# Security Engineer / SOC Lead

**Company:** [BlackStone eIT](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/tibAGcW55dzHFist5SpD3s.md)
**Location:** Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Technical Team

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## Description

### Key Responsibilities

-   Act as the onsite operational security focal point, coordinating security monitoring, incident response, technical remediation, and reporting with Blackstone's shared SOC.
-   Manage and maintain enterprise **firewall security controls**, policies, and configurations.
-   Lead and support **vulnerability management** activities, including identification, assessment, tracking, and remediation of security vulnerabilities.
-   Coordinate security monitoring, alert triage, and escalation with the shared SOC and technical teams.
-   Lead operational response to confirmed security incidents according to approved procedures.
-   Handle **security operations** activities and ensure effective execution of security processes.
-   Collect and preserve technical evidence, maintaining incident records and timelines.
-   Coordinate containment, remediation, recovery, and post-incident reviews with stakeholders.
-   Support security logging, SIEM integration, use-case tuning, and monitoring coverage assessments.
-   Track technical security risks and remediation dependencies across infrastructure and applications.
-   Provide operational security reporting and escalate policy/risk decisions to authorized functions.

## Requirements

**Indian national currently based in the UAE, preferably Abu Dhabi**

5+ years of cybersecurity operations, SOC, incident response, or security engineering experience.

Hands-on experience in **firewall management**, **vulnerability management**, and **incident handling & response**.

Practical experience with SIEM platforms such as **Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel**, or equivalent.

Strong knowledge of security monitoring, incident handling, threat analysis, and security operations.

Experience coordinating with SOC teams and driving remediation activities across infrastructure and application environments.

Security+, CEH, GCIA, GCIH, or equivalent cybersecurity certification preferred.