ZDCapital
Website:
ibkr.com
Job details:
About The Company
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBKR), a member of the S&P 500, is a global financial services company headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, with offices in over 15 countries. Through its affiliates, Interactive Brokers provides automated trade execution and custody of securities, commodities, foreign exchange, and prediction markets on over 170 markets in numerous countries and currencies.
For more than four decades, Interactive Brokers has focused on technology, automation, and innovation to provide clients worldwide with a sophisticated, unified platform to manage their investment portfolios. We serve individual investors, hedge funds, proprietary trading groups, financial advisors, and introducing brokers.
Our culture is driven by problem-solving, efficiency, and continuous improvement. We look for individuals who are intellectually curious, collaborative, and motivated to contribute to technology that helps simplify and enhance access to global financial markets. Interactive Brokers has consistently been recognized as a top broker by respected industry sources including Barron’s, Investopedia, Stockbrokers.com, and others.
Position Overview
Seeking a “Security Operator I” to join our Security Operations Center (SOC) team, focusing on incident response and threat detection. This role involves working with enterprise SIEM platforms, EDR solutions, and incident management tools to protect IBKR's global trading infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
Security Monitoring & Alert Triage
- Monitor security alerts generated by SIEM, EDR, email security, network, and cloud security tools
- Perform initial triage and validation of alerts to determine severity, scope, and potential impact
- Identify false positives and review tuning opportunities.
Incident Response Support
- Execute incident response playbooks for common attack scenarios such as phishing, malware, endpoint compromise, and suspicious logins
- Assist in containment and remediation actions under guidance from senior SOC or IR team members
- Participate in 24×7 SOC operations, including shift rotations and on-call coverage
Investigation & Analysis
- Perform log analysis across Windows, Linux, network, and security tool telemetry
- Validate Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) using internal tools and threat intelligence sources
- Support malware and phishing investigations through file, URL, and domain analysis
Incident Management & Documentation
- Create and maintain incident tickets in the incident management platform (e.g., ServiceNow)
- Document investigation steps, findings, evidence, and closure rationale clearly and accurately
- Follow SOC standards for documentation, escalation, and handover
Collaboration & Learning
- Work closely with senior analysts, incident responders.
- Continuously develop technical skills through hands-on investigations, training, and mentoring
- Stay current with common attack techniques and SOC best practices
Required Skills And Qualifications
- Technical Knowledge: Basic understanding of cybersecurity principles, networking protocols (TCP/IP), and Operating Systems (Linux/Windows).
- Tool Familiarity: Experience, training or understanding of Cyber Security Technologies such as SIEM, EDR, Email Security, Firewall, IDS/IPS, OWASP etc.
- Experience with incident playbooks
- Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze large datasets to identify patterns.
- Soft Skills: Strong communication skills, ability to work in a fast-paced environment, and a proactive mindset.
- Education/Certification: Bachelor's degree in IT/Cybersecurity. certifications like CompTIA Security+, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) is a plus.
- Experience: 2–5 years of hands‑on experience in SOC or cybersecurity roles, with relevant certifications considered as a substitute for part of the experience requirement.
Technical Environment
- SIEM platforms (SentinelOne/Splunk/MS Sentinel)
- EDR platforms (SentinelOne/MS Defender/Crowdstrike)
- Incident management systems
Work Requirements
- Rotating shifts (24x7 SOC)
- Incident response handling
- Alert triage and escalation
- Documentation and reporting
- Team collaboration
Growth Path
- Advanced IR certification support
- Threat hunting training
- Digital forensics exposure
- Technical skill development
- Analyst & Senior analyst progression
Company Benefits & Perks
- Competitive salary package.
- Performance-based annual bonus (cash and stocks).
- Hybrid working model (3 days office/week).
- Group Medical & Life Insurance.
- Modern offices with free amenities & fully stocked cafeterias.
- Monthly food card & company-paid snacks.
- Hardship/shift allowance with company-provided pickup & drop facility*
- Attractive employee referral bonus.
- Frequent company-sponsored team-building events and outings.
- Depending upon the shifts.
- The benefits package is subject to change at the management's discretion
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