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Security Analyst
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 26/09/2025
Job overview
Date posted
12/08/2025
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
26/09/2025
Job description
The Security Analyst is responsible for developing and executing SOC action plans, responding to incidents, monitoring networks, and enhancing security detection capabilities. The role involves working closely with SOC vendors, liaising with business units, and proactively identifying and mitigating threats. It requires expertise in incident response, security monitoring tools, vulnerability management, and cloud security. The position demands hands-on experience in SIEM, EDR, firewalls, IDS/IPS, and DDoS mitigation, along with the ability to mentor junior analysts and enhance SOC processes and automation.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Develop an action plan to achieve SOC goals.
- Design ad-hoc report templates for SOC incidents and activities.
- Participate in R&D of SOC monitoring tools and dashboard feature planning.
- Respond proactively to incidents and calls opened in the ticketing system.
- Liaise with various business units and departments to coordinate security efforts.
- Support team operations and work with SOC vendors while maintaining professionalism.
- Provide input to improve incident detection capabilities.
- Monitor networks to identify and respond to attacks proactively and reactively.
- Assess monitoring capabilities and identify gaps to ensure threat remediation.
- Handle, respond, and escalate security incidents in a 24x7 environment.
- Develop processes for detecting, identifying, and analyzing security events.
- Coordinate with other security-focused bodies and report incident causes.
- Recommend remedies for security weaknesses.
- Triage and manage escalated security incidents end-to-end.
- Perform in-depth analysis, threat hunting, and coordinate response actions.
- Mentor Level 1 Analysts and enhance SOC processes, content, and automation playbooks.
- Ensure compliance with security policies and stay current on emerging threats.
- Work with security technologies including firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPNs, WAF, and DDoS mitigation.
- Utilize SIEM, EDR, vulnerability scanners, and cloud security tools.
Experience & skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Security or Computer Networks.
- Relevant certifications such as CEH, CISM, CISSP, or OSCP.
- Minimum 8 years of operational security experience, with at least 2 years as a Senior Incident Analyst in MSSP.
- Expertise in incident response, threat hunting, and SOC operations.
- Experience with firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet), IDS/IPS, VPNs, WAF, and DDoS mitigation.
- Proficiency with SIEM (Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel) and EDR (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne).
- Knowledge of vulnerability scanners (Nessus, Qualys) and cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Strong problem-solving, judgment, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to influence decision makers and take responsibility for network security operations.
