Cyber Security Analyst

The Client:

Our client, a leader in payment-processing technologies and financial solutions for merchants and financial institutions in Cyprus, is looking to recruit Cyber Security Analyst in Nicosia.

 

The Position:

The Cyber Security Analyst will ensure that the day-to-day activities related to security monitoring and incident response run smoothly. Will coordinate urgent and complex incidents and ensure that appropriate countermeasures are taken in a timely manner.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage Company’s SIEM solution and configure correlation rules on the system.

• Manage other security systems such as EDR, File Integrity Monitoring etc.

• Monitor and analyse logs/alerts/reports from various systems and applications to identify threats and baseline deviations.

• Manage/investigate alerts, report security incidents and coordinate to ensure their timely resolution.

• Ensure Security Operations Centre (SOC) is up to date with the latest changes to Company’s environment.

• Seek, analyse and use cyber threat intelligence from vendors, 3rd party vulnerability announcements, and other intelligence feeds to identify and evaluate current and emerging security risks.

• Report current and emerging security risks to Information Security Function

• Performs proactive threat hunting.

• Lead and execute the vulnerability assessment to identify weaknesses, assess the effectiveness of existing controls and recommend remediation actions to the responsible stakeholders.

• Works with Information Security Function to define the scope of the penetration tests with external vendors.

Skills - Qualifications – Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in the field of Computer Science/ Engineering Information Technology or Business Information Systems or related field

• Cyber/Information Security degree or equivalent work experience

• Master’s Degree in Information Security related field will be considered an advantage

• Minimum 3 years of experience working in SOC or other Cybersecurity field.

• Network traffic analysis tools such as Wireshark, TCPDump, etc.

• Basic understanding of Windows, Active Directory, Linux, TCP/IP networking and security best practices

• Understanding of internet protocols such as HTTP, SMTP, DNS, SSL/TLS, etc.

• Experience with vulnerability scanning tools.

• Experience in log analytics / SIEM tools

• Experience in cyber security controls (such as NG Firewalls, IPS, Email/Web security, Web application firewalls, EDR/NDR, DLP, etc.)

• Analytical and critical thinking with attention to detail

• Self-motivated and able to work under minimal supervision.

• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills

• Excellent planning, problem solving and organizational skills

• Ability to quickly absorb technical concepts and effectively communicate them to a non-technical audience

• Ability to work on multiple projects/ systems simultaneously

• Excellent spoken and written Greek and English communication skills

• Team player with excellent interpersonal and relationship skills

• Experience with commercial or opensource Threat Analysis tools will be considered an advantage.

• Experience in Programming (i.e., Python, Bash, C) will be considered an advantage.

• Experience in Ethical hacking / Penetration testing will be considered an advantage.

• Knowledge of Web application security will be considered an advantage.

• Knowledge of Computer forensics / Malware analysis will be considered an advantage.

• Knowledge of Security related Qualifications (CISSP, GCIH, CEH, OSCP) will be considered an advantage.

Location:
The position is for the Client’s offices in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Remuneration:
An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the successful candidate.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stages of the process.

All Applications will be handled in strict confidence.