Senior Incident Response Lead: Forensics & Blue Team Ops

CPX Piceance; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

CPX Piceance in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Manager of the Incident Response & Forensics Team to lead a high-impact cyber defence operation. You will coordinate a skilled DFIR team, manage crisis incidents, and serve as the on-site technical lead for a VIP client, delivering strategic guidance and hands-on analysis.

You will drive threat hunting activities, oversee lab work, produce detailed reports, and mentor staff while aligning with industry standards such as NIST IR and PICERL.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in IT security or security infrastructure.
• At least 6 years in a security role within an IR/CSIRT team.
• Proven digital forensics experience is a must.
• Strong English language skills, both spoken and written.
• Three of the listed certifications (CISSP, GCIH, GCFA, GNFA, GCFE, OSCP, GREM, GDAT) or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership and oversight of a team who executes all aspects of reactive & proactive defensive security projects, including a DFIR Lab, for one on-site VIP customer.
• Perform the required duties of the Incident Response and Forensic Team's Senior Manager (both people management and operational management duties).
• Serve as technical lead on active incident response engagements across different sub-entities for this one VIP customer. Lead and execute the coordination, investigation and resolution of large-scale incidents following industry standard processes e.g. 800-61 r2 PICERL in a calm and methodical manner utilizing your strong technical skills.
• Execute, coordinate and lead threat hunting activities in support of incident response, as well as proactive environment assessments and SOC activities.
• Provide subject matter expertise in the threat detection and cyber defence domains.

Skills

Blue team operations

Digital forensics

Threat hunting

Incident response leadership

PICERL/NIST IR

Education

Bachelor's / Master's in CS or InfoSec

Job description

CPX Piceance in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Manager of the Incident Response & Forensics Team to lead a high-impact cyber defence operation. You will coordinate a skilled DFIR team, manage crisis incidents, and serve as the on-site technical lead for a VIP client, delivering strategic guidance and hands-on analysis.

You will drive threat hunting activities, oversee lab work, produce detailed reports, and mentor staff while aligning with industry standards such as NIST IR and PICERL.