Cybersecurity Pre-Sales & Solutions Consultant – SOC / MXDR / EDR

Socium - Teams Done Differently; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Socium - Teams Done Differently is seeking an experienced Cybersecurity Pre-Sales & Solutions Consultant for SOC/MXDR/EDR in the UAE. You will engage with CISOs and security teams, translate business needs into practical security architectures, and support both market development and client delivery.

You will lead discovery sessions, design solutions, deliver PoCs, and assist with RFP/RFI responses while staying hands-on in delivery engagements across Cyber Operations.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in cybersecurity pre-sales and solution architecture.
• Experience with SOC operations, MDR/MXDR, and managed security services.
• Hands-on delivery experience across security tooling and deployments.
• Ability to run discovery sessions, design architectures, and prepare PoCs.
• Experience supporting RFPs/RFIs and proposals.

Responsibilities

• Lead Pre-Sales and Solutions Consulting across SOC and MXDR services.
• Conduct client discovery to understand environments, challenges and objectives.
• Design and propose SOC/MDR/EDR/XDR, SIEM, and threat detection solutions.
• Deliver technical presentations, workshops, and PoCs to clients.
• Translate requirements into technical architectures, SOWs, and delivery plans.
• Support RFP/RFI responses, technical documentation, and commercial discussions.
• Provide hands-on delivery input during client meetings and engagements.
• Contribute to pipeline generation and market development KPIs.
• Stay current on emerging security technologies and trends.

Skills

Cybersecurity

SOC

Pre-Sales

Solutions Consulting

EDR/XDR

SIEM

RFP/RFI

Client-facing

Tools

Microsoft Defender XDR

CrowdStrike Falcon

SentinelOne

Palo Alto Cortex XDR/XSIAM

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk

IBM QRadar

Elastic Security

Job description

Join a growing Cyber Operations business in the UAE supporting enterprise clients across cybersecurity transformation, managed security services, SOC, MXDR, EDR/XDR, and security operations initiatives.

We are looking for an experienced Cybersecurity Pre-Sales & Solutions Consultant – SOC / MXDR / EDR with a strong combination of cybersecurity pre-sales, solution consulting, SOC/Security Operations, managed detection and response, endpoint security, and hands-on technical delivery expertise.

This is not a purely commercial Pre-Sales position. The successful candidate will work directly with clients during discovery, solution design, technical workshops, demonstrations, proposals, and solution scoping, while also remaining technically hands-on and supporting billable delivery engagements across Cyber Operations projects.

The role requires someone who can confidently communicate with CISOs, security leadership, technical stakeholders, and SOC teams, translate business and security requirements into practical technical solutions, and support both market development/sales objectives and client delivery.

This opportunity is ideal for cybersecurity professionals who can bridge the gap between Pre-Sales, Solution Architecture, Cyber Operations, and hands-on technical delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cybersecurity Pre-Sales and Solutions Consulting activities across SOC, MDR/MXDR, EDR/XDR, SIEM, and broader Cyber Operations services
• Conduct client discovery sessions to understand existing security environments, operational challenges, security requirements, and business objectives
• Design and propose SOC, Managed SOC, MDR/MXDR, EDR/XDR, SIEM, and threat detection solutions
• Deliver technical presentations, solution demonstrations, workshops, architecture discussions, and Proof of Concepts (PoCs)
• Translate customer requirements into technical architectures, solution designs, statements of work, implementation approaches, and delivery plans
• Support RFP/RFI responses, proposals, technical documentation, solution scoping, effort estimation, and commercial discussions
• Provide technical expertise during customer meetings alongside sales and business development teams
• Support market development, opportunity identification, pipeline generation, and sales-related KPIs
• Remain technically involved and billable by participating directly in client cybersecurity delivery engagements
• Support implementation, configuration, integration, onboarding, optimization, and troubleshooting of security technologies
• Design and enhance SOC monitoring, threat detection, alerting, correlation rules, dashboards, and security use cases
• Support security incident detection, investigation, response, and continuous improvement activities
• Design and integrate SIEM solutions including Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, IBM QRadar, Elastic Security, or equivalent platforms
• Support deployment and optimization of EDR/XDR platforms such as Microsoft Defender XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne, Palo Alto Cortex XDR/XSIAM, or equivalent technologies
• Support MDR/MXDR service onboarding, security tooling integration, log source onboarding, and operational readiness
• Work closely with client SOC teams, cybersecurity leadership, engineering teams, vendors, and internal commercial stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to enhance or expand existing client Cyber Operations capabilities and managed security services
• Maintain strong awareness of emerging cybersecurity technologies, threats, security operations trends, and market developments.

Required Experience

• Strong professional experience across Cybersecurity, Security Operations, SOC, Security Consulting, or related domains
• Proven experience in Cybersecurity Pre-Sales, Solutions Consulting, Security Solution Architecture, or customer-facing technical consulting
• Strong knowledge of SOC / Security Operations, including security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and operational processes
• Strong experience with MDR / MXDR and Managed Security Services
• Hands‑on understanding of EDR/XDR technologies, including platforms such as Microsoft Defender XDR, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Palo Alto Cortex, or similar
• Strong experience with SIEM technologies, such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, IBM QRadar, Elastic Security, or equivalent
• Experience conducting technical discovery, client workshops, solution presentations, demonstrations, and PoCs
• Experience supporting RFPs/RFIs, technical proposals, solution designs, architecture documentation, and Statements of Work
• Ability to translate business and cybersecurity requirements into practical and commercially viable technical solutions
• Strong hands‑on technical capability with the ability to participate in implementation, configuration, integration, onboarding, and optimization
• Good understanding of threat detection, incident response, detection engineering, security monitoring, and SOC use‑case development
• Strong client‑facing communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with both executive/CISO‑level stakeholders and technical cybersecurity teams
• Comfortable supporting sales and market‑development objectives while maintaining responsibility for technical delivery
• Experience working within an MSSP, MDR provider, cybersecurity vendor, systems integrator, consultancy, or similar client‑facing environment is highly desirable
• Willingness and ability to work with clients in the UAE.

Preferred Experience

• Previous experience combining Cybersecurity Pre-Sales and Professional Services / Technical Delivery
• Strong technical background developed through previous roles such as SOC Engineer, Security Engineer, Security Consultant, Cybersecurity Architect, or Security Solutions Architect
• Experience designing and delivering SOC transformation or SOC modernization programs
• Experience with Microsoft Security technologies, particularly Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR
• Exposure to cloud security across Azure, AWS, and/or GCP
• Knowledge of SOAR, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, network security, IAM, and cloud security
• Relevant cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, CISM, Security+, SC-200, SC-100, Microsoft Security, Splunk, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, or equivalent
• Experience working across multiple enterprise clients and industries
• Experience contributing to business development, account growth, solution positioning, and go‑to‑market activities
• Strong understanding of the UAE/GCC cybersecurity and managed security services market.

Work Setup

Cybersecurity Pre-Sales + Hands‑on Technical Delivery

Client‑Facing / Billable Delivery Engagement