Associate Director DDIT ISC CSOC Engineering

CSOC Engineering will be an integral part of the Novartis Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC). The CSOC is an advanced global team passionate about the active defense against the most sophisticated cyber threats and attacks. By leveraging various tools and resources, the CSOC Engineer Lead will help to proactively detect, investigate, and mitigate both emerging and persistent threats that pose a risk to Novartis networks, systems, users, and applications.

The main objective of the CSOC Engineering Lead is to design, develop, implement, and manage dataflow pipelines and integrate them with SIEM platforms such as Sentinel and Splunk. The Data onboarded to SIEM will be Crucial for CSOC Analysts and the content development and SOAR Engineers to develop monitoring alerts and automation playbooks.
Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, including Novartis internal teams, external vendors, and Product/Platform engineers, will be a crucial aspect of this role. The CSOC Engineering Lead will work closely with these stakeholders to understand and integrate various datasources. This may involve utilizing services such as Cribl, Syslog NG, Azure Monitoring Agent, Universal Forwarder etc. to list a few.
Furthermore, the CSOC Engineering Lead will work in close partnership with the CSOC stakeholders, including TDR, THR, Forensic, Content Development, and SOAR teams. Their expertise and collaboration will be instrumental in quickly resolving any Data onboarding requests or issues that arise.
Overall, the CSOC Engineering Lead role is pivotal in ensuring the proactive defense of Novartis critical assets, systems, and infrastructure against the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats.

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