Senior Analyst, Cybersecurity (Security Operations)

NielsenIQ is seeking an experienced Senior Analyst in Cybersecurity, specializing in Security Operations, to join our Chennai, India team. This role is instrumental in maturing our Cybersecurity Program, with a focus on the operational aspects across all global geographies and business units. You will be responsible for developing and enhancing our global Cyber Threat Security Operations.

Key responsibilities include security monitoring, conducting investigations, performing attack simulations, and resolving environmental threats. You will also support the Incident Response team in managing security incidents and provide recommendations for optimizing security systems, processes, procedures, and policies. This position holds overall accountability for investigating and resolving cyber threat detections.

This impactful role requires collaboration with a diverse range of stakeholders, including internal Cybersecurity and Technology teams, as well as cross-functional departments such as Legal, HR, and Product teams, to drive enterprise-wide change.

Responsibilities

• Mature the people, process, and technologies within a 24x7 global cyber threat security operations center.
• Respond to security alerts and events from SIEM, IDS, endpoint protection, and other security systems.
• Investigate reported suspicious emails and phishing attacks.
• Conduct threat hunts within the company environment.
• Manage mid-to-major severity security incidents.
• Collaborate with cyber engineers and other stakeholders on security initiatives, assessments, and resilience testing.
• Develop and maintain a global Cyber Threat Security Operations framework focused on continuous improvement.
• Create custom cyber threat detection signatures.
• Develop and administer global phishing attack simulations.
• Assist Vulnerability Threat Management in identifying and mitigating vulnerable assets.
• Serve as an escalation point for security incident notifications from SOC Analysts, service desks, and IT administrators.
• Utilize threat intelligence reports to hunt for vulnerable assets.
• Define and maintain dashboards and metrics to support the Incident Response Program and Cyber Threat Security Operations maturity.
• Proactively identify and plan for potential issues and delays, implementing contingency plans.
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve project delivery practices and processes for both Cyber Threat Security Operations and Incident Response programs.
• Develop operational procedures to minimize, mitigate, and counter cyber-attacks, ensuring stealth and difficulty in detection.
• Ensure cyber-attack surfaces are minimized and covertly stored for stealthy movement towards threat targets, making them difficult to detect and penetrate.
• Aggressively detect, mitigate, and counter cyber-attacks using countermeasures such as Moving-Target Defenses (MTD).

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of relevant experience, preferably in a highly technical or Security Operations Center (SOC) role.
• Solid understanding of cybersecurity incident response, network security, and endpoint monitoring.
• Proficiency with cybersecurity prevention, detection, and response capabilities including AV, EDR, SIEM, digital forensics suites, IPS, and WAF.
• Experience in delivering technical solutions from concept through to implementation.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with strong interpersonal abilities for stakeholder interaction.
• Experience implementing operational plans.
• Experience with attack simulations, particularly phishing.
• Strong knowledge of Information Security principles, practices, technologies, programs, and procedures, including risk management methodologies.

Additional Information

• Enjoy a flexible and rewarding work environment with peer-to-peer recognition platforms.
• Access wellness plans for you and your family.
• Utilize financial wellness tools for future planning.
• Benefit from career development opportunities to stay relevant and upskill.

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)