in threat hunting and proactive identification of anomalies across the network.
• Generate regular and ad hoc reports on SOC metrics, incident trends, and findings.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 2 to 4 years of experience in cybersecurity or SOC operations & Monitoring.
• Understanding of cybersecurity principles, attack vectors, and threat detection.
• Experience with SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, QRadar, Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM, etc.).
• Familiarity with common security tools (EDR, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanners).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication skills and ability to work in a fast-paced team environment.
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK framework, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, and other protocols.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have):

• Industry certifications:

  Security+

  ,

  CEH

  ,

  GCIA

  ,

  GCIH

  ,

  Palo Alto Certified

  , or similar.
• Experience with scripting (Python, PowerShell) or automation (SOAR platforms).

Shift and Work Environment:

• Shift work including nights, weekends, and holidays (24/7 coverage).
• On-call rotation may apply.
• 2 days weekly off per week.

Hands-On Knowledge on below mentioned tools is good to have.

1. Palo Alto XSIAM / Cortex XDR
2. Recorded Future
3. Microsoft Defender / O365 Email DLP
4. Proofpoint SEG
5. Zscaler ZIA / ZPA
6. Azure Active Directory / M365
7. Intune / SCCM
8. Virus Total / CISA / CIS Benchmarking