SOC Analyst
As part of our continued cybersecurity expertise expansion, we are seeking a SOC Analyst (IC1-G2) to join our Security Operations team located in Dublin, Ireland. This role will support and help drive the current SOC team, based in Europe, Canada, and India, under the direction of the Chief Security Officer.
The successful candidate will play a key role in developing our security capabilities, including internal procedures, security toolset development, and the growth of our SOC team. The primary goal is to reduce operational risk for customers and enhance our response to security threats.
The Role
As a SOC Analyst, your responsibilities will include:
* Incident response activities, security incident investigations, and collaboration with asset owners, stakeholders, and other teams to develop remediation plans.
* Investigating, documenting, and reporting on external security threats and emerging trends.
* Overseeing vulnerability and risk analysis for customer IT systems, enterprise applications, and cloud infrastructure.
* Building automated alerting and remediation workflows for security issues.
* Developing operating procedures for teams to integrate into their daily workflows, ensuring secure enterprise applications and infrastructure at scale.
* Consulting on technical design and engineering processes for system architectures to incorporate security as a fundamental consideration.
* Recommending security solutions to support product development and customer needs.
* Driving continuous improvement of security processes and procedures.
Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience Required:
* At least 3.5 years in a Security Operations role with experience in investigations and incident response.
* Availability to work in the office 3 days a week.
* Experience working within a Security Operations Centre.
* Proficiency with the Elastic stack (Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana) or similar SOC technologies.
* Relevant certifications such as Security+, Pentest+, CEH, ECIH, CHFI, Cisco CyberOps, GIAC, ISC2, or similar are highly desirable.
* Strong understanding of threats, vulnerabilities, exploits, and security principles.
* Experience analyzing logs, performing packet and forensic analysis.
* Knowledge of security technologies (AV, EDR, FIM, HIPS, NIPS, SIEM, WAF/DAM, DLP, IDS/IPS).
* Familiarity with network protocols (HTTP, DNS, TCP/UDP) and malware techniques.
* Practical scripting experience (Python, Perl, Bash, PowerShell).
* Understanding of databases, application development, and security assessments.
* Experience with vulnerability assessment tools like Tenable is a plus.
* Knowledge of virtualization (VMware) and cloud environments (Azure, AWS).
* Strong foundation in web security, cloud security, IAM, WAFs, intrusion detection, and application security testing.
* Experience designing and managing security solutions for complex environments.
Attributes:
* Ability to communicate complex security concepts clearly.
* Capacity to work independently and collaboratively in a large-scale enterprise environment.
* Detail-oriented, organized, proactive, and adaptable.
* Strong interpersonal skills and willingness to learn in a fast-changing environment.
Our Company
Continent 8 has powered a digital revolution with a reliable and secure edge network, spanning every inhabited continent and serving critical industries such as gaming, finance, transportation, and energy. We protect against sophisticated cyber threats and provide high-availability solutions for demanding customers worldwide.
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