Job Description - Threat Hunting Analyst/Senior Analyst (240001ZM)
Job Description
Threat Hunting Analyst/Senior Analyst - ( 240001ZM )
Description
1. Collect and analyse Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) to support the refine detection and response efforts.
2. Validate and provide recommendations on changes to security controls to detect and/or protect against emerging security threats.
3. Assist in evaluating the potential impact of vulnerabilities on the organization's systems and applications and provide recommendations for remediation.
4. Investigate the existence of indicators of compromise (IoCs) to uncover hidden threats and vulnerabilities, correlate and group these Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) to determine the scope and severity of incidents over Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) solution and assist in threat hunting activity prioritization.
5. Assist incident response teams in understanding the nature and source of security incidents and provide guidance on containment and mitigation strategies.
6. Conduct systematic and targeted searches across CIB hosted and extended infrastructure according to defined hypothesis.
7. Perform Threat Hunting activities through utilizing multiple security infrastructure, such as (but not limited to); EDR, NDR, Attack Surface Management, Endpoint AV, WAF, SOAR, TIP, Deception solution to detect tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of the tracked adversary groups.
8. Maintain detailed records of threat hunting activities, findings, and outcomes.
9. Assist in design use cases and rules that can detect and identify the threat according to the collected logs
10. Perform data driven threat hunting activities while abiding to Threat Intel and Hunting frameworkds.
11. Assist in developing hypothesis to identify potential security threats by conducting systematic and targeted searches across the network and systems.
12. Prepare and deliver comprehensive threat hunting reports to management, highlighting findings and recommended actions
13. Assist in designing SOC metrics, dashboards, scorecards, executive dashboards to be presented and reported based on the SOC Process document.
14. Assist in creating threat hunting dashboards for data visualization and security posture visibility.
Qualifications
Qualifications & Experience:
Bachelor Degree of Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
Minimum 3 - 5 years of experience in IT, Information Security or any related fields (5 - 7 years of experience for senior)
Experience with analysing security intelligence threats and threat actors.
Knowledge of packet capture and analysis
Knowledge of dynamic malware analysis, log analysis, and digital forensics
Experience in incident response and remediation
Very good knowledge in Operating Systems, network and application security
Experience in EDR, FWs, WAF, NDR, SIEM and TIP solutions
Proficiency in threat hunting tools and platforms, as well as data analysis tools
Knowledge of cyber threat landscapes, attack vectors, and malware analysis is beneficial
Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python) and familiarity with automation for threat hunting tasks
Recommended - one or more- of the below certifications:
o CISM
o CISSP
o Certified Threat Hunting Professional (CCTHP)
o GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
o GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
Skills:
Very good command of English and Arabic languages
Very good Analytical Skills
Good Leadership Skills
Very good Communication skills
Primary Location
: Egypt-Giza-SMART VILLAGE BLDG. 3
Job
: Back Office
Organization
: COO
Shift
: Day Job Job Type : Full-time Employee
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