IT Security Analyst Lead

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Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership & Team Management
• Lead, mentor, and develop SOC analysts and engineers.
• Manage shift schedules and ensure 24x7 coverage of SOC operations.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Security Operations
• Oversee daily monitoring of SIEM, IDS/IPS, endpoint security, and threat intelligence platforms.
• Ensure timely detection, triage, and resolution of security incidents.
• Coordinate incident response activities across IT, cloud, and business teams.
• Incident Response & Threat Management
• Lead investigations into security breaches, malware outbreaks, and suspicious activities.
• Develop playbooks and escalation procedures for incident handling.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to contain and remediate threats.
• Process & Compliance
• Establish and enforce SOC policies, procedures, and KPIs.
• Conduct regular audits of SOC processes and tools.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards (ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, etc.).

• Continuous Improvement
• Evaluate emerging threats and recommend new security tools and processes.
• Drive automation initiatives to improve SOC efficiency.
• Provide regular reports and metrics to senior management
  
  

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field.
• 9+ years of experience in cyber security, with at least 3+ years in SOC leadership.
• Strong knowledge of SIEM tools (Azure Sentinel, Splunk, QRadar, ArcSight etc.).
• Expertise in incident response, threat hunting, and vulnerability management.
• Familiarity with cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP)