Introduction
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Your role and responsibilities
The KSA SOC L2 role is part of the KSA SOC team. Candidates in this role will be responsible for conducting incident response operations according to documented procedures and industry best practices. Candidates in this role must have excellent communication skills. Must have extensive experience in multiple security areas such as SIEM, IDS, APT, and WAF. Candidates will be required to participate in multiple intelligence communities and be able to disseminate pertinent information throughout the SOC team. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in Linux and Windows operating systems as well as having a deep knowledge of networking and attack methods. Must display enthusiasm and interest in Information Security.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

• Strong Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills
• Knowledge of network security zones, Firewall configurations, IDS policies
• Knowledge of systems communications from Layer 1 to 7
• Experience with Systems Administration, Middleware, and Application Administration
• Experience with Network and Network Security tools administration
• Knowledge of log formats and ability to aggregate and parse log data for syslog, http logs, DB logs for investigation purposes
• In-depth experience with log search tools such as QRadar, Splunk and PA XSIAM, usage of regular expressions and natural language queries
• In-depth knowledge of packet capture and analysis
• Experience with Security Assessment tools (NMAP, Nessus, Metasploit, Netcat etc.)
• Experience with EDR tool to carry out incident detection and response.
• Ability to create a containment strategy and execute

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
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ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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