As a Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst at the Information Systems Agency of Armenia (ISAA), you will play a crucial role in safeguarding Armenia's digital assets and infrastructure. In this dynamic and challenging role, you will be responsible for monitoring, detecting, and responding to cybersecurity threats and incidents to ensure the security and integrity of Armenia's digital systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities
• Use cyber defense tools for continual monitoring and analysis of system to identify malicious activity
• Document and escalate incidents (including event’s history, status, and potential impact for further action that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment
• Analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information
• Perform event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack
• Conduct research, analysis, and correlation across a wide variety of all source data sets (indications and warnings)
• Receive and analyze network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine possible causes of such alerts
• Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting
• Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources
• Coordinate with enterprise-wide cyber defense staff to validate network alerts
• Identify and analyze anomalies in network traffic using metadata
• Provide daily summary reports of network events and activity relevant to cyber defense practices
• Identify applications and operating systems of a network device based on network traffic

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• Proven experience working in a security operations center (SOC) or a similar cybersecurity role.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, including threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management.
• Familiarity with security technologies and tools, such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR, firewalls, and endpoint security solutions.
• Knowledge of networking protocols, operating systems, and cloud computing environments.
• Ability to analyze and interpret security logs, event data, and network traffic flows.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CompTIA Security+, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)) are a plus.

To apply for the position the applicants must send their CV to the mail address in hr@isaa.am.