The National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) has published job advertisements in national newspapers today. NADRA is looking for dynamic, talented, genius, energetic, and result-oriented candidates to fill a variety of positions at its 800+ branches across Pakistan.
If you want to work for NADRA in 2023, this article has all the information you need, such as the application form, the deadline for submission, the qualifications needed, and the salary rates.
| Updated On | November 03, 2023 |
| Job Type | full time |
| Organization | National Database and Registration Authority |
| Region | |
| Sector | Government |
| Cities | |
| Vacancies | 100+ |
| Salary Package | PKR, 35000- 60000.est |
| Last Date | November 10, 2023 |
NADRA is one of the most tech-savvy government agencies in Pakistan. It has a huge network of registration centers nationwide and a top-notch data center. NADRA’s systems work together with other government agencies, like the Election Commission of Pakistan, the Federal Board of Revenue, and the Ministry of Interior.
Benefits of working at Nadra
There are many benefits to working at NADRA, including:
- Competitive salary and benefits: NADRA offers competitive salaries and benefits packages to its employees, including health insurance, life insurance, retirement benefits, and paid time off.
- Job security: NADRA is a government agency, so employees have job security.
- Opportunities for advancement: NADRA offers a variety of opportunities for employees to advance their careers. Employees can participate in training and development programs, and they can also apply for promotions to higher-level positions.
- Meaningful work: NADRA plays an important role in the lives of Pakistani citizens. Employees have the opportunity to work on projects that make a real difference in the lives of others.
- Collaborative work environment: NADRA has a collaborative work environment. Employees are encouraged to work together and to share ideas.
Available Positions
Software/Application Security Analyst (Project Based)
Job Description
Looking for a security engineer with 3+ years of experience in OWASP, Python, Azure, AWS, Java, and mobile security? If so, this job is for you!
You’ll be responsible for assessing the security posture of applications, conducting controlled attacks to identify weaknesses, and proposing security controls to mitigate risks. You’ll also work with developers and other stakeholders to address security concerns throughout the development life cycle.
Responsibilities:
- Assess the security posture of applications and identify vulnerabilities
- Conduct controlled attacks to identify weaknesses in security controls
- Assess potential threats and vulnerabilities to applications, identify potential impact, and propose appropriate security controls
- Work with application developers, IT teams, and other stakeholders to address security concerns throughout the development life cycle and ensure secure coding practices
- Perform regular security reviews and audits to identify areas of improvement and ensure compliance with security standards and regulations
- Configure and manage security tools such as vulnerability scanners, code analysis tools, and intrusion detection systems
Qualifications:
- BS in Computer Science, Information Security, or Cyber Security
- 3+ years of experience in a related field
Penetration Tester (Project Based)
Job Description
Looking for a penetration tester with 3+ years of experience? This job is for you!
You’ll be responsible for conducting penetration tests on internal and external systems to identify vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and potential security risks. You’ll also collaborate with senior penetration testers and security experts to design and execute security assessments.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct penetration tests on internal and external systems
- Collaborate with senior penetration testers and security experts to design and execute security assessments
- Perform vulnerability scanning and analysis on systems, network infrastructure, and databases
- Document and report findings, vulnerabilities, and remediation recommendations to relevant stakeholders
- Assist in developing and maintaining penetration testing methodologies and tools
- Stay up to date with the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, and best practices in cybersecurity
- Support the implementation of security measures to address identified vulnerabilities
- Participate in red teaming exercises to evaluate and improve the organization’s overall security posture
- Provide security incident response and security incidents as needed
- Actively contribute to the development of security policies, procedures, and guidelines
Qualifications:
- BS in Computer Science, Information Security, or Cyber Security
- 3+ years of experience in a related field
- International standard qualification is highly desirable
- Hands-on experience of penetration testing tools
SOC Engineer (Project Based)
Job Description
Looking for an experienced SIEM engineer with Elastic certification? This job is for you!
You’ll be responsible for deploying, managing, and engineering a SIEM solution end-to-end. You’ll also integrate log sources, optimize performance, and tune systems and tools.
Responsibilities:
- Deploy, manage, and engineer a SIEM solution end-to-end
- Integrate log sources with the SIEM solution
- Optimize the performance of the SIEM solution and manage logs
- Optimize threat detection products for DLP, email protection, EDR, antivirus, intrusion detection systems, and other security technologies
- Write detection signatures, tune systems and tools, develop automation scripts, and correlation rules
Qualifications:
- BS in Computer Science
- 4+ years of experience in a related field
- Elastic Certified Engineer certification is highly desirable
- Hands-on experience in elastic engineering, Linux cluster management, and log source onboarding and custom parser writing
SOC L3 Analyst (Project Based)
Job Description
Looking for an experienced SOC L3 analyst with 5+ years of experience and an international standard certification? This job is for you!
You’ll be responsible for validating incidents reported by SOC L2 analysts, monitoring all technologies and data asset dashboards, sensors, and services, and escalating any security events and incidents within the SOC. You’ll also be responsible for investigating events and incidents to determine scope, risk, and severity; taking ownership of remediation activities; and reviewing all incidents to improve response process and actionable intelligence.
Responsibilities:
- Validate incidents reported by SOC L2 analysts
- Monitor all technologies and data asset dashboards, sensors, and services, and escalate any security events and incidents within the SOC
- Hunt for and detect suspicious or malicious activity across the enterprise
- Continuously improve all detection processes and corresponding technology components
- Take ownership and investigate events and incidents to determine scope, risk, and severity
- Take ownership of remediation activities and work closely with various departments in the organization to remove suspicious and malicious activity and traffic, and where required restore services. Make appropriate changes to guarantee such security events and incidents do not reoccur
- Review all incidents to improve response process and actionable intelligence
- Escalate timely when the SLA for alerting is not met
- Write detection signatures, tune systems/ tools, develop automation scripts, and correlation rules
Qualifications:
- BS in Computer Science
- 5+ years of experience in SOC operation/analysis
- 3+ years of experience of working in secruity operations center team in SOC L2 role
- Hands on experience of incidence response cycle
- International standard certification is highly desirable
SOC L2 Analyst (Project Based)
Job Description
Looking for a SOC L2 analyst with 2+ years of experience and an international standard certification? This job is for you!
You’ll be responsible for validating incidents reported by SOC L1 analysts, escalating incidents when the SLA for alerting is not met, identifying incidents that were missed by SOC operations, interacting with external parties to resolve queries relating to raised incidents, managing the SIEM and incident knowledge base, generating daily, weekly, and monthly reports on time, maintaining the timely delivery of reports, and maintaining updated and latest log baselines.
Responsibilities:
- Validate incidents reported by SOC L1 analysts
- Escalate incidents when the SLA for alerting is not met
- Identify incidents that were missed by SOC operations
- Interact with external parties to resolve queries relating to raised incidents
- Manage the SIEM and incident knowledge base
- Generate daily, weekly, and monthly reports on time
- Maintain the timely delivery of reports
- Maintain updated and latest log baselines
Qualifications:
- BS in Computer Science
- 2+ years of experience in SOC Operation/Analysis
- Excellent knowledge of TTPs used by attackers
- Hands-on experience of any SIEM & IR platform
- Hands-on experience in writing regular expressions
SOC L1 Analyst (Project Based)
Job Description
Looking for a SOC L1 analyst with 1+ year of experience and an international standard qualification? This job is for you!
You’ll be responsible for monitoring the SIEM console, rules, reports, and dashboards to detect incidents. You’ll also monitor the SIEM console resources for anomalies, report incidents to the concerned team, escalate incidents when the SLAs are not met, monitor the health of the SIEM tool, assist the SOC team in incident detection and resolution, and communicate with external teams on incident resolution.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor the SIEM console, rules, reports, and dashboards to detect incidents
- Monitor the SIEM console resources for anomalies
- Report incidents to the concerned team along with the SOC
- Escalate incidents when the SLAs are not met
- Monitor the health of the SIEM tool
- Assist the SOC team in incident detection and resolution
- Communicate with external teams in proper incident resolution
Qualifications:
- BS in Computer Science
- 1+ year of experience in SOC operation/analysis
- Hands-on experience of any SIEM
- International standard qualification is highly desirable
Terms & Conditions
- Individual will be hired initially for 6 months (extendable if required).
- Management reserves the right to accept/reject any application without assigning
any reason. - Only shortlisted candidates will be called for interview.
- Candidate shall be disqualified if false information is provided.
- 5 years’ relaxation in age shall be admissible.
- No TA/DA will be admissible.
- The deadline for applications is 10th November, 2023.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are advised to visit https://careers.nadra.gov.pk/
to access the detailed specifications of each position and for submission of applications. No
other form of application shall be accepted.