Associate Consultant - Security Operations Center (SOC) Monitoring with Microsoft Sentinel

ELK/ Splunk - Associate Consultant

Description

About KPMG in India

KPMG entities in India are professional services firm(s). These Indian member firms are affiliated with KPMG International Limited. KPMG was established in India in August 1993. Our professionals leverage the global network of firms, and are conversant with local laws, regulations, markets and competition. KPMG has offices across India in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gurugram, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Noida, Pune, Vadodara and Vijayawada. 

KPMG entities in India offer services to national and international clients in India across sectors. We strive to provide rapid, performance-based, industry-focused and technology-enabled services, which reflect a shared knowledge of global and local industries and our experience of the Indian business environment.

Responsibilities

•Conduct proactive threat hunting across enterprise environments to identify advanced threats and anomalies.
•Perform incident triage, investigation, and remediation in alignment with organizational security policies.
•Utilize ELK stack for log ingestion, correlation, and visualization to support threat detection and forensic analysis.
•Develop and maintain detection rules, dashboards, and alerts within ELK.
•Collaborate with SOC, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence teams to enhance detection capabilities.
•Prepare detailed incident reports and recommend preventive measures.
•Stay updated on emerging threats, attack techniques, and security technologies.

Qualifications

• •Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field.
  •3–6 years of experience in Threat Hunting, Incident Response, or SOC operations.
  •Strong proficiency in ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) for log analysis and visualization.
  •Knowledge of SIEM platforms, EDR tools, and threat intelligence frameworks.
  •Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework and common TTPs.
  •Hands-on experience with scripting (Python, PowerShell) for automation.
  •Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Equal employment opportunity information 

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