Security Operations Center Analyst | 7 Year+ | Mumbai

Job Title: Senior SOC Analyst (L2/L3)

Location: Mumbai, India

Experience Required: 7+ Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary:

Senior SOC Analyst

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform

  real-time security monitoring, analysis, and incident response

  for enterprise systems, networks, and applications.
• Investigate security alerts and correlate events using

  SIEM tools

  (e.g., Splunk, QRadar, ArcSight, Azure Sentinel).
• Conduct

  threat hunting, log analysis, and root cause investigations

  for potential or actual incidents.
• Manage the

  incident response lifecycle

  — triage, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident review.
• Escalate incidents to higher levels (L3 or CSIRT) as per defined playbooks.
• Develop and tune

  correlation rules, dashboards, and detection use cases

  .
• Collaborate with IT, network, and application teams to mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Generate

  incident reports

  , maintain SOC documentation, and contribute to process improvements.
• Participate in

  security assessments, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence integration

  .
• Mentor junior analysts (L1/L2) and help strengthen SOC operational maturity.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related discipline.

• 7+ years

  of total IT/security experience, with

  minimum 4+ years in SOC operations

  .
• Proficient in

  SIEM platforms

  such as Splunk, IBM QRadar, ArcSight, or Azure Sentinel.
• Strong understanding of

  network protocols, firewalls, proxies, endpoint security, and malware analysis.

• Expertise in

  incident response, log analysis, and threat intelligence correlation.

• Familiarity with

  MITRE ATT&CK framework, NIST, and ISO 27001 standards.

• Experience with

  EDR tools

  (CrowdStrike, Carbon Black, SentinelOne, etc.).
• Knowledge of

  Windows, Linux, and cloud security (AWS, Azure)

  environments.
• Excellent analytical thinking, documentation, and communication skills.

Preferred / Good to Have:

• Certifications:

  CEH, CHFI, CompTIA Security+, GCIA, GCIH, or Splunk Certified Analyst.
• Experience in

  security automation (SOAR)

  and

  playbook development

  .
• Exposure to

  threat hunting, forensic analysis, and purple team activities.