Senior SOC Engineer (Emirati)
Talents Tide · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Tailor my CV for this job — freeHiring: Senior SOC EngineerWe are hiring a Senior SOC Engineer for a cybersecurity company in the UAE.You will run the Splunk SIEM and Splunk UEBA services inside a live Security Operations Center. That means onboarding new log sources, tuning telemetry, and keeping the platform fast and reliable.What you will doManage Splunk SIEM services in the SOC and deploy scalable solutions that follow best practiceDefine data ingestion strategy, parsing logic and correlation rulesOnboard new log sources, then monitor and fix critical ones quicklyOptimize telemetry for better collection, correlation and reportingWork with SOC and threat intelligence teams to develop detection use casesBuild dashboards, alerts and reports for proactive threat monitoringRun system updates, version upgrades and feature rolloutsMaintain CIM compliance, field extractions and data normalizationEvaluate and deploy Splunk apps and add-onsDocument SIEM workflows, configurations and operating proceduresWork with IT, DevOps and security teams to improve SOC efficiencyWhat you bringBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Cybersecurity or a related field3 to 5 years in SOC operations, with significant hands-on Splunk SIEM managementStrong SPL skills for complex queries, dashboards and reportsExperience with Splunk UEBA and related tools such as CriblWorking knowledge of SOC workflows, the MITRE ATT&CK framework and threat detectionSolid cloud and network knowledge for log source onboarding and troubleshootingScripting skills in Python, Bash or PowerShellClear written and verbal communication, and sound decisions under pressureCertificationsSplunk Certified AdministratorPreferred: AWS, Google or Azure architect certification, and CISSP or GIAC