Security Engineer / SOC Lead

Job description / Role

Key responsibilities

• Act as the onsite operational security focal point, coordinating security monitoring, incident response, technical remediation, and reporting with the shared SOC.
• Manage and maintain enterprise firewall security controls, policies, and configurations.
• Lead and support vulnerability management activities, including identifying, assessing, tracking, and remediating security vulnerabilities.
• Coordinate security monitoring, alert triage, and escalation with the shared SOC and technical teams.
• Lead operational responses to confirmed security incidents according to approved procedures.
• Handle security operations activities and ensure the effective execution of security processes.
• Collect and preserve technical evidence, maintaining incident records and timelines.
• Coordinate containment, remediation, recovery, and post-incident reviews with stakeholders.
• Support security logging, SIEM integration, use-case tuning, and monitoring coverage assessments.
• Track technical security risks and remediation dependencies across infrastructure and applications.
• Provide operational security reporting and escalate policy and risk decisions to authorized functions.

Requirements

• Indian national currently based in the UAE, preferably Abu Dhabi.
• Five or more years of experience in cybersecurity operations, SOC, incident response, or security engineering.
• Hands-on experience in firewall management, vulnerability management, and incident handling and response.
• Practical experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel, or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of security monitoring, incident handling, threat analysis, and security operations.
• Experience coordinating with SOC teams and driving remediation activities across infrastructure and application environments.
• Security+, CEH, GCIA, GCIH, or equivalent cybersecurity certification preferred.