SOC Analyst/Team Lead

Blake Anderson

Muscat, Oman

Ref: KP429-162

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Company: Large Consultancy

Job Responsibility:
- You will be responsible for identifying, troubleshooting and resolving security alerts for our clients through Company’s cyber security monitoring services using industry and priority systems.
- This role will require the analyst to work with a strong team of Cyber security professionals and be the first line of defence for company’s clients through using specialist SIEM, threat intelligence and other tools that will be monitored 24 hours, 7 days a week.
- Improving overall customer relations through technical delivery and communications skills. This is a shift role that offers unique flexible working hours and work-life balance.

Salary: Negotiable

Requirements

We look for people with commercial acumen who are inquisitive, versatile, analytical and ambitious. You’ll need to challenge us, act on your own initiative and demonstrate the potential to become a future business leader.

To qualify, candidates must have a real passion for Cybersecurity and a focused state of mind to be analytical and investigative to actively hunt and protect from the cyber threats we face today. We are looking for Cyber Security Operations Centre Professionals with capability and experience in some of the following areas:
- Excellent team work skills, passion and drive to succeed and combat Cyber threats
- Understanding, knowledge and preferred experience of Security Monitoring
- Understanding, knowledge and preferred experience of Cyber Incident Response
- Understanding of Cyber Threat Intelligence and the role it plays
- There are a number of additional attributes that we look for in our employees.

Knowledge & Skills:
- Degree qualified – Bachelors or Masters in a technical field such as Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering or similar field
- Omani Nationals only will be considered
- General network knowledge, TCP/IP troubleshooting
- Ability to track down an endpoint on the network based on ticket information
- Familiarity with system log information and what it means
- Understanding of common network services (web, mail, DNS, authentication)
- Knowledge of host based firewalls, Anti-Malware, HIDS, endpoint security tools
- In depth Desktop OS and Server OS knowledge
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Knowledge / awareness of SIEM technologies and platforms such as Splunk, Arcsight, QRadar or others

About the Company

Blake Anderson is a boutique consultancy based in the UK, with a satellite office in Dubai. Specialising in Technical and Construction Recruitment, Blake Anderson provides a superior service to clients and candidates within the construction and technical sectors.

We concentrate on placing professionals throughout the world, focusing mainly on the Middle East and Asia, drawing on both the global and local markets for highly qualified professionals. In order to attract the best talent, we invest in various high-end advertising mediums.

With a database of 1,000's of candidates, our experienced consultants have a wealth of recruitment knowledge and have a consultative approach at all times, ensuring a second to none service.

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