Opportunity Information
PPS-8
2
Federal Government Attached Department/ Project
Mid Career
Contract
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
•Five years' general age relaxation has already been added to the upper age limit; no other age rel
4+ years
26 to 40 years
Education, Experience and Skills Requirements
- Bachelor 16 Years: Cyber Security, Information Security, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology
- MS / MPhil: Cyber Security, Computer Science
- Masters: Computer Science
•Minimum 4 years of experience, of which 2 years of recent experience as a SOC analyst
Incident Response, Threat Hunting, SIEM Tools, Malware Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Log Analysis
•Certifications on Incident Handling, SOC operations or offensive certifications (preferable)
National Telecommunication and Information Security Board (NTISB)