Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:
The Security Analyst is responsible for the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and networks that belong to STS and STS clients. He/she is required to work on operational and consultation-based assignments as directed by their manager. The role requires working in a 24x7x365 security operations center environment with other security and networking professionals and it may require working a rotating shift.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:- Real time monitoring of SIEM solution and other security tools in a SOC environment and reporting incidents to clients within the agreed SLA
- Full Investigation and reporting of security incidents
- Execution of security assessments vulnerability scanning, and penetration testing
- Development of security policies, standards and procedures including an MSS playbook
- Mentorship of junior security analysts
- Provide weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc reports on the status of SOC operation and other security engagements at the technical and executive levels
- Stay up to date on the global and regional news related to security breaches/vulnerabilities and advise management
- Perform incident response and forensic investigation tasks
- Administration of security controls including SIEM, Firewalls, vulnerability management, IPS, etc.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer Engineering, information technology, information assurance/cyber-security, or a related technical discipline.
- 0-2 years of experience in an Information Security field.
- Relevant information in security industry certificates such as CISSP, CEH, or OSCP.
- Strong computer networking skills.
- Professional communication both written and verbal (Arabic and English).
- Willingness to work at STS office or at client’s sites to perform the tasks assigned to them.