Senior Cyber Security Analyst

Job description

Introduction
A sneak peak into this role:
In this role, you’ll work in our IBM Client Innovation Center (CIC), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. These centers offer our clients locally-based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your Role and Responsibilities
Why you’ll love your job:
You will join IBM Security Services which is a division of IBM Consulting , responsible for delivering security services to its large global customers, alongside major digital transformation projects in the application and cloud domains. You will join a team of 20 + Security Analysts who are looking after to monitor, detect and respond to cyber threats.

You will be responsible for:
·  Monitoring systems and processes security events and incidents using established processes
·  Performing deep analysis of events and incidents escalated by Tier-1 Security Analysts
·  Delegating the investigation of detected events to Tier-1 Security Analysts
·  Determining whether critical systems and data are affected and initiating or recommending corrective actions
·  Maintaining and updating detection rulesets following established processes
·  Maintaining and updating an incident log and a lessons learned
·  Categorizing and reporting incidents following established procedures
·  Mentoring and supporting Tier-1 Security Analysts

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

·  2+ years of experience in working as a network security analyst in a security operations center
·  extensive experience with all phases of incident response
·  extensive experience in the inner-workings of Operating systems (Windows and Linux-based)
·  experience working with Splunk
·  extensive knowledge of network communications and routing protocols (e.g., TCP, UDP, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), etc.) and common internet applications and standards (e.g. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), DNS, DHCP, SQL, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS), etc.).
·  experience in programming and/or scripting languages
·  experience managing and prioritizing large volume of alerts
·  experience managing, analyzing, editing and crafting Intrusion Detection rules
·  practical experience in Information Security concepts and technology
·  excellent verbal and written communications skills
·  willingness to work in 12h long shifts

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

·  GIAC GCIH Certification
·  GIAC GCIA Certification
·  Microsoft Certified Windows Server Administrator (or equivalent Windows Certification)
·  Redhat Certified Systems Administrator (or equivalent Linux certification)
·  CISSP / CISM or equivalent certification