Tier 3 SOC Analyst

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Tier 3 SOC Analyst

Type of Employment: Full time Permanent

Location: Accra, Ghana

Oduma Solutions Ltd is a managed security service provider with a strong team of experienced IT/Information Security experts. We offer services to enable and support clients across various industries in securing physical and electronic information assets throughout their organisation to sustain their competitive advantage and preserve commercial reputation.

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled SOC analyst to join our team. The successful candidate will play a key role in monitoring, detecting and responding to security threats in our clients’ environments. This individual will possess a strong understanding of security event monitoring, incident response procedures, and threat analysis techniques.

 

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Develops technical solutions including information operations and analysis related to security intrusion analysis, systems and vulnerabilities, network security, advanced analytic tools, data visualization techniques.
  • Serves as lead analyst in the detection of malicious activity to prevent, detect, contain, and eradicated intrusions and intrusion attempts.
  • Conduct analysis of system logs, forensic results, vulnerability assessment tool results, risk, and investigate instances of security concern throughout the enterprise.
  • Design and present comprehensive security solutions and architectures that align with clients’ business objectives, addressing their unique security concerns and compliance requirements.
  • Possess a working knowledge of network technologies such as: Windows, Linux Operating Systems; Database security, Active Directory, Service Oriented Architectures, vulnerability testing, networking protocols and topologies, security architectures, and incident management.
  • Collaborate with the sales team to identify and qualify new business opportunities, leveraging your technical expertise to influence clients and provide valuable insights during the sales process.
  • Conduct in-depth technical presentations, demonstrations, and proof-of-concepts to showcase the capabilities and value proposition of our security solutions.
  • Ensure required policies cyber security are adhered to and that required controls are implemented.
  • Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
  • Ability to prioritize and execute autonomously.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with all staff, management, and clients orally and in writing.
  • Ability to collaborate across the organization and operate effectively with multiple teams and solutions towards a shared goal.
  • Strong understanding of security operations technologies, including SIEM and orchestration.
  • Ability to tune correlation rules and outcomes via security information and event management (SIEM) and security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) platforms.
  • Demonstratable working knowledge of emerging technologies and tactics used within a SOC or IR and how they are applied to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Understanding of tactics, techniques, and procedures associated with cyber threats and the ability to develop relevant alerting, countermeasures, and threat-hunting techniques.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Software, Computer, Systems, Electrical, Information Technology Engineering or related technical
  • 5+ years of related experience
  • Required Cybersecurity certifications:
  • CISM, CISA, CompTIA – Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+), Certifed SOC Analyst,
  • Desired Cybersecurity Certifications:
  • Cybersecurity certifications: CISSP, OSCP, GSEC, OffSec – Defense Analyst (OSDA),Certified Defensive Security Analyst (CDSA, Practical SOC Analyst Associate (PSAA), Certifed Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA)

 

              Email CV and cover letter to:  recruitment@odumagroup.com

              Deadline: 15th March 2025

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