SOC Senior Analyst

The Consultant, Senior Detection and Incident Responder (JSOC) leads cyber threat detection and incident response across all business units. This role oversees end-to-end detection, mitigation, and reporting of security incidents, manages escalation and shift operations, and ensures robust protection across both on-premises and cloud environments.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Coordinate with IT, Legal, Human Resources, and other business units to gather incident details, assess impact, and execute effective response actions.
• Lead all phases of Cyber Detection and Incident Response, including preparation, notification, response, recovery, analysis, and post-incident review.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and key liaison across organizational levels, particularly within the IT function, ensuring effective communication and coordination.
• Respond to security incidents across diverse technologies, mitigate and contain impacts, coordinate remediation efforts, and provide actionable recommendations to senior management.
• Utilize and optimize security tools including SIEM, SOAR, EDR, WAF, firewalls, email security, UEBA, and CASB platforms.
• Provide technical leadership and expertise to enable proactive detection and response to potential security threats while enhancing the organization's overall security posture.
• Collaborate with the Cyber Intelligence team to design and implement advanced threat detection logic against emerging cybersecurity risks.
• Develop, refine, and maintain Detection and Incident Response processes and procedures in alignment with operational best practices and tool capabilities.
• Document incident findings comprehensively and present reports in both written and verbal formats to relevant stakeholders.
• Assess and prioritize risks, aligning mitigation efforts with business objectives and operational priorities.
• Coordinate IT and operations teams to perform effective incident response tasks and ensure timely containment and recovery.
• Oversee and execute incident response plans, including root cause analysis, lessons learned, and continuous improvement actions.
• Identify, recommend, and implement process improvements to strengthen detection and response efficiency and overall cybersecurity resilience.

Desired Skills/Knowledge:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to perform logical problem solving.
• Possess good understanding of enterprise grade technologies including operating systems, databases, web applications, networking/security.
• Experience of working in high performing teams and understand the dynamics of teamwork in a SOC environment.
• Industry certifications such as CISSP, GCIH, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, and other cybersecurity certifications are a plus.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in any discipline with a minimum of 7 years of overall professional experience.
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity, incident response, or security operations, including detection, analysis, containment, eradication, and recovery from cybersecurity incidents.
• Strong technical expertise in threat detection, response methodologies, and cybersecurity tools and frameworks.
• Proven ability to manage complex security incidents and coordinate with cross-functional teams for effective resolution.

Work Timings:

This role will require the incumbent to be available between 1:30 PM – 9:30 PM (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally).

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹750, ₹2,500,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Provident Fund

Work Location: In person