SOC Engineer

Security Monitoring & Incident Detection • Monitor SIEM, XDR, EDR, NDR, IDS/IPS, Firewall, and Cloud security alerts. Identify, validate, triage, and prioritize security incidents based on severity and business impact. Incident Response & Threat Investigation • Perform in-depth investigations, analyze malware and attack techniques, identify root cause, coordinate containment and eradication, and support incident recovery. Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting • Execute scheduled threat hunting queries, monitor hunting dashboards, validate suspicious activities, and report findings. Vulnerability & Security Operations Support • Review vulnerability scan results, track remediation status, validate patch completion, and update tickets. Reporting & Continuous Improvement • Update incident tickets, maintain shift handover notes, prepare daily operational reports, and ensure SLA compliance

Desired Candidate Profile

Necessary Knowledge and Experience to be able to do the Job • 1–4 years of experience in a Security Operations Center (SOC)

• Experience in monitoring SIEM, EDR/XDR, IDS/IPS, firewalls, email security, and cloud security alerts.
• Knowledge of alert triage, incident classification, escalation procedures, and ticket management.
• Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, VPN, routing, switching, and common network protocols.
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux administration, system logs, and endpoint security.
• Familiarity with common cyber threats such as phishing, malware, ransomware, brute-force attacks, web attacks, and insider threats

Education and Certification Requirements • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.

• CompTIA Security+, CompTIA CySA+, EC-Council CND, Cisco CyberOps Associate, Microsoft SC-200
• Added advantages CHFI , DFIR Foundations

Job Specific Skills • Ability to document incidents clearly, communicate effectively, and coordinate with internal teams during security incidents.

• Basic knowledge of PowerShell, Python, or Bash for automation and log analysis is an advantage.
• Ability to analyze logs from endpoints, servers, firewalls, proxies, Active Directory, cloud platforms, and security devices.