In addition to accountabilities listed above in Job Purpose:

• Data Onboarding
  • evalsuate and onboard new data sources, performing data analysis for identifying anomalies and trends, and developing dashboards and visualizations for data reporting.
  • Collaborate with CSOC engineers, Threat Hunters, and CSOC Analysts to gather requirements and develop solutions.
  • Troubleshoot and provide support for onboarding issues with platforms like Sentinel, Splunk, and Cribl.
  • Validate and ensure proper configuration and implementation of new logics with security system and application owners.
  • Perform data normalization, establish datasets, and develop data models.
  • Manage backlog of customer requests for onboarding new data sources.
  • Detect and resolve issues in various data sources, implementing health monitoring for data sources and feeds.
  • Identify opportunities for automation in data onboarding and proactively detect parsing/missing-data issues.

• Content Development and Automation
  • Design and create security detection rules, alerts, and Use Cases utilizing platforms such as SIEM, DLP, EDR, and WAF.
  • Develop robust detection mechanisms to identify and respond to potential security threats across various security technologies.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand risks and develop effective detection strategies that align with organizational security goals.
  • Regularly review and enhance existing detection rules and Use Cases to ensure their effectiveness and alignment with emerging threats and vulnerabilities.
  • Automation CSOC Engineering workload.

• Improving Data Onboarding processes.
• evalsuate and review the Data quality in SIEM.
• Timely delivery of defect free onboarding services for CSOC.
• Identify technology and process gaps that affect CSOC services; propose solutions and make recommendations for continuous improvement.

EXPERIENCE

• 4+ Years work experience.
• Effective communication skills.
• Good general security knowledge.
• Strong knowledge of security tools (DLP, XDR, SIEM, Firewalls).
• Experienced IT administration with broad and in-depth technical, analytical and conceptual skills.
• Experience in configuring Data collection Endpoints, connectors and parsers.
• Good knowledge of collectors/forwarder components, integrating Security tools using API, syslog, cloud etc.
• Experience in scripting and Automation for Security tools.
• Experience in Security Engineering tasks such as SIEM alert creation, SOAR playbook development
• Experience in reporting to and communicating with senior level management (with and without IT background, with and without in-depth risk management background) on incident response topics.
• Exceptional interpersonal and collaborative skills, fostering effective communication and cooperation with diverse individuals and teams.
• Exceptional understanding and knowledge of general IT infrastructure technology and systems.

PRODUCT/MARKET/CUSTOMER KNOWLEDGE

• Good understanding of pharmaceutical industry. Good understanding and knowledge of business processes in a global pharmaceutical industry.

SKILLS/JOB RELATED KNOWLEDGE

• Firsthand experience of Security tools like Splunk, Sentinel, DLP, XDR.
• Direct experience managing Data ingestion pipeline through Cribl.
• Understanding of security systems (such as AV, IPS, Proxy, FWs).
• Security use-case design and development
• Understanding of SOAR
• Development experience in python (SDKs)
• An understanding of error messages and logs displayed by various software.
• Understanding of network protocols and topologies.
• Strong technical troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• A knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework is beneficial.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Calm and logical approach.

NETWORKS

• High level of personal integrity, and the ability to professionally handle confidential matters and exude the appropriate level of judgment and maturity.
• Ability to handle competing priorities, and seeking consensus when stakeholders have different or even contradicting opinions.

OTHER

• Fluency (written and spoken) in English

Leadership

Establishes clear direction and sets stretch objectives. Aligns and energizes Associates behind common objectives. Champions the Novartis Values and Behaviors. Rewards/encourages the right behaviors and corrects others.

• Establishes clear directives and objectives.  
• Communicates positive expectations for others on the team.  
• Integrates and applies learning to achieve business goals.   

Customer/Quality Focus

Assigns highest priority to customer satisfaction. Listens to customer and creates solutions for unmet customer needs. Established effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

• Defines quality standards to ensure customer satisfaction.  
• Creates and supports world-class quality standards to ensure customer satisfaction.

Fast, Action-Oriented

Is action-oriented and full of energy to face challenging situations. Is decisive, seizes opportunities and ensures fast implementation. Strives for simplicity and clarity. Avoids 'bureaucracy'.

• Alerts others to potential risks and opportunities.
• Keeps organizational processes simple and efficient.  
• Takes acceptable/calculated risks by adopting new or unknown directions.  

Results Driven

Can be relied upon to succeed targets successfully. Does better than the competition.  Pushes self and others for results.

• Anticipates potential barriers to achievement of shared goals.  
• Pushes self and others to see new ways of achieving results (e.g., better business model).  
• Uses feasibility and ROI analyses to ensure results.  
• Keeps pace with new developments in the industry.