Associate - L1 SOC Analyst

PwC Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Job Title

Level 1 SOC Analyst

Job Summary

In the Digital Trust & Cybersecurity team, our work is always evolving to help our clients respond to cybersecurity related threats and trends, and we combine our deep technical skills in response to our clients' changing cybersecurity needs. The Level 1 SOC Analyst is responsible for monitoring and analyzing an organization’s security posture on an ongoing basis. This role involves working in a 24 / 7 environment to detect, respond to, and mitigate security incidents. The L1 SOC Analyst serves as the first line of defense in identifying potential threats and vulnerabilities within the organization’s network and systems.

Responsibilities

• Alert triaging & investigation : Monitor for newly triggered alerts, investigate impact, and correlate with other security devices.
• Shift handovers : Participate, conduct, prepare reports, and communicate information to next shift personnel.
• Log review : Monitor logs from servers, perform quick triage for Linux (syslog) and Windows (permission, user status, password expiry) issues and resolve as required.
• Handle Jira tickets : Respond to inquiries or forward tickets, detect and report tickets with log parser or false alarm issues to Infra / SIEM Engineer.
• Review and analyze alerts generated by security tools and systems.
• Escalate potential security incidents to higher‑level analysts (L2 or L3) based on predefined criteria.

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