G42
Lead Analyst - Sector Domain (OT Cybersecurity)
- Permanent
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 23/11/2025
Job overview
Date posted
09/10/2025
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
23/11/2025
Job description
As the OT Lead Analyst Sector Domain and liaison for CPX in Abu Dhabi, the role interfaces between the sector and the OT SOC, communicating activities and decisions to sector stakeholders while holding and providing sector-specific knowledge across incident response, threat hunting, and related functions. The position coordinates mutual efforts between the OT SOC and the sector (e.g., joint incident response investigations), establishes and maintains relationships with internal and external stakeholders (suppliers, customers, incident response and security teams), and creates and maintains a comprehensive understanding of global and sector-related cybersecurity risks, market requirements, regulations, and standards. Responsibilities include supporting customers and teams with sector cybersecurity questions and questionnaires; representing the OT SOC as a thought leader in customer discussions; performing assessments to monitor adherence to applicable cybersecurity policies and industry best practices; actively identifying, managing, and reducing cyber security risks; supporting and driving internal cybersecurity awareness and training programs; and contributing to management discussions to align coordinated efforts with the bigger picture for maximizing SOC delivery value.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Serve as liaison between the sector and OT SOC to communicate activities, decisions, and priorities to stakeholders
- Hold and provide sector-specific knowledge to support incident response, threat hunting, and related SOC activities
- Coordinate mutual incident response investigations and joint efforts between OT SOC and sector teams
- Establish and maintain relationships with suppliers, customers, and incident response/security teams
- Create and maintain a comprehensive understanding of sector cybersecurity risks, regulations, and market requirements
- Support customers and internal teams by responding to sector cybersecurity questions and questionnaires
- Represent OT SOC as a thought leader and subject-matter expert in customer and sector-related discussions
- Perform assessments to monitor adherence to cybersecurity policies and industry best practices
- Identify, manage, and reduce cybersecurity risks through risk-driven recommendations and actions
- Drive internal cybersecurity awareness and training programs within the organization
- Contribute to management discussions to align SOC delivery with organizational objectives
- Coordinate efforts to maximize overall value of SOC delivery and sector initiatives
- Collaborate and build relationships with internal and external parties to support SOC operations and sector projects
- Monitor threat intelligence and current events to inform proactive defensive actions and guidance
- Produce reports and presentations that translate technical risks into business-aligned insights for technical and non-technical audiences
Experience & skills
- Overall 8+ years of experience in large-scale OT environments with focus on Information Security
- Overall 8+ years of experience within a specific sector (Healthcare, Critical Infrastructure, Transportation, Finance, Utilities) and minimum 5 years in Information/Cyber Security
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Technology
- ISC2 CISSP and/or GIAC certification; sector-related certification(s) preferred
- Proven people and process management skills with program/project management experience (initiation, scope, resourcing, scheduling, budgeting, risk, communication)
- Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and facilitation skills with strong written and verbal communication
- Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment while leading teams to accomplish SOC goals
- Good working knowledge of Office tools and the ability to communicate security concepts to technical and non-technical staff
- Knowledge of current and emerging threats/threat vectors and defense-in-depth techniques
- Knowledge of network systems management, monitoring tools, and known vulnerabilities from alerts, advisories, and bulletins
- Knowledge of IT and security technologies, information security GRC, standards, best practices, and applicable laws and regulations
- Knowledge of disaster recovery and continuity of operations plans and frameworks (NIST, ISO, SANS, cyber kill chain)
- Skills in vulnerability recognition and categorization, system/application threat analysis (e.g., XSS, PL/SQL injection, buffer overflow, ROP)
- Experience with Windows/Unix/Linux hacking methodologies and penetration testing tools (Metasploit, Neosploit)
- Skills in packet-level analysis (Wireshark, tcpdump) and malware analysis (OllyDbg, IDA Pro)
- Experience in digital forensics (evidence collection, chain of custody, memory/volatile data analysis, obfuscation techniques)
- Familiarity with OT sensors and monitoring platforms (Nozomi, Dragos, Claroty) and IEC 62443
