The SOC Analyst - Tier 3 is responsible for leading and managing the company's Security Operations Center (SOC) team, ensuring effective delivery of security monitoring, threat detection, incident response coordination, and operational security services. The role provides technical leadership and operational oversight across SOC functions while ensuring compliance with service level agreements, customer requirements, and local regulations.
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Responsibilities
- Lead daily SOC operations across all monitoring and response activities.
- Ensure continuous 24x7 monitoring coverage and effective shift management.
- Oversee incident handling, escalation, and investigation activities.
- Ensure adherence to customer SLAs and operational procedures.
- Monitor SOC performance and service quality metrics.
- Act as the primary escalation point for high-severity security incidents.
- Coordinate incident response activities across technical teams and stakeholders.
- Support containment, investigation, eradication, and recovery efforts.
- Review incident reports and ensure quality of investigation outputs.
- Participate in major incident and crisis management activities.
- Lead, mentor, and develop SOC analysts across all levels.
- Conduct performance reviews, coaching sessions, and knowledge transfer initiatives.
- Support recruitment, onboarding, and training activities.
- Drive continuous improvement of monitoring and detection capabilities.
- Review and approve use cases, correlation rules, dashboards, and operational procedures.
- Identify gaps in detection coverage and operational effectiveness.
- Prepare operational reports and service reviews.
- Participate in customer meetings and security governance discussions.
- Ensure compliance with internal security policies and regulatory obligations.
- Maintain operational documentation, procedures, and playbooks.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of cybersecurity experience and minimum 3 years of SOC operations experience.
- Previous experience leading security operations teams.
- Strong experience with SIEM platforms, threat detection, incident response, and security operations management.
- Experience working within a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
Location
Kuwait City, Kuwait
