Senior SOC Analyst

11 - 21 years

10 - 20 Lacs

Posted:-1 days ago| Platform: Naukri logo

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Job Description

SUMMARY
  • Monitor alerts generated by Microsoft Sentinel and Defender platforms.
  • Investigate alerts, validate malicious activity, and escalate or remediate per defined playbooks.
  • Respond to cyber events including phishing, malware, credential abuse, lateral movement, cloud attacks, identity threats, and endpoint intrusions.
  • Conduct hypothesis-based and intel-driven hunts using KQL, UEBA, IOC feeds, TI enrichment, and Defender telemetry.
  • Execute automated and semi-automated workflows; provide feedback for logic improvements.
  • Determine severity, containment strategies, and response paths following MITRE ATT&CK and NIST IR lifecycle frameworks.
  • Maintain accurate case records, timelines, evidence, analyst notes, and RCA documentation in SOC platforms (ServiceNow/Jira/Sentinel Cases).
  • Recommend improvements for tuning alerts, refining rules, reducing false positives/negatives, and enhancing watchlists.
  • Create customer-facing IR summaries detailing severity, impact, timeline, outcome, and lessons learned.
  • Operate within SLA/OLA targets and ensure compliance with security frameworks and customer policy requirements.


Requirements

  • Relevant SOC Experience: 4+ years
  • Cybersecurity Experience: 2-7+ years
  • Hands-on Microsoft Security Stack experience
  • Microsoft Sentinel SIEM Operations
  • KQL Querying and Log Analysis
  • Microsoft Defender XDR (Identity, Endpoint, Email, Cloud Apps)
  • Security Incident Response & Forensics
  • SOAR (Logic Apps awareness, runbook execution)
  • Cloud Security (Azure, Entra ID)
  • Threat Intelligence & MITRE ATT&CK Mapping
  • Network, Host, and Identity Security Fundamentals
  • Experience with EDR platforms (Defender, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne)

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