Senior SOC Analyst

India

DigitalOcean

Simple, scalable cloud hosting solutions built for small and mid-sized businesses.

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Do you ever wonder what happens inside the cloud?

DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) simplifies cloud computing so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. With our mission-critical infrastructure and fully managed offerings, DigitalOcean enables startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to rapidly deploy and scale modern applications. As a remote-first organization, our employees, like our customers, are based around the world.

We want people who are passionate about making the internet a safer place for everyone.

We’re looking for inspired and motivated technical contributors to join the DigitalOcean team as Senior Security Operations Analysts.  In this role, you will be a crucial member of DigitalOcean’s security team, reporting to the Lead of Security Abuse Operations.  You will improve the security posture of DigitalOcean both reactively and proactively, as well as handle incidents and make the internet a safer place. Senior Security Operations Analysts must identify vulnerabilities, build tactical and strategic mitigation plans, and eliminate bad actors inside the DigitalOcean platform.

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Analyzing network traffic to identify compromised systems, negate denial of service attacks, and pinpoint resource abuse.
  • Investigate, identify and prevent, or mitigate abusive activities such as intrusion attempts, DDoS, malware distribution, phishing attacks, etc. originating from the DigitalOcean Platform.
  • Handle live intrusions and incident response cases, in a customer-facing and transparent manner, to minimize the impact of bad actors on the internet.
  • Locating trends in abuse vectors, communicating with leadership to apprise of the extent and advocating for appropriate product changes to prevent future occurrences.
  • Vetting abuse claims, responding to reporters, and helping customers get back on the platform.
  • Monitoring and analysis of security events with the use of SIEM, NIDS, and antivirus. Triage security events and incidents, detect anomalies, and report/direct remediation actions.
  • Work within a queue management system with specific daily targets on the number of customer contacts completed with an efficient resolution.
  • Building strong relationships with the other technical teams across our engineering and infrastructure functions.
  • Coaching and mentoring other skilled security practitioners across application, information, and infrastructure security.

What You'll Add to DigitalOcean:

  • Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Computer Science or relevant equivalent experience
  • A high degree of curiosity and aptitude, with a clear passion for security as a lifestyle.
  • Solid experience and knowledge of Security Information & Event Management (SIEM), Alerts, Investigations, & Incident Response
  • Significant experience with or knowledge of the following technologies or concepts:

                 ○  Proactive Threat Hunting in Data Sources

                 ○  Threat Intelligence Collection / Threat Investigation / Dissemination

                 ○  Network Security and IDS Technologies

                 ○   Tool Development and Automation

  • Working with remediation teams (IT, Infrastructure, Engineering) on event and incident mitigation
  • Strong understanding of operating systems, software, and networking; distributed computing; virtualization; databases; and cloud computing concepts
  • Understanding of TCP/IP concepts, common application protocols, common database technologies, and the Linux operating system.
  • Ability to work autonomously. Intellectual Curiosity and Self-Motivation to perform complex tasks
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills including; technical writing, presenting, coaching, and mentoring.
  • Bonus: Ability to code, script, or automate classes of problems rather than handling them manually (Python, Bash, Go, Ruby)

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean:

  • We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on relevant years of experience and skills. Employees may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees including grants of equity upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
  • We value development. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that is always challenging our teams and employees to continuously grow. We maintain a growth mindset in everything we do and invest deeply in employee development through formalized mentorship and other internal programs. We provide all employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education.
  • We care about your well-being. In addition to cash and equity compensation, we also offer employees a competitive array of benefits. In the United States, these include health insurance, unlimited vacation, retirement benefits, a generous parental leave program, and additional resources to support employees' overall well-being. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary in other countries due to local regulations and preferences.
  • We value diversity and inclusivity. We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

*This is a remote role

 

 

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Tags: Automation Bash Cloud Computer Science DDoS IDS Incident response Linux Malware Monitoring Network security Python Ruby SIEM SOC TCP/IP Threat intelligence Vulnerabilities

Perks/benefits: Competitive pay Conferences Equity Health care Insurance Parental leave Salary bonus Startup environment Team events Unlimited paid time off

Regions: Remote/Anywhere Asia/Pacific
Country: India
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