Security Consultant - SOC

* Lead Incident Response (IR):* Act as the Subject matter expert for security incidents.* Analyze and respond to security breaches, perform root cause analysis, and coordinate remediation efforts.* Provide leadership during incident investigations, ensuring rapid and thorough handling.* SOC Automation & Integration:* Leverage Python scripting and Palo Alto XSOAR to automate security processes, streamline incident response, and enhance detection capabilities.* Design, implement, and maintain playbooks within XSOAR to address emerging security threats.* Threat Hunting & Monitoring:* Proactively perform threat hunting activities to detect advanced threats that may bypass existing security solutions.* Leverage both internal and external threat intelligence to identify and mitigate potential security risks.* OSINT Utilization:* Utilize Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) techniques to gather and analyze publicly available information for early identification of threats.* Collaboration & Communication:* Collaborate with other teams (IT, legal, risk) to align incident response strategies.* Clearly communicate complex security issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders through reports and presentations.* Provide security awareness training and mentoring to SOC analysts and other team members. Required education Bachelor's Degree Preferred education Master's Degree Required technical and professional expertise * 6+ years of experience in IT security with SOC Operations* Expertise in Security Device Management SIEM, Arcsight, Qradar, incident response, threat hunting, Use case engineering, SOC analyst, device integration with SIEM* Working knowledge of industry standard risk, governance and security standard methodologies* Proficient in incident response processes - detection, triage, incident analysis, remediation and reporting* Competence with Microsoft Office, e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, etc* Expertise in Python scripting and Palo-alto XSOAR