SOC Analyst L2

Job Overview

  • Organization: National Telecommunication and Information Security Board (NTISB)
  • Scale / Grade: PPS-8
  • Job Type: Contract
  • Vacancies: 2 Vacancies
  • Experience: 4 Years+
  • Age Limit: Max: 40 years
  • Deadline: Oct 12, 2026

Experience: Minimum 4 Years of Experience, of which 2 Years of recent experience as a SOC analyst.

Age: max 40 years
(Five years’ general age relaxation has already been added to the upper age limit; no other age relaxation is admissible.)

Qualifications: ⚫ Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, or a related field. ⚫ Certifications on Incident Handling, SOC operations or offensive certifications are preferable

Job Description: ⚫ Conducting deep-dive investigations into escalated security incidents to determine the full scope of an attack. ⚫ Performing root cause analysis to understand how an adversary gained access and identifying security gaps.
Executing advanced incident response tasks including the containment, eradication, and recovery of systems. ⚫ Proactively threat hunting within the network using behavioral analytics to find hidden or persistent threats. ⚫ Analyzing malware behavior in sandbox environments to identify "Indicators of Compromise" (IoCs). ⚫ Correlating data across multiple log sources (Firewalls, EDR, Cloud logs) to reconstruct attacker movement. ⚫ Fine-tuning SIEM correlation rules and alert thresholds to improve detection accuracy and reduce noise for Tier 1. ⚫ Coordinating with IT and infrastructure teams to apply specific security patches or configuration changes. ⚫ Developing and updating automated playbooks and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the SOC team. Integrating external threat intelligence feeds to stay ahead of emerging attack patterns and "zero-day" exploits.

Eligibility & Qualifications

  • BS Computer Science (BSCS)
  • BS Software Engineering
  • BS Cybersecurity
  • BS Information Systems
  • BS Information Technology (BSIT)
  • BS Computer Engineering
  • MSc Computer Science
  • MS Computer Science (MSCS)
  • MS Information Technology (MSIT)
  • Master of Computer Science (MCS)
  • BE Information Technology
  • MSc Information Technology
  • MS Computer Software Engineering
  • BE Software Engineering
  • MPhil Software Engineering
  • MS Information Security
  • MS Cybersecurity
  • MPhil Computer Science
  • MS Computer Networks
  • MS Computer Systems Engineering
  • MS Computer Engineering
  • MPhil Information Technology
  • MS Software Engineering
  • BS Telecommunication
  • BS Computer Systems Engineering
  • MSc. Computer Engineering
  • Master of Information Technology- MIT
  • Msc Cybersecurity and Data governance
  • BSc Software Engineering
  • MS Computer and Network Security
  • Bachelors of Computer Engineering
  • MS Computer and Information Technology
  • Bachelors of Computer Science
  • BE Network Engineering
  • BS Computer Networks
  • BS Network & Security
  • BS Information Security
  • BE Computer Engineering
  • MS Telecommunication & Networks
  • BS Information Assurance
  • BS Network Security
  • BE Systems Engineering
  • MS Information Assurance
  • MS Cyber Forensics
  • MS Network Security
  • MS Information Systems
  • MPhil Computer Engineering
  • MPhil Telecommunication and Networks
  • MS Computing
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