bayt.com
Job Description
SOC analysts are the first to respond to cyber security incidents. They report on cyber threats and implement any changes needed to protect the organization.
Job duties:
- Threat and vulnerability analysis.
- Investigate, document, and report on any information security (InfoSec) issues as well as emerging trends.
- Analysis and response to previously unknown hardware and software vulnerabilities.
- Prepare disaster recovery plans.
- Watch the protected network and respond to threats and events.
- Ensure that possible security incidents are accurately identified, analyzed, guarded against, investigated, and made known.
- Implement and manage security tools
- Investigate suspicious activities, contain and prevent them
- Reduce downtime and ensure business continuity
- Provide security services to the rest of the organization
- Audit and compliance support
Skills
Technical Skills
- Network defense
- Ethical hacking
- Incident response
- Computer forensics
- Reverse engineering
Certification/Training and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or computer engineering, and practical experience in IT and networking roles.
- Experience in Network Management and Monitoring Tools and Utilities, Enterprise Network Security / Security Perimeters, TCP/IP protocol analysis, packet capture devices, Syslog, Netflow, application performance Management, Cyber threat analysis, and mitigation’s
- Very strong technical skills using a variety of COTS security tools (i.e. argus, Wireshark, tcpdump, snort, helix, etc.)
- Experience programming in multiple languages (i.e. writing analysis or response tools, automating repetitive processes, etc.)
In addition, the following certifications are a plus:
- Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate
- EC-Council Certified SOC Analyst (CSA)
- EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker
- CompTIA Security+
Must be an Arabic speaker.