Senior Analyst - Cyber Defense

Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.The Senior Analyst – Cyber Defense is in the front line of defense against cyber security incidents directed at the technology, users, cloud platforms and automated information systems of Zand. The Senior Analyst – Cyber Defense is responsible for supporting Head of Cyber Defense in performing security investigation and analysis, responding to security alerts and incidents, threat intelligence, threat hunting, detection engineering, vulnerability management and improving the security posture of the organization by ensuring vulnerabilities and threats are addressed.Key Responsibilities: Responding and investigating security alerts and reported security incidents daily and escalating to Head of Cyber Defense the confirmed security incidents which could impact the organization.Work with Head of Cyber Defense Center to perform the activities required to improve the security monitoring, cyber threat intelligence framework and vulnerability management.Work with Head of Cyber Defense Center to proactively hunt the environment for threats by performing threat hunting activities and improve detection capabilities.Manage and maintain the security operations tools such as SIEM, XDR, Vulnerability Management Solution, Web Proxy, Attack Surface Management and Brand Risk Monitoring Tools Perform regular health checks and support troubleshooting issues related to the security operations tools.Identify and onboard new log data sources for applications used in the Bank and verify user audit trails are standardized and properly logged in the SIEM platform. This includes ensuring that log sources are parsed properly and normalized as per the SIEM Platform requirements to facilitate better data analysis and investigation.Ensure all the required devices are properly onboarded to XDR Solution, DLP Solution to ensure effectiveness of the security controls such as malware detection and its associated responses.Support the Head of Cyber Defense Center to raise the presence of the bank into the cyber security community by actively sharing threat intelligence observed in the network.Attend to all service requests sent to security mailbox such as request for whitelisting URLs, investigate reported phishing emails, etc.Continually tune and improve security monitoring use cases by reducing false positive detections.Triage, investigate and respond to alerts raised from the Bank’s digital brand risk monitoring solution.Participate in security monitoring use case development by identifying gaps in security coverage and opportunities for improved actionable security monitoring.Perform other activities as directed by the Head of Cyber Defense Center to support the objectives of the Bank.Key Skills, required Qualifications & Experience: A bachelor's degree in computer science/information systems.Any relevant information Security certification such as CISSP, GCIH, e CIR, e CTHP, PNPT or OSCP.A minimum of 4 years of working experience in an information security capacity.Experience with Cloud environment, Security Monitoring and incident response.Knowledge of networking concepts Knowledge of Windows and Linux internals Understanding of attacker tools, techniques and procedure (TTPs) such as those documented in MITRE ATT&CK and MITRE DEFEND.Working knowledge of Splunk Query Language, Kusto Query Language and SIEM administration Experience with common information security management frameworks, such as NIST, ISO 27001, UAE Information Assurance Standards, PCI-DSS.Seniority level Seniority level Associate Employment type Employment type Full-time Job function Job function Information Technology Industries Banking Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Zand by 2x Sign in to set job alerts for “Information Security Analyst” roles.Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst Senior Analyst - Information Security (GRC)Penetration Testing Consultant / Cyber Security Analyst – Red Team Analyst (UAE National)– Cyber Security & Data Analytics Risk & Quality - Information Security Analyst- Associate - UAERisk & Quality - Information Security Analyst- Associate - UAERisk & Quality - Information Security Analyst- Associate - UAEWe’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #J-18808-Ljbffr