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Tier-1 employer, metro location, mid-level generalist SOC role, and common applicant pool drive high competition.
SOC skills transfer across industries moderately, but certifications and tool-specific experience increase domain specificity.
Mandatory certifications, explicit years bands, and SOC tool expertise produce high shortlisting strictness.
Monitor and detect cyber threats 24/7, including analyzing suspicious behaviors and triaging security alerts.
Prioritize and manage security incidents according to SOPs, including reporting, escalation, and post-incident analysis.
Develop and maintain incident management and response policies, aiming to reduce Mean Time to Detection and Mean Time to Response (MTTD & MTTR).
2-5 years of relevant experience in SOC, Incident Management, Incident Response, Threat Detection Engineering, Vulnerability Management, or related domains.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or equivalent; MCA/MBA with IT background also acceptable.
Mandatory certifications include at least one among EC-Council Certified SOC Analyst, Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator, Certified Ethical Hacker, CompTIA Security+, CompTIA CySA+, GIAC Certified Incident Handler, or equivalent.
Product certifications on SOC tools such as SIEM, Vulnerability Management, DAM, UBA, SOAR, or NBA are preferred.
Has hands-on experience working in SOC environments with exposure to threat monitoring, incident validation, and alert triage.
Comfortable managing security tools including, preferably, Splunk and other SOC security infrastructure.
Experienced in adhering to SLA/KPI metrics and improving security operation efficiencies such as reducing MTTD and MTTR.