Senior Specialist: Cybersecurity Threat Analyst

1 month ago

Johannesburg, Saudi Arabia Nexio Full time

ROLE REQUIREMENT

  • Is familiar with the tactical and long-term vision across the Cyber Security function.
  • Adheres to the standard operating procedure and playbooks in the SOC.
  • Direct impact on the SOC performance.
  • Impacts on team’s runbooks and operational processes in the SOC Service.
  • Provides security incident handling and technical guidance to SOC Teams.
  • Gives regular, comprehensive, and constructive feedback, and coaching and mentoring to the team.
  • Mentor junior analysts to enhance their effectiveness in their roles.
  • Proactively hunt for advanced threats and conduct in-depth research and analysis.
  • Monitor network traffic, analyze data, and identify suspicious activity.
  • Investigate incidents, determine root causes, and provide incident response support.
  • Develop secure network designs, protection strategies, and audits for information security infrastructure.
  • Research and maintain proficiency in computer exploitation tools, attack techniques, and emerging threat sources.
  • Contribute to a comprehensive risk management program, identifying critical processes, threats, and vulnerabilities.
  • Lead Red Team/Blue Team exercises and identify gaps in monitoring tools and processes.
  • Develop playbooks for various incident scenarios and possess knowledge of automation processes.
  • Apply security settings and commercial best practices, including SIEM analysis operations.
  • Analyze incidents from various sources, combined with threat intelligence feeds into the SIEM.
  • Offer subject matter expertise in developing a common operational picture and maintaining a common intelligence picture.
  • Assist in coordinating, validating, and managing all-source collection requirements and intelligence activities.
  • Conduct nodal analysis, evaluate threat decision-making processes, and identify intelligence gaps.
  • Monitor and report changes in threat activities, tactics, capabilities, and objectives.
  • Produce timely and fused cyber operations intelligence products, threat assessments, and briefings.
  • Support planning, developmental forums, and working groups with subject matter expertise.
  • Provide intelligence analysis and support for exercises, planning activities, and time-sensitive operations.
  • Report significant network events, intrusions, and intelligence-derived information.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders, analysts, and managers to ensure accurate intelligence requirements and collection plans.

Additional Information:

  • Individuals at this level have fully developed knowledge of best practices in security incident handling in an established SOC.
  • Able to build strong interpersonal relationships with the SOC team and customer stakeholders.
  • Excellent communication skills and communication of complex information to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Confident in producing and presenting work.
  • In-depth understanding of best security incident analysis and incident handling practices, Strong knowledge of networking protocols, operating systems, and security architecture in an established SOC.
  • Proficiency in security tools such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR, and network analyzers.

TECHNICAL / PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

  • Adhere to operational processes in the NIST CSF and MITRE ATT&CK framework
  • Proficient in advanced threat-hunting methodologies and techniques to proactively identify and investigate potential security threats and apply playbooks.
  • Prior experience to advise, plan, deploy, configure, manage, and monitoring large-scale and complex cyber defence and IT risk management and information or cybersecurity solutions.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

  • Grade 12
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications
  • One or more of these industry Cybersecurity Certifications: CISSP-ISSEP, CISSP-ISSAP, GIAC Certified Incident Handler GCIH, Certified Computer Security Incident Handler CSIH, CEH, OSCP, CompTIA
  • Minimum of seven 7 years of work experience, and three 3 years of relevant experience in an established SOC and information security/cybersecurity
  • Ability to lead exercises, develop playbooks, and automate processes.
  • Experience with a ticketing system such as BMC Remedy.
  • Basic Linux and Windows Server experience.
  • Experience working with cloud environments Amazon Web Services Security is desirable.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
  • Strong communication and collaboration abilities with various stakeholders.
  • Experience with securing various environments preferred.
  • Experience in working across security frameworks and technologies.
  • Possess very good knowledge of technological advances within the information security area
  • Demonstrate in-depth solution and service knowledge

LEADERSHIP COMPTENCY REQUIRED

  • Strategic Vision: Develop and articulate a strategic vision for the organization's threat-hunting capabilities.
  • Decision-Making: Assess complex situations, prioritize actions, and make sound judgments.
  • Collaboration and Influence: Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
  • Strategic Partnerships: Build and maintain strategic partnerships with external organizations.
  • Mentorship and Development: Mentor and develop junior analysts, fostering a culture of learning.
  • Change Management: Lead and manage change within the cybersecurity organization.
  • Ethical Leadership: Maintain integrity, professionalism, and promote ethical behavior.
  • Crisis Management: Effectively respond to and manage cybersecurity incidents.
  • Responsive to Requests: Responsiveness to reasonable customer, supplier, and management requests.
  • Attention to Detail: Pay attention to detail and ensure deliverables undergo quality reviews.
  • Proactive and Reliable: Be proactive, innovative, and demonstrate reliability.
  • Customer-Centric Approach: Put the customer first and go the extra mile in the company's best interest.
  • High-Performance Team Player: Positively contribute to the high-performance team and develop positive relationships.
  • Emotional Intelligence and Integrity: Demonstrate emotional intelligence and act with integrity.
  • Teamwork and Collaboration: Work well with others and maintain a high-performance team ethic.
  • Excellent Communication Skills: Be an excellent communicator and collaborator.
  • Willingness to Learn: Be open to learning a range of security technologies and platforms.

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