Senior Specialist, SOC Engineering – Sentinel, Cribl, SIEM
Novartis
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Prague • 🇨🇿 Czech
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Senior
Tech Stack
CloudFirewallsPython
About the role
- Evaluate and onboard new data sources, performing data analysis for identifying anomalies and trends, and developing dashboards and visualizations for data reporting; troubleshoot and provide support for onboarding issues with platforms like Sentinel, and Cribl
- Collaborate with CSOC engineers, Threat Hunters, and CSOC Analysts to gather requirements and develop solutions, working with cross-functional teams to understand risks and develop effective detection strategies that align with organizational security goals
- Validate and ensure proper configuration and implementation of new logics with security system and application owners; perform data normalization, establish datasets, and develop data models; Manage backlog of customer requests for onboarding new data sources
- Detect and resolve issues in various data sources, implementing health monitoring for data sources and feeds
- Provide 24x7 on-call support on a rotational basis, including weekends, to ensure system stability and incident response readiness
- Design and create security detection rules, alerts, and Use Cases utilizing platforms such as SIEM, DLP, EDR, and WAF
- Develop robust detection mechanisms to identify and respond to potential security threats across various security technologies
- Regularly review and enhance existing detection rules and Use Cases to ensure their effectiveness and alignment with emerging threats and vulnerabilities
Requirements
- University working and thinking level, degree in business/technical/scientific area or comparable education/experience
- 3-5 years experience in the field, with good general security knowledge
- Strong expertise in Sentinel and Direct experience managing Data ingestion pipeline through Cribl
- Hands on experience and knowledge of security tools (DLP, XDR, SIEM, Firewalls) and experience in Security Engineering tasks such as SIEM alert creation, SOAR playbook development
- Experience in IT administration with broad and in-depth technical, analytical and conceptual skills, and exceptional understanding and knowledge of general IT infrastructure technology and systems
- Experience in configuring Data collection Endpoints, connectors and parsers
- Good knowledge of collectors/forwarder components, integrating Security tools using API, syslog, cloud etc.
- Experience in scripting and Automation for Security tools, with development experience in Python (SDKs)
- Excellent communication and collaborative skills cross functionally and in global teams, with good experience in reporting to and communicating with senior level management (with and without IT background, with and without in-depth risk management background) on incident response topics
Benefits
- Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary
- Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis)
- 5-week holiday per year (1 week above the Labour Law requirement)
- 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report
- Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus Cafeteria in the amount of 12,500 CZK per year
- Meal vouchers in amount of 105 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company)
- MultiSport Card
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Hard skills
data analysisdata normalizationdata modelingsecurity detection rulesalert creationscriptingautomationPythonincident responsesecurity engineering
Soft skills
collaborative skillscommunication skillsanalytical skillsconceptual skillsproblem-solving skillscross-functional teamworkreporting skillscustomer supportincident response readinessadaptability