Job Overview
Role: Analyst – Consulting Implementation (SOC Security Analyst) Location: Gurgaon, Haryana (India) Experience: 0 – 2 Years (Freshers are fully welcome) Qualification: B.E. / B.Tech / Graduate / Postgraduate in any discipline
Job Description
KPMG India , a premier global professional services and advisory firm, has announced its latest off-campus talent acquisition window for the position of Analyst – Consulting Implementation . This opportunity is anchored within their specialized Security Operations Center (SOC) framework located in Gurgaon, Haryana, India . Designed for entry-level professionals, engineers, and recent graduates with 0-2 years of experience, this full-time role offers an elite foundation in cybersecurity incident monitoring, threat mitigation, and compliance. If you possess sharp analytical instincts and want to launch your career within a Big 4 consulting environment, read the core parameters below and apply immediately.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Actively monitoring, processing, assessing, and escalating SIEM alerts based on pre-defined architectural correlation rules.
- Evaluating enterprise email protection notifications, executing targeted malware analysis, and managing phishing email reviews.
- Participating in routine threat hunting protocols across corporate network flows, behavioral indicators, and global threat intelligence registries.
- Triaging, documenting, and routing incident handling processes in strict accordance with corporate Incident Response Playbooks.
- Comprehending structural log variations (including HTTP, SMTP, and Network protocols) under team guidance.
- Performing structured quality assessments on active SOC operations and logging all discovered system deviations into designated tracking tools and spreadsheets.
- Conducting deep Root Cause Analysis (RCA) regarding observed process errors or trends to generate actionable recommendations for service delivery updates.
- Following up directly with assigned internal error owners to mitigate process deviations and build personnel-specific performance workflows.
Skills and Eligibility Criteria
Educational Background: B.E. / B.Tech, Post-Graduate, or Graduate degree in any technical, engineering, or logical discipline.
Experience: Foundational grasp of analytic concepts with the ability to discover data trends, map drill-downs, and represent performance findings graphically.
Mandatory Technical Skills:
- Domain Familiarity: Basic structural knowledge of Cyber Security fundamentals, baseline threat hunting, and operational security incident tracking.
- SIEM Tooling: Exposure or familiarity with major enterprise monitoring security systems such as Azure Sentinel, RSA, Splunk, or LogRhythm.
- Infrastructure Literacy: General operational knowledge of Windows Active Directory, basic operating systems, network servers, and modern cloud deployment environments (Azure / AWS / Windows).
- Scripting Skills: Elementary scripting familiarity utilizing Python is considered a distinct added advantage.
- Enterprise Security Tools: Prior knowledge of Microsoft-focused ecosystem tools (like Defender for Office, Defender for Identity, or Microsoft Sentinel) is highly beneficial.
Competencies:
- Professional Badges (Good to Have): Certified SOC Analyst (CSA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), or baseline certifications from the Microsoft Azure Suite.
- Prior Exposure: Prior internship history or active projects inside a live Security Operations Center (SOC) framework will give candidates a strong competitive edge.
- Productivity Apps: High proficiency across the Microsoft Office suite, especially in executing data trends inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Shift Flexibility: Candidates must be entirely willing and ready to operate across flexible rotational shifts.
- Communication: Exceptional written and oral communication habits to effectively summarize and escalate critical technical deviations.