Senior SOC Analyst (Fintech/Banking)

Key Responsibilities

• Security Monitoring & Detection
  • Monitors security alerts and events using SIEM and other security platforms.
  • Analyzes logs, network traffic, and system behavior to detect anomalies and potential threats.
  • Maintains awareness of emerging threats and attack techniques relevant to the banking industry.
• Incident Response
  • Leads and executes incident response activities including containment, eradication, and recovery.
  • Conducts forensic investigations and root cause analysis of security incidents.
  • Develops and maintains incident response playbooks and standard operating procedures.
  • Coordinates with internal stakeholders (e.g., IT, Risk, Legal) during incident investigations and escalations.
• Threat Intelligence & Analysis
  • Performs threat hunting and proactive analysis to uncover hidden or emerging threats.
  • Integrates threat intelligence feeds into monitoring and response workflows.
• Tool Management &Optimization
  • Utilizes and fine-tunes security tools such as SIEM (e.g., Splunk, QRadar), EDR (e.g., CrowdStrike, SentinelOne), IDS/IPS, and SOAR platforms.
  • Recommends improvements to detection rules, alerting mechanisms, and automation workflows.
• Compliance & Reporting
  • Ensures incident handling and documentation comply with regulatory standards (e.g., BSP, ISO 27001).
  • Prepares detailed incident reports, metrics, and dashboards for management and audit purposes.