Manager - SOC

Responsibilities of the Role:

• Build, develop and design required competencies and skills of training members: SOC Analysts / Engineers, Operators and Technicians.
• Manage 24x7 Security Operation Center.
• Administer, develop, improve and own SOC processes and procedures, ensuring effective operations.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and other delivery practices to address, follow up and resolve security issues as part of the escalation matrix and customer delivery process.
• Work with various delivery teams to ensure toolsets used to detect infrastructure security events are deployed on all necessary platforms.
• Develop and plan out the necessary technology asset roadmap and direction for the SOC.
• Constantly review existing methods and approaches, addressing any communication or process gaps.
• Oversee SOC activities and provide performance reviews to the SOC team.
• Deep knowledge of security concepts like cyber-attacks and techniques, threat vectors, risk management, incident management etc.
• Analyze and proactively respond to security threats from Firewall (FW), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), Antivirus (AV), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and other security threat data sources.
• Prepare training programme for Security Analyst and conduct knowledge sharing sessions for Security Analyst.
• Efficient team incident response capabilities and leadership.

Requirements for the Role:

• A degree, post graduate diploma or MSc in computer science from a recognized university/institute.
• Knowledge of the following technical SOC skills: incident response, log analysis, TCP/IP, network traffic analysis, anti-virus/malware, intrusion detection/prevention, packet analysis techniques, event correlation and event triage.
• Background in Cyber Security, Computer Sciences, Engineering, Information Technology.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience working in an IT environment with focus on Information Security.
• At least 3 years of directly related practical experience and demonstrated ability to carry out the functions of the job in SOC.
• Extensive experience in addressing security policy, compliance, privacy and regulatory issues.
• Certifications and experience of Security Information Event Management (SIEM).
• Other certifications such as CISA, CISM, CRISC, GCIH, CISSP are an added advantage.

The Package:

• Attractive Salary (RM10,000).
• Performance related bonus for confirmed staff.
• Annual Leave 15 days.
• Medical Leave 14 days.
• Medical and hospitalization coverage.
• Working Location: Kuala Lumpur.