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

SOC Monitoring - Sentinel - Associate Consultant

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.

• Monitor security alerts and events through Microsoft Sentinel
• Perform initial triage, investigation, and remediation of security incidents
• Create and fine-tune analytics rules, workbooks, and automation playbooks (Logic Apps)
• Conduct threat hunting and identify suspicious patterns across logs
• Analyze incidents such as malware infections, phishing attempts, unauthorized access, and network anomalies
• Work with the incident response team to escalate and resolve threats
• Prepare incident reports, RCA documentation, and maintain SOC logs
• Manage integration of different log sources into Sentinel
• Ensure compliance with security standards and best practices
• Support continuous improvement of SOC processes and detection capabilities

• 2+ years of experience in SOC operations or security monitoring 

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel SIEM 

• Strong knowledge of SIEM concepts, incident response, and use case creation 

• Familiarity with Azure services, Log Analytics, KQL (Kusto Query Language) 

• Understanding of security fundamentals: 

• Threat vectors and vulnerabilitiesExperience in investigating alerts such as malware, phishing, identity compromise, etc. 

• Good communication and analytical skills

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Experience Level

Mid Level