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National Telecommunication and Information Security Board (NTISB)
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Opportunity Information
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Grade

PPS-8

Number of Post(s)

2

Type of Employer

Federal Government Attached Department/ Project

Level

Mid Career

Type & Nature of Appointment

Contract

Location

Islamabad

The Role

The SOC Analyst L2 conducts deep-dive investigations into escalated security incidents, performs advanced incident response and threat hunting, and improves detection in the Security Operations Centre of the National Telecommunication and Information Security Board.


•Conduct deep-dive investigations into escalated security incidents to determine the full scope of an attack •Perform root cause analysis to understand how an adversary gained access and identify security gaps •Execute advanced incident response tasks including the containment, eradication, and recovery of systems •Proactively threat hunt within the network using behavioral analytics to find hidden or persistent threats •Analyze malware behavior in sandbox environments to identify Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) •Correlate data across multiple log sources (Firewalls, EDR, Cloud logs) to reconstruct attacker movement •Fine-tune SIEM correlation rules and alert thresholds to improve detection accuracy and reduce noise for Tier 1 •Coordinate with IT and infrastructure teams to apply specific security patches or configuration changes •Develop and update automated playbooks and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the SOC team •Integrate external threat intelligence feeds to stay ahead of emerging attack patterns and zero-day exploits

Applicants General Eligibility & Requirements
Eligibility

•Five years' general age relaxation has already been added to the upper age limit; no other age rel

Required Experience

4+ years

Age Requirements

26 to 40 years

Education, Experience and Skills Requirements
Required Education Level/ Field of Study
  • Bachelor 16 Years: Cyber Security, Information Security, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology
  • MS / MPhil: Cyber Security, Computer Science
  • Masters: Computer Science
Required Experience

•Minimum 4 years of experience, of which 2 years of recent experience as a SOC analyst

Skills

Incident Response, Threat Hunting, SIEM Tools, Malware Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Log Analysis

Required Trainings

•Certifications on Incident Handling, SOC operations or offensive certifications (preferable)

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