Cyber Security Analyst - Contract

Leading Client is hiring a Cyber Security Analyst - Contract in Pune, Chennai, Bengaluru, India. The details below summarise the employer's own listing; applications happen on the original posting, not on GetFirstJob.

What the work involves

• Job Location: Anywhere from India
• SIEM, EDR/XDR, threat detection ,threat hunting, phishing ,malware investigation, security playbooks/runbooks, incident reporting
• Cybersecurity / Security Operations Centre (SOC/JSOC) or related environments
• Security Monitoring, Alert Triage & Incident Response (50%) Monitor security alerts and events from JSOC tools and platforms, ensuring the security queue is triaged within established SLAs
• Independently investigate, triage, contain and resolve cybersecurity incidents across the full incident response lifecycle
• Perform root cause analysis and document findings and remediation actions
• Assign incident severity based on established criteria and escalate high-severity incidents according to procedures
• Participate in after-hours and on-call incident response as required
• Threat Detection & Alert Tuning (10%) Analyse alert trends to reduce false positives and improve signal quality
• Develop, tune and maintain detection rules, correlation logic and use cases across security platforms

What they are looking for

• Candidate Expectations
• Total Experience and Relevant Experience: 5 to 8 years
• Candidate Location: Anywhere from India
• Skills Mandatory: Security monitoring, alert triage, incident response ,root cause analysis
• Candidate Industry:
• Education and Certification
• Position Overview
• The Cyber Security Analyst, JSOC is responsible for monitoring, analysing and independently responding to security alerts and incidents across the organization

Pay and dates

The listed pay is Not Disclosed. The source page shows a relative posting age rather than an exact posting date; this role was first seen and checked as open on 4 November 2026. The source page showed it as posted “1 week ago” when captured; that is a relative stamp, not an exact date.

How to apply

Apply on the listing where the employer published this role: Cyber Security Analyst - Contract at Leading Client. We found this listing via naukri.com; it was still open when we checked on 4 November 2026. If the posting has closed or the link fails, the role may have been filled.