Junior Emergency Incident Responder at a Cybersecurity Company - Moyosola Olalekan Outsourcing Services

Moyosola Olalekan Outsourcing Services - Our client is a cybersecurity company located in Lagos, Nigeria and provides solution to cyber threats and risks for enterprises across Nigeria and Africa. In view of expansion, they require qualified professionals to join their outstanding team to achieve bigger organizational goals in the capacity below:

Job Title: Junior Emergency Incident Responder

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• An emergency incident responder averts, prevent and mitigate cybersecurity threats

Key Duties / Responsibilities

• Avert, prevent and mitigate cybersecurity threats
• Ensure application of best technical skill of high priority, critical and escalated cybersecurity incidents
• Support cyber incident response actions to ensure proper assessment, containment, mitigation, recovery and documentation.
• Interact and assist other investigative team on time sensitive, critical investigations
• Prepare after action reports based on lesson learned from critical cybersecurity incidents
• Advise on the development and tuning of SIEM rules and contents management for continuous improvement of the SOC’s threat detection capabilities
• Handle incident response preparation activities (including tabletop exercises, simulations and drills) to create and verify IR plans, playbooks and procedures while identifying opportunities for improvement
• Perform threat hunting activities, investigate /analyze large and unstructured data sets, malicious artifacts, usings EDRs and other cybersecurity solutions to identify trends and anomalies indicative of potential threats
• 24/7 readiness and availability for emergency incident response action in collaboration with the SOC.
• Serve as a backup for potential staff coverage gaps to ensure business continuity.

Skills and Requirements

• Qualifications: Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, Or Related Discipline
• Experience: Minimum of 1 year relevant experience in IT security including working in a SOC
• Security Certifications: Cybersecurity certifications are a plus. Examples include, eCIR, ECIH, CEH, Security+, CySA+, eJPT, CISSP, CISM, GCFE, GCFA etc.
• Understanding of multiple security domain such as risk management, security operations analysis and triage, intrusion detection, incident response, threat hunting, malware analysis, application security, computer and mobile digital forensics
• Knowledge of various security tools, such as a SIEM, EDR/ XDR, digital forensics & malware analysis tools, AV, vulnerability and network scanners, IDS/IPS, Network Firewalls, NAC, DAM, etc.
• Knowledge of malware families and network attack vectors
• Knowledge of Linux and window system internals
• Knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services
• Strong understanding of networking concepts, architectures and security mechanisms
• Knowledge of database functionality for various databases e.g. SQL, Oracle etc
• Knowledge of cloud computing with AWS, Azure and GCP
• Understanding of attackers’ tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs)
• Demonstrated experience in an enterprise level incident response team or security operation center
• Understanding of logging components and capabilities across various systems
• Solid experience and the ability to analyze network traffic, endpoint indicators, IOCs/IOAs
• Ability to combine/search/correlate various log sources to identify potential threats, assess the potential damage, and recommend countermeasures
• Sound analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to details
• Continuously learning with the ability to quickly understand and adapt to new or previously unknown security concepts and tools
• Self-driven, highly motivated and determined to provide value on assignments
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders such as engineering/ operation teams, internal business units, external incident response teams, and law enforcement, throughout the incident lifecycle.

Salary
N350,000 - N500,000 Monthly.

Application Closing Date
25th February, 2023.