Korapay is a payment infrastructure servicing a wide band of businesses making local and international payments. We are a marketplace for digital financial services across Africa. Our vision, which is at the core of what we do every day, is to create a world void of digital financial barriers across Africa. We are committed to delivering reliable, secure, and easy to use digital financial solutions to every single customer with a guarantee that it is improving their lives.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Security Operations Center, (SOC) Analyst
Location: Nigeria (Remote)
Job type: Full-time
Category: Information Security
About The Role
- As a SOC Analyst, you will be responsible for monitoring, detecting, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity threats and incidents within the organization.
- This role plays a critical part in maintaining the organization’s security posture by leveraging security tools, threat intelligence, and established processes to identify and mitigate risks in real time.
Responsibilities
Here are a couple of things you'll be doing:
- Monitor security events and alerts from SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and cloud security tools
- Analyze logs and alerts to identify potential security incidents or anomalies
- Perform initial triage to determine severity, impact, and scope of threats
- Escalate validated incidents based on defined procedures
- Investigate and respond to security incidents (e.g., phishing, malware, unauthorized access)
- Contain and remediate threats in collaboration with IT, Engineering and security teams
- Document incidents, actions taken, and lessons learned
- Support post-incident reviews and root cause analysis
- Leverage threat intelligence feeds to identify emerging threats and indicators of compromise (IOCs)
- Conduct proactive threat hunting activities to detect hidden threats
- Update detection rules and use cases based on the evolving threat landscape
- Support vulnerability management activities (scan review, prioritization, remediation tracking)
- Assist in patch validation and security control effectiveness testing
- Collaborate with engineering teams to improve security controls and detection capabilities
- Maintain accurate incident logs and case management records
- Prepare daily/weekly SOC reports and dashboards
- Develop and update incident response playbooks and runbooks
- Other duties as assigned by the CISO.
Requirements
Here's what we're looking for:
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree
- 2–4 years of experience in a SOC, cybersecurity, or IT security role
- Hands-on experience with security tools such as SIEM (e.g., Splunk, QRadar), EDR (e.g., CrowdStrike, Defender), and firewalls
- Understanding of network protocols, operating systems, and common attack vectors
- Familiarity with incident response processes and frameworks
- Knowledge of frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, or ISO 27001
- Scripting or automation skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash) is preferred
- Good communication & interpersonal skills
- Positive attitude
- Ability to handle stress appropriately and interact well with others.
Key Skills:
- Strong analytical and investigative mindset
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced, 24/7 environment
- Attention to detail and critical thinking skills
- Effective communication and incident documentation skills
- Team collaboration and cross-functional coordination
- Continuous learning mindset to stay ahead of evolving threats.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Sponsored and tailored training
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time-off
- Flexible work style
- Low-interest loans
- Group Life Insurance
- Access to up to four therapy sessions monthly
- Day off on your birthday
- Employee interest groups that provide supportive communities within Kora
- Great company culture and the opportunity to work with a highly collaborative team building something great!
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
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