SOC & Brand Monitoring Analyst

Job Summary

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented SOC & Brand Monitoring Analyst with 3–4 years of experience in cybersecurity operations, threat monitoring, and digital brand protection.

The candidate will be responsible for monitoring security events, identifying cyber threats, protecting the organization’s digital presence, and detecting brand misuse across online platforms, social media, dark web, and phishing domains.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with SOC operations, SIEM tools, incident analysis, threat intelligence, and brand monitoring platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Security Operations Center (SOC) Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze security alerts/events using SIEM tools such as Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel, or LogRhythm.
• Investigate suspicious activities, security incidents, and potential threats.
• Perform incident triage, escalation, containment, and reporting.
• Monitor endpoint, network, email, and cloud security events.
• Conduct threat hunting and support vulnerability management activities.
• Analyze phishing campaigns, malware indicators, and suspicious domains.
• Coordinate with internal IT/security teams during incident response activities.
• Prepare SOC reports, dashboards, and incident documentation.
• Ensure adherence to security policies, procedures, and compliance requirements.

Brand Monitoring Responsibilities

• Monitor digital channels, social media, websites, marketplaces, and dark web for brand misuse or impersonation.
• Identify fake domains, phishing websites, counterfeit pages, and unauthorized brand usage.
• Track reputation risks, data leaks, and online fraud targeting the organization.
• Work with legal/compliance teams for takedown and remediation activities.
• Analyze threat intelligence feeds related to brand abuse and impersonation attacks.
• Generate periodic brand protection and cyber threat reports.
• Monitor executive impersonation and social engineering attempts.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical Skills

• Hands-on experience with SIEM tools (Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar, etc.)
• Knowledge of cybersecurity concepts:
• Incident Response
• Threat Intelligence
• Malware Analysis
• Phishing Analysis
• Network Security
• Endpoint Security
• Experience with brand monitoring or digital risk protection tools.
• Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK framework and IOC analysis.
• Familiarity with firewalls, IDS/IPS, EDR/XDR platforms.
• Knowledge of domain monitoring, WHOIS, OSINT, and dark web monitoring tools.
• Basic scripting knowledge (Python, PowerShell, or Bash) is preferred.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and investigative skills.
• Good communication and report-writing abilities.
• Ability to work in rotational shifts (if SOC environment requires).
• Attention to detail and problem-solving mindset.

Experience Requirements

• 3–4 years of experience in:
• SOC Operations / Cybersecurity Monitoring
• Threat Intelligence / Incident Response
• Brand Monitoring / Digital Risk Protection
• Experience in MSSP/SOC environments is an advantage.

Preferred Certifications

• CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker)
• CompTIA Security+
• SC-200 (Microsoft Security Operations Analyst)
• CySA+
• Splunk Certified User/Admin
• GCIH / GCIA (preferred)

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.