Security Engineer

Project Role : Security Engineer

Project Role Description : Apply security skills to design, build and protect enterprise systems, applications, data, assets, and people. Provide services to safeguard information, infrastructures, applications, and business processes against cyber threats.

Must have skills : Accenture MxDR Ops Security Threat Analysis

Good to have skills : NA

Minimum 2 year(s) of experience is required

Educational Qualification : 15 years full time education

Summary : As a Security Engineer, you will manage and monitor the Log Collection Platform; assist with device configuration, troubleshooting log sources. Roles & Responsibilities :

• Work as part of Security Engineering handling tunings, customer requests, escalations, reporting, trainings.
• Administration of the Accenture proprietary SIEM (Log Collection Platform) to gather security logs from customer environment.
• Life cycle management of the SIEM (Onboarding, Break-fix, Patching, Live update)
• Adhering to SOPs and notify customers on log flow / log format issues
• Document best practices and writing KB articles
• Identify opportunities for process improvements Professional & Technical Skills :
• Must To Have Skills : Networking Fundamentals, Linux Administration
• Network Security (Firewall, IDS / IPS, Endpoint AV,EDR )
• Experience in SOC Operations
• Knowledge on networking, Linux and security concepts
• Experience in configuring / managing security controls such as Firewall, DS / IPS,EDR,UTM,Proxy
• Knowledge on log collection mechanism such as Syslog, Log file, DB & API and build collector
• Knowledge in device onboarding and integration
• Passion for cyber security, learning, and knowledge sharing
• Strong Verbal & written communication skills
• Proven customer service skills, problem solving and interpersonal skills
• Ability to handle high pressure situations
• Consistently exhibit high levels of teamwork
• Following certifications is added advantage : Network+,Linux+ ,Security+,CCNA Additional Information :
• The candidate should have minimum 2 years of experience in Accenture MxDR Ops Security Threat Analysis.
• This position is based at our Chennai office.
• A 15 years full time education is required.
• Work as part of a global technical services team that works 24 / 7 on rotational shift
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, prior experience in information security or SOC operations15 years full time education

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