Safaricom Senior Cyber Defense Centre Analyst Jobs in Kenya

Safaricom Senior Cyber Defense Centre Analyst Jobs in Kenya

Job Description

Reporting to the Team Leader – Cyber Defense Centre (CDC), the successful candidate will lend support in Cyber threat detection, working in 24/7 shifts, providing eyes-on-the-glass service at the Safaricom CSOC, performing real-time monitoring and identification of security incidents.

He/She will help identify suspicious activity, open incident investigation tickets, and escalate any key concerns to Level 2/3 for additional analysis & communication. Additionally, he/she will take up tasks in threat research, threat simulation, content engineering and infrastructure management

Responsibilities

Work in 24*7 shifts performing real time monitoring of security alerts generated by various security tools deployed by Safaricom

Serves as a primary point of contact for reporting potential security incidents

Validate, classify and open tickets for security incidents

Analyze and assess security alerts and escalate to Level 2/3 analysts for further investigations and communication

Document security incidents as identified by the case management process

Provide feedback on enhancing the operations of the cyber security operations Centre

Respond to generated security alerts within the time window as defined in procedural SLAs

Pick out potential intrusions from seemingly benign sets of audit logs or security alerts

Triage (primary investigation) of detected security alerts and make necessary escalation decisions

Escalation to appropriate teams, follow ups and help during remediation.

Take part in purple team activities.

Review threat intelligence

and take part in threat intel activities.

Carry out content engineering tasks assigned.

Take up threat hunting tasks.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science/IT Security/Information Technology

Knowledge of common SIEM solutions, the purpose of them and an understanding of how they work

Knowledge of common network protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, etc.

Experience with Microsoft Windows and *NIX operating systems is required.

Knowledge and/or experience with common security tools such as anti-virus, Intrusion Prevention Systems and Firewalls is an added advantage

Knowledge and/or experience with Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) – Oracle, MS SQL, My SQL, Pervasive SQL is an added advantage

Good communication and presentations skills are required

Enthusiasm, curiosity, thirst for knowledge and passion for the job is required

Analytical thinking

Customer focused. Team spirit

Learning agility

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Safaricom Senior Cyber Defense Centre Analyst Jobs in Kenya

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