SOC Analyst
Do you want to not only recognize cyber threats, but also actively contribute to ensuring that a company remains secure and operational? Then take on a central role in our Security Operations Center and work with the team to ensure that security-relevant incidents are quickly detected, assessed, and contained.
Your everyday life, only without everyday life
- You monitor all security-relevant events in our global IT systems around the clock.
- You identify and analyze security incidents and prioritize them based on their criticality, for example in Microsoft Sentinel.
- You independently derive appropriate measures from analyzed incidents.
- You filter out the truly critical security incidents from a large number of reports and initiate the necessary immediate measures.
- You respond immediately to critical incidents , lock affected user accounts, and ensure that threats are quickly contained.
- You contribute to ensuring that employees are not affected by security incidents and that business operations can continue without interruption.
Here's where you can get involved
- You independently assess security incidents and decide when immediate action is required.
- You will support the continuous development and optimization of our detection mechanisms.
- You will actively contribute to the further development of our Security Operations Center processes.
- You document and report security incidents in a comprehensible and audience-appropriate manner.
- You contribute your knowledge to internal training sessions and support professional exchange within the team.
Your environment: Team, tools, collaboration
Team & Setup
- You work in a Security Operations Center (SOC).
- You are part of a global security team.
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Tools & Working Methods
- You work with Microsoft Sentinel as well as other Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions.
- You use Microsoft Defender, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions and other detection and response tools.
- You prioritize security incidents based on defined criticality levels and initiate measures independently.
Your learning curve at COSMO CONSULT
Weeks 1 to 4: Arriving and understanding
- You will learn about our security landscape, systems, and monitoring processes.
- You will familiarize yourself with existing detection mechanisms and SOC processes.
- Initial evaluations of simple alerts under guidance.
- Getting to know the interfaces with IT Operations, Workplace, Infrastructure, Compliance, Data Protection and ISO
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After 3 months: Take over and implement.
- You independently analyze and prioritize security incidents.
- You use the security tools securely in your daily operations.
- You take responsibility in the incident response process.
After 6 months: Further development and co-creation
- You contribute suggestions for improving detection mechanisms and SOC processes.
- You will support the continuous optimization of our security monitoring.
- You actively share your knowledge within the team and support internal training sessions.
You bring the following:
- You have already worked as a SOC Analyst and are familiar with the processes and tools of a Security Operations Center from practical experience, regardless of industry or company size.
- You have excellent knowledge of IT security as well as network and system architectures and understand how attacks work and how systems are secured.
- You have experience using Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, EDR, SIEM and similar detection and response solutions.
- You can independently assess the criticality of security incidents and know when immediate action is required.
- Ideally, you have experience in forensic analysis and root cause analysis of security incidents.
- Ideally, you have experience in documenting and reporting security incidents.
- You enjoy sharing your knowledge with others and participating in internal training.
- You communicate confidently in German and English. A minimum of B2 level English proficiency is required.