Security Operations Center (SOC) Specialist – Middle East – Competitive Salary + Opportunity to Relocate with support from this Internationally well-respected company

Security Operations Center (SOC) Specialist – Middle East – Competitive Salary + Opportunity to Relocate with support from this Internationally well-respected company

A well-respected international investment company are seeking a Security Operations Center (SOC) Specialist to join their team to manage Information Security risk in-line with the Information Security Policy by providing optimal controls that enable business activities, support business continuity, and provide a balanced user experience.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Security Operations Center (SOC) Specialist take that next step into a challenging position with a world-renowned pioneering organisation.

Their investment collection involves more than 25 asset classes and subcategories, from equities and fixed income to hedge funds, real estate, private equity and infrastructure. They invest in all of the world’s major markets, in addition to having significant exposure to the developing markets that will drive global growth of the future.

About the Company:

This globally renowned company have an impressive number/value of investments. As a result, they invest heavily in their technology – you will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology projects and contribute to the organization’s mission of generating sustainable long-term returns.

They value innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning, offering a dynamic and rewarding work environment.

The company fosters a culture of professional growth and development, offering various training programs, mentorship opportunities, and access to industry conferences.

Although the core business language is English, the team includes many different nationalities – when walking around the HQ, you can hear conversations in any one of more than 50 languages!

About the SOC Specialist Vacancy:

The role will proactively identify threats and risks, implement detection and response processes within the SOC and lead Cyber security incident investigations. The role is expected to coordinate with ITD Stakeholders to ensure smooth operation of SOC’s supporting technologies, demonstrate deep understanding of cyber threats, proactive identify, monitor and respond to potential risk events.

Responsibilities:

Relationship:

• Build effective relations within ITD to ensure the effective delivery of SOC services and response to events.

• Promote awareness and facilitate the implementation of appropriate controls and processes.

• Manage relationships with security product vendors and services providers

• Partner with ITD stakeholders to ensure that security controls are built into the requirements, architecture, design, and eventual build of the product.

• Manage relationships with the Managed Security Service Provider, working closely to ensure adequate coverage and mutual understanding of security needs and expectations.

Technical:

• Lead and guide the operation and maintenance of the SOC technology stack.

• Execution of SOC event and incident investigation processes to detect and analyze malicious activity, ensuring timely identification and response to security threats.

• Lead and coordinate the identification and implementation of security monitoring use cases based on the cyber threats as identified by threat modelling, threat intelligence and environmental factors.

• Draft, maintain and improve playbooks and incident response plans aligned with monitoring use cases.

• Design, implement and oversee the deployment of automated actions to ensure prompt containment and response measures are effectively executed.

• Design, implement and execute vulnerability and compliance management activities, including stakeholder reporting.

• Provide reporting and metrics in support of IT Security, SOC, Vulnerability Management and Compliance management requirements.

• Provide constructive feedback to IT Security regarding identified control and monitoring gaps to improve security posture.

• Work on the planning and execution of cyber security incident rehearsals and drills to test the resilience and response capabilities.

• Enable reporting and monitoring to ensure that all applications/products/services being implemented are in accordance with security specifications.

• Review MSSP activities to ensure adherence to the Statement of Work and Service Level Agreements, ensuring contractual obligations are met.

• Support on the development of the Cyber-Security Operations Centre Roadmap and the execution of tasks and activities to implement required capabilities as per the roadmap.

• Execution and delivery of new security initiatives, ensuring successful implementation and alignment with organizational

Leadership:

• Provide technical support and foster an environment of collaboration, commitment, and team spirit.

• Maintain an up-to-date database with vendor roadmaps to advise business on emerging industry trends.

• Review the design quality of others to ensure adherence to standards and identify corrective action, if needed.

• Support team members in line with the mission, vision, values, goals, and performance standards

• Foster an environment of collaboration, commitment, and team spirit. Inspire, motivate, and guide junior team members.

• Run training sessions for other members of the team, transferring knowledge across the domain.

Risk:

• Keep abreast of market conditions

• Analyze risks, escalate issues, and report breaches of police, as necessary

• Serve as a role model by consistently adhering to all policies and procedures

Ideal Requirements for the SOC Specialist Vacancy:

• Several years of relevant experience working within a security organization of a financial institution or other highly regulated company

• Relevant Information Security certifications, education, or training e.g.: CISSP, CCSP, CISA, CISM, OSCP, SANS, etc.

• Bachelor’s Degree is required.

• Sentinel experience is important.

• Development experience or knowledge of common programming languages.

• Expertise implementing and operating SIEMs, Security Analytics, Endpoint Detection and Response tooling.

• Expertise in SIEM use case, playbook development etc.

• Proven experience in cyber security event and incident investigations.

• Experience in a SOC Tier 3 role.

• Proven experience in managing SOC, Vulnerability and Compliance Management technologies.

• Exposure to machine learning, artificial intelligence, data science in a cyber security context.

• Demonstrates adaptability to change.

• Skilled in collaborating and leveraging teamwork to drive necessary changes.

• Capable of balancing long-term and short-term impacts of decisions.

• Proficient in conflict resolution.

• Possesses excellent interpersonal skills, including collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation.

• Exhibits outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

• Shows exceptional planning and organizational abilities.