SOC Specialist – Incident Responder

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About the role

  • SOC Specialist responsible for detecting and responding to security incidents at Genetec. Collaborating with teams to protect networks and systems from cyber threats.

Responsibilities

  • Handle incidents escalated by the triage team
  • Develop and maintain the SOC’s capability and agility to detect security breaches and potential intrusions across the company’s network, servers and workstations
  • Actively participate in implementing processes and tools used for incident response, data collection, log analysis, adversary emulation and hostile-environment testing, penetration testing, malware analysis, digital forensics, etc.
  • Support security incident response actions to ensure proper assessment, containment, mitigation and documentation
  • Provide initial analysis and identify indicators of compromise (IOCs), escalate to the appropriate operational units and participate in post-incident activities
  • Develop a detailed runbook (intervention guide) including tools, techniques and forensic methods for staff to use during investigations
  • Monitor security events, manage threats, perform threat modeling, identify threat vectors and develop use cases for security monitoring
  • Conduct real-time endpoint investigations, including identifying and collecting essential forensic artifacts, performing offline analysis and executing necessary remediation actions
  • Implement and enhance security event monitoring processes and tools in both Cloud and on-premises environments
  • Continuously monitor vulnerabilities as well as emerging threats and risks
  • Work directly with other internal teams to ensure timely patching and remediation and validate that fixes are effective
  • Perform security reviews and testing on production systems to validate resilience and identify weaknesses to be remediated
  • Recommend improvements to optimize preventive controls and security monitoring tools based on findings from threat hunting activities
  • Develop, maintain and document operational processes and incident response methods
  • Be part of a 24/7 (365 days per year) operational service team that handles incident response, post-breach remediation, escalations and conducts complex investigations as well as troubleshooting and root cause resolution of incidents

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in a similar role
  • Proven expertise in incident response
  • Experience in forensic investigations on-premises and in the Cloud
  • Strong knowledge of DFIR (Digital Forensics and Incident Response) tools
  • Experience with security technologies and the NIST framework
  • Active interest in cybersecurity, incident detection, digital forensics, network security and Cloud security
  • Familiarity with cybercrime and cyberattacks, threat actor groups, motivations and techniques used
  • Knowledge of Cloud security best practices and of firewalls, load balancing, encryption, Active Directory, federated Active Directory and SAML
  • Strong experience in networking, systems monitoring and security within a Microsoft environment
  • Ability to work independently, take initiative, manage multiple tasks and thrive in a dynamic environment
  • Demonstrated experience analyzing and interpreting system, security and application logs to diagnose failures and detect abnormal behavior
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Self-motivated with a results-oriented approach to meet business requirements
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

  • Attractive compensation package
  • Training expense reimbursement program
  • Subsidized meals at our amazing Bistro (Les Cordons Bleus)
  • Work–life balance supported by flexible working hours
  • Free unlimited coffee
  • Free parking for all employees
  • On-site fitness center

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Cloud

Location requirements

HybridMontrealCanada

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