Associate Security Analyst

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**Your day at NTT DATA**

This role includes performing tasks such as security incident detection and response, security event reporting, threat hunting, content maintenance (tuning) and interacting with clients to ensure their understanding of the information generated, recommending client system changes as well as answering security related queries from the clients.

This is an entry level role within the Managed Services Information Security Analyst team and works under guidance of more experienced analysts within the team.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Works as part of a global Cyber Defense Centre (CDC) team.
- Works with client stakeholders and relevant internal teams to tune the MSSP platform and client SIEM to enable more efficient detection, analysis and reporting.
- Under guidance, generates continuous improvement ideas for supported security tools/technologies, to enable improvements to the company services, employee experience and client experience.
- Adheres to SOPs, customer Run Books and standard processes to ensure a globally consistent delivery whilst also proposing changes and improvements to these standards.
- Utilizes and document best practices and amend existing documentation as required.
- Support with security incident handling and response from several vectors including End Point Protection and Enterprise Detection and response tools, attack analysis, malware analysis, network forensics, computer forensics.
- Learns and utilizes a broad range of skills in LAN technologies, Windows and Linux O/S’s, and general security infrastructure.
- Ensures usage of knowledge articles in incident diagnosis and resolution.
- Under guidance, perform defined tasks to inform and monitor service delivery against service level agreements and maintain records of relevant information.
- Cooperates closely with colleagues to share knowledge and build a cohesive and effective team environment, benefiting the individual, the business and the client.
- Performs any other related task as required.

**To thrive in this role, you need to have**:

- Knowledge on implementation and monitoring of a company supported SIEM or security tools/technologies/concepts.
- Knowledge on security architecture, worked across different security technologies.
- Knowledge and understanding of the operation of modern computer systems and networks and how they can be compromised.
- Displays excellent customer service orientation and pro-active thinking.
- Displays problem solving abilities and is highly driven and self-organized.
- Good attention to detail.
- Displays analytical and logical thinking.
- Well spoken and written communication abilities.
- Ability to remain calm in pressurized situations.
- Ability to keep current on emerging trends and new technologies in area of specialization.

**Academic qualifications and certifications**:

- Bachelor's degree or relevant qualification in Information Technology or Computing or a related field.
- Security certifications such as (but not limited to) AZ-500, SC-200, Security+, CEH, or similar Certification in different networking technologies such as CCNA Fortinet, PCNSA, CCSA is advantageous.

**Required experience**:

- Minimum 2 years' experience in SOC Analysis Operations.
- Entry level experience in SIEM usage for investigations.
- Entry level experience in Security technologies such as (but not limited to) Firewall, IPS, IDS, Proxy.
- Entry level experience in dealing with technical support to clients.
- Entry level experience in handling security incidents end to end.
- Entry level experience in configuring/managing security controls, such as SIEM, Firewall, IDS/IPS, EDR, NDR, UTM, Proxy, SOAR, Honeypots and other security tools.
- Entry level experience in Security Analysis or Engineering preferably gained within a global services organization.

**Workplace type**:
Hybrid Working

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