Act as the onsite operational security focal point, coordinating security monitoring, incident response, technical remediation, and reporting with the shared Security Operations Center (SOC). Policy ownership, regulatory accountability, and risk acceptance remain with the Entity.
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Responsibilities
- Coordinate security monitoring, alert triage, and escalation with the shared SOC and relevant technical teams.
- Lead operational response to confirmed security incidents in accordance with approved procedures and authority.
- Collect and preserve technical evidence and maintain incident records, timelines, and action tracking.
- 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, network, cloud, and applications.
- Provide operational security reporting and support agreed awareness, exercise, or readiness activities.
- Escalate policy, compliance, and risk-acceptance decisions to the authorised Entity function.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of cybersecurity operations, SOC, or incident-response experience.
- Practical experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, QRadar, or equivalent.
- Strong knowledge of security monitoring, incident handling, network/endpoint telemetry, and threat analysis.
- Security+, CEH, GCIA, or equivalent certification preferred.
- Strong written reporting, stakeholder coordination, and evidence-handling capability.
Preferred Profile
- Previous experience supporting UAE government or regulated security environments.
- Working knowledge of TDRA security, hosting, and incident coordination processes.
- Arabic language capability for onsite stakeholder coordination.
Expected Contribution
- Security events are escalated and coordinated within the confirmed response procedures.
- Incident evidence, decisions, actions, and dependencies remain traceable.
- The shared SOC and onsite teams operate with clear ownership and handoffs.
- Policy and risk decisions are not assumed without Entity authority.
