SOC Engineer L1

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As a Security Managed Services Engineer (L1) at NTT DATA, you will step into an entry-level role focused on maintaining our clients' firewall infrastructures. Your main objective will be to ensure our Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are met with zero missed conditions. You'll be front-line support, handling standard and low-complexity incidents and service requests, as well as contributing to project work when needed.

Daily, you'll monitor client infrastructure and solutions, quickly identifying and investigating problems and errors before or as they occur. You'll provide telephonic, ITSM ticket or chat support to clients, ensuring efficient and comprehensive resolutions of incidents and requests. By scheduling maintenance activities like patching and configuration changes, you contribute to a proactive approach in managing and optimizing workflows. You'll follow necessary handover procedures for shift changes to ensure service continuity and update existing knowledge articles—or create new ones.

A key part of your role will be identifying opportunities for work optimization, including automation of work, request fulfilment, incident resolution, and other process improvements. You may also be involved in implementing and delivering disaster recovery functions and tests.

• Monitors client infrastructure and solutions.
• Identifies problems and errors prior to or when they occur.
• Routinely identifies common incidents and opportunities for avoidance as well as general opportunities for incident reduction.
• Investigates first line incidents assigned and identifies the root cause of incidents and problems.
• Provides telephonic or chat support to clients when required.
• Schedules maintenance activity windows for patching and configuration changes.
• Follows the required handover procedures for shift changes to ensure service continuity.
• Reports and escalates incidents where necessary.
• Ensures the efficient and comprehensive resolutions of incidents and requests.
• Updates existing knowledge articles or create new ones.
• Identifies opportunities for work optimization including opportunities for automation of work, request fulfilment, incident resolution, and other general process improvement opportunities.
• May also contribute to / support on project work as and when required.
• May work on implementing and delivering disaster recovery functions and tests.
• Performs any other related task as required.

• Ability to communicate and work across different cultures and social groups.
• Ability to plan activities and projects well in advance, and takes into account possible changing circumstances.
• Ability to maintain a positive outlook at work.
• Ability to work well in a pressurized environment.
• Ability to work hard and put in longer hours when it is necessary.
• Ability to apply active listening techniques such as paraphrasing the message to confirm understanding, probing for further relevant information, and refraining from interrupting.
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Ability to place clients at the forefront of all interactions, understanding their requirements, and creating a positive client experience throughout the total client journey.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in IT/Computing (or demonstrated equivalent work experience).
• CCNA or relevant level 1 Network Security certification is…