Sophos is a worldwide leader in next-generation cybersecurity, protecting more than 500,000 organizations and millions of consumers in more than 150 countries from today’s most advanced cyberthreats. Powered by threat intelligence, AI and machine learning from SophosLabs and SophosAI, Sophos delivers a broad portfolio of advanced products and services to secure users, networks and endpoints against ransomware, malware, exploits, phishing and the wide range of other cyberattacks. Sophos provides a single integrated cloud-based management console, Sophos Central – the centerpiece of an adaptive cybersecurity ecosystem that features a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity vendors. Sophos sells its products and services through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos has major hubs around the globe. More information is available at www.sophos.com
As a Threat Analyst (w/m/d) – Tier I on our Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team, you will provide best-in-class monitoring, detection, and response services to proactively defend customer environments before attacks prevail. You will work alongside and contribute to a team of cyber threat hunters, incident response analysts, engineers, and ethical hackers by using enterprise, log analysis and endpoint collection systems to facilitate investigations, identification, and neutralization of cyber threats.
We are searching for a candidate already located in Germany, with native German Language skills and an already existing work permit for Germany.
- Investigate and analyze logs and security-related events via Sophos tooling
- Guide and advise on investigation handling
- Communicate and document findings to various customer audiences including technical and executive teams
- Follow up with customers through to issue resolution and drive continuous improvement by providing detailed recommendations to minimize risk in customer environments
- Acknowledge and satisfy inbound customer requests and interact with customers through various mediums (Email, Phone, Ticket)
- Collaborate and assist with core security and threat response teams
- Actively research emerging Indicators of Compromise/Attack, exploits and vulnerabilities
- Conduct threat hunting to identify potential threats throughout the MDR customer base
- Participate in Security Operations process improvement and creation
- Obtain metrics for reporting on threat trends, intelligence analysis and situational awareness
- Native German language skills (oral and written) is required (min C1)
- 1+ years of experience working in a SOC environment or computer security team in an IT environment (preferred in DACH region)
- Graduate or Bachelors in CyberSecurity or Comupter Sciences
- Team Player and active listener and deliverer
- Endpoint and network security experience required; IDS, IPS, EDR, ATP, Malware defenses and monitoring experience
- Experience with threat hunting
- Experience administering and supporting Windows OS (both workstations and server) and one of the following: Apple or Linux-based operating systems (RedHat, Debian, Ubuntu, OS X)
- Knowledge of common adversary tactics and techniques, e.g., obfuscation, persistence, defense evasion, etc.
- Fundamental understanding of network traffic analysis including TCP/IP, routing, switching, protocols, etc.
- Strong understanding of Windows event log analysis
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