Senior SOC Analyst

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of  Senior SOC Analyst

In this role, you will:

• The primary responsibilities of the Senior SOC Analyst are:
• Monitoring the entire global HSBC technology and information estate for new attacks and log them to appropriate systems.
• Triaging potentially malicious events to determine severity and criticality of the event.
• Responding to alerts from the various monitoring/detection systems and platforms within defined SLAs.
• Following detailed processes and procedures to analyse, respond to and/or escalate cyber security incidents.
• Supporting cyber security incidents through to eradication and feedback lessons learned, in to improved cyber resilience.
• Analysing network traffic using a variety of analysis tools.
• Monitoring security appliance health and perform basic troubleshooting of security devices; notify security engineering as necessary for malfunctioning equipment.
• Analysing malicious artefacts obtained from network monitoring with a focus on generation of threat intelligence and service improvement.
• Identifying and developing new ideas to enhance our detection capability (Use cases) and mitigations (Playbooks) across the security platforms.
• Reviewing and validating new Use Cases and Playbooks created by Cybersecurity colleagues.
• Researching emerging threats and vulnerabilities to aid in the identification of cyber incidents.
• Applying structured analytical methodologies to maximize threat intelligence growth and service efficacy.
• Supporting handovers to other teams and countries at the start and end of the working shift.
• Contributing to the continued evolution of hunting, monitoring, detection, analysis and response capabilities and processes.
• Training, developing and mentoring colleagues in area(s) of specialism.
• Collaborating with the wider Cybersecurity (and IT) teams to ensure that the core, underlying technological capabilities that underpin an effective and efficient operational response to current and anticipated threats and trends remain fit for purpose.
• Identifying processes that can be automated and orchestrated to ensure maximum efficiency of Global Cybersecurity Operations resources.
• Promoting a "self-critical" and continuous assessment and improvement culture whereby identification of weaknesses in the bank's control plane (people, process, and technology) are brought to light and addressed in an effective and timely manner.
• Supporting engagement in support of HSBC Global Businesses and Functions to drive a global up-lift in cyber-security awareness and help to evangelise HSBC Cybersecurity efforts and success.

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

• Experience working with Microsoft Identity technologies.
• Good investigative skills and insatiable curiosity.
• Instinctive and creative, with an ability to think like the enemy.
• Strong problem-solving and trouble-shooting skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to communicate technical topics to diverse audiences.
• Strong decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate one.
• Ability to learn quickly through hands on experience.
• Experience defining and refining operational procedures, workflows, and processes to support the team in consistent, quality execution of monitoring and detection.
• An understanding of business needs and commitment to delivering high-quality, prompt, and efficient service to the business.
• An understanding of organizational mission, values and goals and consistent application of this knowledge.
• Self-motivated and possessing of a high sense of urgency and personal integrity.
• Highest ethical standards and values.
• Knowledge of cyber security principles, global financial services business models, regional compliance regulations and laws.
• Good understanding and knowledge of common industry cyber security frameworks, standards and methodologies, including OWASP, ISO2700x series, PCI DSS, GLBA, EU data security and privacy acts, FFIEC guidelines, CIS and NIST standards

You'll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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Issued by – HSBC Software Development India