Security Threat Mitigator

The Cyber Security Analyst role is a critical part of our organization's digital assets safeguarding efforts.

We are looking for an experienced professional to identify and mitigate potential security risks, monitor network activity for unusual behavior, and respond to incidents.

• This role requires a strong understanding of security best practices, hands-on experience with various security tools, and the ability to respond quickly and effectively to emerging threats.
• A key focus of this role is on the effective management and optimization of the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system, ensuring it provides actionable intelligence for rapid threat response.

This position will require strong analytical skills, good collaboration skills, detailed working knowledge of current and emerging security technologies, and the ability to correlate events to identify abnormal behavior.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring accurate and rapid response to security events, analyzing security logs, SIEM alerts, and incident reports to identify and mitigate risks, and responding to and investigating security incidents.

Responsibilities include conducting root-cause analysis to prevent future incidents, developing incident response procedures, providing analysis and trending of security log data from various security devices, configuring and maintaining SIEM tools to align with the organization's security objectives and threat landscape, creating custom SIEM dashboards and reports for different stakeholders to visualize critical security metrics and incident data, and documenting and updating SIEM processes and configurations.

The ideal candidate will have at least 1-3 years in a cybersecurity role, with hands-on experience in SIEM content management, network security, threat monitoring, or incident response, and strong knowledge of cybersecurity principles, practices, and technologies.

The successful candidate will also possess expertise in SIEM tools and content management, including rule creation, alert tuning, and report customization, proficiency with security tools like firewalls, IDPS, antivirus, and vulnerability scanners, knowledge of scripting (Python, PowerShell) for automation within the SIEM environment, and excellent communication skills to explain complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

The candidate will also have strong analytical skills and attention to detail, the ability to work on-call or off-hours as needed to respond to security incidents, and may require occasional travel for training or workshop.

Required Skills and Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Bachelor Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity from a recognized university or related field (or equivalent experience).
• At least 1-3 years in a cybersecurity role, with hands-on experience in SIEM content management, network security, threat monitoring, or incident response.
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity principles, practices, and technologies.
• Expertise in SIEM tools and content management, including rule creation, alert tuning, and report customization.
• Proficiency with security tools like firewalls, IDPS, antivirus, and vulnerability scanners.
• Knowledge of scripting (Python, PowerShell) for automation within the SIEM environment.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic team and contribute to the development and implementation of our organization's security strategies.

You will also have access to ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance your skills and knowledge in the field of cybersecurity.

Others

Please note that occasional travel may be required for training or workshops.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please submit your application.