Cybersecurity Analyst Job Profile
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Core Objective
To safeguard the organization’s digital assets by monitoring, detecting, and responding to cyber threats.
Primary Duties
• Monitor: 24/7 surveillance of network traffic and system logs.

• Investigate: Analyze security alerts to determine legitimacy.

• Remediate: Neutralize threats and patch vulnerabilities.

• Compliance: Ensure all systems meet industry security standards.
Technical Stack
• SIEM: Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or LogRhythm.

• Infrastructure: Firewalls (NGFW), VPNs, IDS/IPS, and EDR tools.

• Platforms: AWS, Azure, Windows Server, and Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu).
Required Certs
CompTIA Security+ (Minimum), GSEC, or CISSP (Preferred).
Top Skills
Packet analysis (Wireshark), Vulnerability scanning (Nessus), Scripting (Python/Bash), and Incident Response.
Key KPIs
• Mean Time to Detect (MTTD).

• Mean Time to Respond (MTTR).

• Number of unresolved vulnerabilities.