(A-IT Software - 3200) Security Engineer SOC operation

This Security Engineer role will support the day-to-day operations and the maintenance of the organization’s security suite of products with key objectives in maintenance, development, and enhancement of the detection, prevention, response, and monitoring capabilities of GSOC.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and support the organization’s security endpoint deployment and infrastructure.

• Support a wide array of security solutions and infrastructure deployed within the organization.

• Propose, develop, test, and manage application, system and infrastructure changes, upgrades, troubleshooting, patch, and improvements.

• Drive upgrades and migration to ensure solutions and or related platform are maintained in operational conditions with proper documentation and RCA.

• Suggest new process improvements to optimize the current workflow.

• Manage and coordinate change process engagement with regards to current security solutions.

• Support for all audit requests and provide timely resolution for the findings  

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Others:

• Work within established practices and handling guidelines to triage and support the maintenance of the organization’s security solutions.

• Work with internal and external engineers in technical discussions, troubleshooting sessions and forums.

• Able to respond to any requests, provide clear advice and recommendations.

• Able to work independently with minimal guidance.

• Able to establish effective communication across different stakeholders.

• Able to prioritize and manage tasks based on a given set of deliverables and timeline

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Requirements

Education

• ITC/Diploma/Degree in engineering/Computer Science / IT/Cyber Security from a recognized education institution

• Professional or vendor-specific security solutions related qualification (e.g., Microsoft, AWS, GCP, Palo Alto Networks, McAfee, Splunk, Cisco, etc…) will be favorable although not mandatory 

Technical Skills

• Overall 5+ years of working experience 

• 3+ years of relevant security experience in similar capacity 

• Good knowledge in network and endpoint security (i.e. Firewalls, WAF, IDS, IPS, VPN, HIPS, ADS and TCP/IP protocols)

• Hands-on experience in Unix/Linux and Windows system administration

• Hands-on experience in EDR, SIEM and Anti-virus security solutions

• Good understanding of network protocols and troubleshooting

• Minimal 2 – 3 years of relevant working experience in a SOC environment and understands related processes will be an added advantage

Soft Skills

• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Process and procedure adherence

• Strong analytical and problem solving skill

• Effective time management and organizational skills.

Other Requirements

• Willingness to perform on-call duties.

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