Sr Security Analyst

About Lumen

Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up – committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress.

We’re looking for top-tier talent and offer the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Join us as we digitally connect the world and shape the future.

The Role

A pivotal role in the APAC Security Operations Center (SOC) responsible for operation, maintenance, and monitoring of Security portfolio.  This role performs security event management functions - monitoring, detection, triage of security events and alerts in SIEM and associated monitoring systems. Provides mentoring, training and escalation support to the Security Analysts. As a Senior SOC Analyst, you will learn how to work with various platforms including SIEM, SOAR, EDR, NDR, CNAPP, UEBA and OT platforms to monitor security events, prioritize alerts, investigate & remediate incidents and how to help our customers by identifying security threats and preventing data breaches.

Support Hour: Office Hour Work (may change to shift work)

The Main Responsibilities

• Monitor, triage and response to alerts for client security events detected on the various monitoring system.
• Investigation and resolution of outage or abnormal behavioral scenarios on MSS products.
• Research and implement customer generated change requests for MSS products.
• Generate incident cases and escalate to superordinate teams in accordance with time and severity-based SLA’s;
• Perform tasks associated with the installation, turn up and maintenance of Lumen security infrastructure.
• Manage technical workload and engage Incident Response Analysts and management
• Inclusive of serving as the technical escalation by the L1 SOC Analyst
• Perform complex changes within the managed security environment and manage and resolve customer fault and service outage / impairment events.
• Present as technical expert delivering solutions to clients, internal business and third-party vendors.
• Develop enhancements to existing solutions, promote creation of new tools, processes and applications such as alert fine-tuning, create, review and/or update of existing SOPs
• Directly support, train and mentor the Security Analysts.
• Participate in company sponsored job related activities plus training to further develop your management and technical skills.

What We Look For in a Candidate

• 2-5 years of professional work experience in Information Security with SOC environment
• Relevant security certifications (e.g. CompTIA CySA+, CISSP, SANS GIAC);
• Working towards completion or has a BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline or equivalent experience;
• Fluent in both Japanese and English
• Strong understanding of threat landscape and expert analytical skills to define risk, identify potential threats, document and develop action/mitigation plan;
• A passion for information security and data security;
• Knowledge/experience with Operating Systems (e.g. Windows Server, CentOS Linux);
• Knowledge/experience with public Cloud infrastructure providers (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP) and understanding of cloud concepts like VPC, IAM roles, IaC, Containers and Orchestration, CI/CD, etc;
• Knowledge/experience of networking (TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, SMTP, etc) and firewalls (e.g. Fortinet, Cisco, Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Juniper);
• Working knowledge of Log Management/SIEM (e.g. CrowdStrike, Fortinet, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Google) and Endpoint Detection and Response (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Microsoft) and Cloud Security;
• Exceptional customer service skills with working ITIL experience
• Detail oriented individuals that work well in a team environment and have a hunger to learn;
• Strong verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills are required to document and communicate findings, escalate critical incidents, and interact with customers, managers and vendors;

Advantages:

• Knowledge/experience of Operational Technology (OT) Security (e.g. Clarity, Armis)
• Programming and scripting skills (e.g. Bash, Python, Perl, Powershell);

Compensation

What to Expect Next

Requisition #: 338714

Background Screening

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Disclaimer

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