SOC Analyst
About Ekco
Founded in 2016 Ekco is now one of the fastest growing cloud and security solution providers in Europe!
We specialise in enabling companies to progress along the path of cloud maturity, cybersecurity, managing transformation and driving better outcomes from our customers existing technology investments.
We are the people who power your possible
We have over 600 highly talented and supportive colleagues (and counting) across a number of regional offices in Ireland, the Netherlands, and Malaysia.
The Role
We wish to appoint SOC Analyst to our team. The candidate will become part of a team of that delivers a range of advisory and technology services to our clients. This is a great opportunity to become involved in a dynamic and rapidly growing team delivering a leading range of professional services offering.
EKCO will support you and encourage your growth and development to identify further potential and expertise in the cybersecurity field.
Day to day your role will involve:
Performing accurate and precise real-time analysis and correlation of logs/alerts from a multitude of client devices.
Determining if events constitute security incidents e.g.: security events and incidents from SIEM, Firewall (FW), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), Antivirus (AV), Directory Servers, Network Access Control (NAC) and other client data sources.
Analysing and assessing security incidents and advancing to client resources or collaborating with internal teams for additional assistance
Investigating security events forwarded from client for security risk.
Conducting tuning engagements with security engineers to develop/adjust SIEM rules and analyst response procedures.
Raising incidents to appropriate Senior Security Analyst or Incident Response staff or relevant sources to confirm if there is increased risk to the business
Recognising potential; successful; and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises thorough reviewing and analysing relevant event detail and summary information
Performing vulnerability scans and assessments.
Using TCP/IP networking skills to perform network analysis to isolate and diagnose.
Responding to inbound requests via phone and other electronic means for technical assistance.
Documenting actions in cases to effectively communicate information internally and to client.
Reporting common and repeat problems (trend analysis) to management and propose process and technical improvements.
Assist in providing resolution plans for system and network issues.
Providing cover in line with rotating shift patterns. You should be flexible to rotating 8, 10 or 12 hour shifts. We provide 24/7 cover to clients and shifts are allocated accordingly
Performing other duties as assigned.
To be successful in this role youll need/ What youll bring to the role or team/ What were looking for in a team mate
A Bachelors degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Network Security, Information Security, Information
Technology, or Mathematics (or equivalent work experience)
Keen problem solving/ troubleshooting skills
A can-do attitude
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. You should be able to communicate technical details clearly.
The ability to adjust and adapt to changing priorities in a dynamic environment
A pro-active approach to addressing issues and requests and the ability to multi task
The ability to learn new technology and concepts quickly
Great organisational skills and attention to detail
Bonus points if you have:
Prior experience working with SIEM or EDR E.g. SPLUNK, IBM QRadar, Sentinel, Rapid7, Carbon Black
Industry recognized certifications E.g. CompTIA Security+, CySA+, Microsoft SC-200Theoretical or practical knowledge in the following areas:
Unix, Linux, Windows, etc. operating systems
Exploits, vulnerabilities, network attacks
Well-known networking protocols and services (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SMB,
LDAP, etc.)
Packet analysis tools (tcpdump, Wireshark, ngrep, etc.) o Regular expressions
Database structures and queries
We believe in taking care of our team so as one of us youll have access to our Ekco Extras
Why Ekco
Microsofts 2023 Rising Star Security Partner of the year
VMware & Veeam top partner status
Ranked as 4th fastest growing technology company in the Deloitte Fast50 Awards
Ekco are committed to cultivating an environment that promotes diversity, equality, inclusion and belonging
We recognise the value of internal mobility and encourage opportunities for internal development & progression
Flexible working with a family friendly focus are at the core of our company values
