Managed Detection and Response Analyst
2 months ago
**Position Title**
**MDR Cyber Security and TI Analyst**
**Main purpose of the role**
The primary role of the MDR Cyber Security and TI Analyst within the Managed Security Services (MSS) division is to support security monitoring and incident handling, and act as an escalation point to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets. The analyst must be capable of performing full root cause analysis and be familiar with threat hunting. They must also keep up-to-date with the latest emerging threats and vulnerabilities to be able to provide context to incidents and guide threat hunting and incident response activities.
Head of SOC & MDR
**Required minimum education and work experience**
- University education (preferred), A-level education or equivalent (required)
- Broad knowledge of security technologies and products
- Experience with EDR and/or Sysmon, Anti-Virus, SIEM, general security analytics and log sources
- ITIL proven skills in a SOC functional unit
- Must have the ability to understand large, complex systems and be able to focus on specific details or subsystems, their vulnerabilities and linkages
- Experience dealing with malware, attack vectors, and the ability to perform pattern analysis and discover root cause
- Keeping up to date with attacker techniques, such as by reading blogs and whitepapers on recent threats
- Requires basic knowledge of hardware / software architecture and domains in IT operations
**Internal contacts**
- Head of SOC & MDR
- Incident Response (CSIRT) Lead
- SOC Engineers
- Other functional peers
**External contacts**
- Client
- Vendor
**Key performance areas**
- Successful delivery of contracted services (Statement of Work) - safe clients
- Provide consistent quality client service
- Personal development
**Technical knowledge / competencies**
- Ability to reverse engineer malware to discover IOCs, identify the malware family or if it is unknown, etc.
- Knowledge of pivoting to find more artefacts related to an incident
- Knowledge of networking protocols, switches, routers etc.
- Knowledge of SIEM and querying log sources
- Knowledge of root cause analysis and escalation procedures
- Industry-specific technical knowledge, such as use of specific analysis tools
- Knowledge of CVE, “Google Fu” and threat intelligence concepts
- Writing skills - being able to articulate technical reports on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and incidents
- Troubleshooting and problem solving
**Behavioural competencies**
- Team player and team building (creation of a cohesive division)
- Able to clarify and issue and/or follow instructions in the current role - job familiarity
- Must be effective in communication - written and verbal and listening skills
- Openness of mind and curiosity
- Structured thinking
- Teachability - (having a positive attitude and a willingness to learn)
- Individual thinking within the current role
- Collaboration - willingness and ability to collaborate with other Team Leaders / Supervisors
- Action oriented - production of desired outcomes within the required timeframes
- Work pro-actively - both independently and with peers
- Assertive and confident
- Ability to handle conflict
- Ability to plan and organise work tasks
- Strong sense of felt accountability and responsibility
**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: R65 000,00 per month
Application Question(s):
- Are you a South African Citizen with full permissions to work in the country?
- How many years experience do you have working in MDR within a SOC environment?
- Are you willing to participate in a short assessment in order for our team to evaluate your level of experience?
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