Security Engineer

Security Engineer

Apply security skills to design, build and protect enterprise systems, applications, data, assets, and people. Provide services to safeguard information, infrastructures, applications, and business processes against cyber threats.

Must have skills: Accenture MxDR Ops Security Threat Analysis

Minimum 5 year(s) of experience is required

15 years full time education

Summary: Security threat analysis and investigation skills, detection engineering, training and documentation. Networking fundamentals, device integration and troubleshooting, security threat analysis and EDR investigation skills, rule writing and playbook creation

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Handling tunings, customer requests, escalations, reporting, training.
• Life cycle management of the SIEM (Onboarding, Breakfix, Patching, Live update)
• Adhering to SOPs and notify customers on log flow/log format issues
• Incident analysis, deep dive threat hunting and investigation and root cause analysis
• Creation of detection rules, testing and implementation
• Evaluation of client detection requirements, gap analysis, fine tuning
• Playbook creation for automation and integration with SOAR requirements
• Document best practices and writing KB articles
• Identify opportunities for process improvements

Professional & Technical Skills:

• Experience in SOC Operations with customer-facing responsibilities
• Deep understanding on cyber security fundamentals, security devices, network defense concepts and threat landscape
• Hands-on experience in SIEM, SOAR and threat hunting tools
• Hands-on experience in creation of detection rules, playbooks for automation and response actions
• Desirable knowledge in any scripting language and EDR products
• Strong threat hunting and investigation skills and root cause analysis
• Knowledge on networking, Linux and security concepts
• Knowledge on security devices such as Firewall, DS/IPS, EDR, UTM, Proxy, Cloud solutions
• Knowledge on log collection mechanisms such as Syslog, Log file, DB & API
• Passion for cyber security, learning, and knowledge sharing
• Proven customer service skills, problem solving and interpersonal skills
• Ability to handle high pressure situations
• Consistently exhibit high levels of teamwork

Additional Information:

• The candidate should have minimum 5 years of experience in Accenture MxDR Ops Security Threat Analysis.
• This position is based at our Chennai office.
• A 15 years full time education is required.
• Work as part of a global security analysis team that works 24/7 on rotational shift.
• Preferable certifications – GCIA, GCFA
• Strong Verbal & written communication skills