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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in monitoring and analyzing security alerts using SIEM, EDR, SSE, and WAF platforms, with a strong focus on incident response, threat hunting, and vulnerability management. Proficient in developing technical documentation and collaborating across teams to enhance the organization's security posture.
Highest-signal resume keywords
SOC Analyst ExperienceIncident ResponseThreat HuntingMITRE ATT&CK FamiliarityEDR, SSE, SIEM, WAF Knowledge
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Hard Skills
Security Incident InvestigationAlert TriageEndpoint SecurityNetwork SecurityCloud SecurityZero Trust PrinciplesDetection Content TuningVulnerability ManagementTechnical DocumentationIncident Response Playbooks
Soft Skills
Analytical SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsAttention to DetailCommunication SkillsCollaboration Skills
Tools & Technologies
SIEM PlatformsEDR PlatformsSSE PlatformsWAF PlatformsThreat Intelligence Tools
Certifications & Qualifications
Security+CySA+GCIAGCIHBTL1
Industry Keywords
CybersecurityIncident ResponseThreat HuntingSecurity PostureMITRE ATT&CK
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesCloudCyber Security
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Monitor, triage, and analyze security alerts and events from SIEM, EDR, SSE, and WAF platforms
- Investigate security incidents end to end through triage, analysis, containment, eradication, and post-incident documentation
- Coordinate with relevant teams during incident investigations
- Determine the scope, severity, and impact of security events
- Separate true positives from false positives and escalate confirmed incidents
- Execute response actions such as isolating endpoints, blocking indicators, disabling compromised accounts, and enforcing access restrictions
- Perform structured shift handovers across regions in the follow-the-sun model
- Threat hunt across endpoint, network, and log data, mapping findings to MITRE ATT&CK
- Provide feedback on detection quality and tune SIEM correlation rules, EDR custom detections, and WAF rules
- Enrich investigations with threat intelligence, indicators of compromise, attacker techniques, and emerging campaigns
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, standard operating procedures, and incident response playbooks
- Collaborate with IT, infrastructure, application, and security engineering teams
- Support vulnerability management and continuous improvement of the organization's security posture
- Report to the SOC Lead
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience as a SOC Analyst, triaging alerts and investigating security incidents in a production environment
- Solid working knowledge of EDR, SSE, SIEM, and WAF
- Hands-on experience implementing, configuring, and tuning security platforms, or writing and tuning detection content, is a big plus
- Experience with incident response and threat hunting
- Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework is ideal
- Excellent understanding of network security, endpoint security, cloud security, and Zero Trust principles
- Relevant certifications such as Security+, CySA+, GCIA, GCIH, BTL1, or vendor-specific credentials are a plus
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail
- Ability to handle sensitive information responsibly and securely
- Good written and verbal communication skills in English
- Ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams and across time zones
- Comfortable working independently in a remote, follow-the-sun team
Benefits
Comp & perks- Fully remote work
- Global remote team and follow-the-sun work model
- Opportunity to collaborate with global fintech and digital finance experts
- Professional development through hands-on work with security platforms, threat hunting, and incident response
- Flexible remote setting
- Global team collaboration across time zones
