SOC Analyst

A SOC (Security Operations Center) Analyst is responsible for monitoring and analyzing security events, responding to security incidents, and supporting the maintenance and improvement of the security infrastructure. This role involves working closely with other teams, such as IT and risk management, to ensure that the organization's security posture is maintained at a high level. The SOC Analyst plays a crucial role in protecting the organization's assets and information from cyber threats by identifying vulnerabilities and investigating suspicious activities.

**Job Summary**

As a SOC Analyst, you will be responsible for monitoring, detecting, and responding to security incidents from various sources, including user-reported alerts (fraud attempts/phishing) and events raised by SIEM. You will analyze security events to identify cyber threats to the SCOR Information System and investigate their root causes. Your role will involve coordinating and executing security tasks with various IT teams and assisting in Incident Response, including communication of alerts, containment, remediation, and resolution action plans.

Key Responsibilities:

- Monitor and analyze security events to detect cyber threats.
- Respond to security incidents and investigate root causes.
- Coordinate security tasks with IT teams.
- Assist in Incident Response and follow up on remediation actions.
- Develop and maintain threat intelligence.
- Conduct Threat Hunting.
- Conduct forensic activities as needed.

**Key duties and responsibilities**

**Security Monitoring and Analysis**
- Continuously monitor security events and alerts from various sources, including SIEM, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and endpoint protection systems.
- Analyze security events to identify potential threats, vulnerabilities, and incidents.

**Incident Response**
- Respond to security incidents promptly, including initial triage, containment, eradication, and recovery.
- Investigate the root causes of security incidents and document findings.

**Threat Intelligence and Hunting**
- Develop and maintain threat intelligence to stay informed about emerging threats and vulnerabilities.
- Conduct proactive threat hunting to identify potential security risks within the network.

**Collaboration and Coordination**
- Work closely with IT and other relevant teams to coordinate security tasks and incident response efforts.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders about security incidents and remediation actions.

**Log Management**
- Analyze, and correlate logs from various sources to detect suspicious activities.

**Forensic Analysis**
- Conduct forensic analysis of compromised systems to understand the extent of the breach and gather evidence.

**Required experience & competencies**

Must adhere our Key Security Principles and Team Values:
Security Principles: Defend the business, Support the business and promote responsible information security behavior.

Team values: Professionalism, Ethic, Transparency and Team Spirit.

Due to the evolution Cyber Risk, your expertise in Cyber Security is key for sharing your experience to support Technical and Functional teams to implement effective solutions and controls addressing increasing Cyber Threats.

Hard skills
- Strong background in Information and Cyber Security, including Security Operation Center
- Cross platform and technology knowledge
- Knowledge of information security-related technologies and products
- Investigation skills
- Computer/network forensics knowledge

Soft skills
- Effective interpersonal communication skills and ability to direct colleagues
- Presentation skills

**Required Education**
- Master degree in Computer Science or related field required

Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry - actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others - as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.

As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.

SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.