SOC Security Analyst Level 2 - SIEM

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

As SOC Analyst Level 2 & Threat Hunter, you play a vital role in safeguarding an organization's digital infrastructure by identifying, analyzing, and mitigating cyber threats. This position involves using a variety of cybersecurity tools to monitor, prioritize, investigate, and respond to security incidents. Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Performadvanced analysis of security events and logsacross multiple data sources.
• Correlate events, conductdeep log reviews, analyze alerts, and validatetrue positives vs. false positives.
• Executeincident triage, classification, and prioritization based on risk and impact.
• Conductadvanced root cause analysis (RCA)to identify how incidents originated and evolved.
• AnalyzeIOCs and threat vectors, supporting detection and investigation activities.

.Analyze Network and Endpoint Events: Interpret security tools and logs from Windows, MAC, and Linux systems to identify potential threats.

• Applythreat intelligence feedsto enhance analysis for specific clients and industries.
• Identify and interpretsignals of exploitation, vulnerabilities, and security gaps.
• Collaborate with team members totune and optimize SIEM/XDR platforms.

.Provide Actionable Recommendations: Deliver recommendations and responses to clients to enhance their security posture.

• Managetechnical communication and incident escalation in accordance with defined procedures.
• Performing Intel base Threat Hunting using multiple Log Sources
• Supporting in a 24x7 Security Operation Centre (SOC) environment

Required education
Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Should be BE/B.Tech /MCA/BCA with minimum 5-8 years of expiration in cloud security or cloud infrastructure roles.
• Strong experience inadvanced log and event analysis.
• Proven ability to performalert correlation, deep investigation, and incident validation.
• Hands-on experience withincident triage, classification, and prioritization.
• Strong analytical skills to performroot cause analysis.
• Experience analyzingmalicious behaviors, IOCs, and attack vectors.
• Experience in managing SOAR related task
• Practical knowledge ofthreat intelligence consumptionand application to detection.
• Solid understanding ofMITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Ability to recognizeexploitation techniques, vulnerabilities, and security control gaps.
• Strongtechnical communication skillsand experience handlingincident escalation.
• Team-oriented mindset with experience collaborating onSIEM/XDR tuning and optimization.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Should be BE/B.Tech /MCA/BCA with minimum 5-8 years of expiration in cloud security or cloud infrastructure roles.
• Must have hands-on experience with Q-Radar SIEM, SOAR.
• Strong understanding of cloud security frameworks and best practices (e.g., CIS Benchmarks, NIST, ISO 27001).
• Experience with security incident response and remediation.

Years of Experience:
3-8