Cyber Operations Manager

VHR Global Technical Recruitment; Dubai; On-site; AED 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

VHR Global Technical Recruitment is partnering with a client to hire a Manager – Cyber Operations in Dubai. The role blends hands‑on leadership with strategic oversight of security operations, threat detection and vulnerability management across critical infrastructure.

The successful candidate will lead a growing SOC, mentor analysts, coordinate penetration testing, and drive security improvements in a highly regulated engineering environment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in cybersecurity operations with hands‑on leadership experience.
• Experience deploying and managing enterprise SIEM solutions.
• Strong skills in vulnerability management, incident response and pen testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily cyber security operations and monitoring.
• Deploy, tune and optimise SIEM platforms and detection use cases.
• Own vulnerability management programmes from assessment to remediation.
• Coordinate and oversee penetration testing across enterprise environments.
• Lead incident response investigations, containment and recovery.
• Develop security baselines and monitor compliance across infra.
• Mentor SOC Analysts and grow the cyber operations function.

Skills

Cyber Ops Leadership

SIEM Expertise

Vulnerability Mgmt

Incident Response

Penetration Testing

Stakeholder Mgmt

Threat Detection

Job description

Manager – Cyber Operations

Our client is seeking an experienced Manager – Cyber Operations to lead and strengthen cybersecurity operations within a complex, safety‑critical engineering environment.

This is a hands‑on leadership role responsible for security operations, threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management and penetration testing. Leading a small but growing team, you'll play a key role in protecting critical infrastructure while helping shape the organisation's operational security capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day cyber security operations and security monitoring activities.
• Deploy, manage and optimise SIEM platforms, including alert tuning, use case development and threat detection.
• Own vulnerability management programmes, from assessment through to remediation.
• Plan and coordinate penetration testing across enterprise and engineering environments.
• Lead incident response investigations, containment and recovery activities.
• Develop security baselines and monitor compliance across infrastructure and systems.
• Mentor and develop SOC Analysts while supporting the growth of the cyber operations function.
• Assess cyber risks and implement practical, effective security controls.

About You

• 12+ years' experience in cybersecurity operations, including 5+ years in a leadership role.
• Proven experience deploying and managing enterprise SIEM solutions.
• Strong expertise in vulnerability management, incident response and penetration testing.
• Experience within defence, aerospace, critical infrastructure or other highly regulated sectors.
• Strong stakeholder management and team leadership skills.

Desirable Experience

• Sovereign or classified environments.
• Operational Technology (OT/ICS) security.
• Defence information assurance or airworthiness security standards.
• Building or expanding SOC capabilities.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to lead a growing cyber operations capability, influence security strategy through hands‑on delivery, and help protect mission‑critical systems in an innovative engineering environment.