SOC L2 Analyst | Hyderabad & Bangalore | Immediate Joiners

Locations : Hyderabad & Bangalore

Work Mode : Work From Office 2 Days/Week

Shift : Rotational (24/7 Support)

Experience : 3- 8 Years

About the Role SOC L2 Analyst :

We are urgently hiring SOC L2 Analysts for a critical cybersecurity requirement. Both interview rounds will be conducted F2F on the same day. Candidates must have excellent communication skills and strong experience in SOC operations.

This is a high-priority position, and the business is looking to onboard candidates within 2 weeks. Hence, immediate joiners or candidates serving notice period only.

Key Responsibilities :

- Monitor security alerts and events across SIEM dashboards, reports, tickets, chat, phone, and email

- Perform triage of potential security incidents and validate severity

- Escalate and coordinate with client teams for incident resolution

- Maintain accurate incident notes and case documentation

- Provide advanced analysis of alerts escalated from L1

- Perform threat hunting for patterns and anomalies

- Conduct malware analysis and generate IOCs/signatures

- Develop/update runbooks and playbooks

- Support incident detection, event correlation, and escalation

- Work closely with shift leads and ensure SLA adherence

- Identify gaps, improve detection rules, tune false positives

- Act as subject matter expert in specific security domains

Mandatory Skills :

- 3+ years of SOC experience (L1/L2)

- Hands-on with security technologies

- SIEM, IDS/IPS, DLP, EDR, AV, Sandboxing, WAF, Proxies, Firewalls

- Strong understanding of APT, attack techniques, TTPs

- Good knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP & basic networking

- Ability to work in rotational shifts (24/7)

- Excellent communication skills (written & verbal)

Preferred Certifications :

- CISSP

- GIAC / GMON

- CEH

- Equivalent security certifications

Good to Have Skills :

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

- Self-driven, eager to learn, and proactive

- Experience with threat hunting, penetration testing, threat intel

Education : Bachelors degree in CS, Cyber Security, IT, Engineering, or equivalent.