Senior Information Security Analyst

Mediclinic; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Mediclinic Corporate Office Dubai in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Senior Security Analyst to strengthen security operations, incident management, and compliance across Mediclinic Middle East. You will lead incident response activities across the SOC and internal IT teams, develop playbooks, escalation paths, and reporting procedures.

The role focuses on implementing and monitoring technical security controls across cloud, network, and endpoints, supporting risk assessments, vulnerability

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or related field.
• MS Security Operations Analyst or equivalent certification.
• CISA certification is required.
• SSCP certification is required or equivalent.
• CCSP certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead incident response activities across SOC partners and IT teams.
• Develop and maintain incident response playbooks, escalation paths, and reporting procedures.
• Implement, monitor, and optimise security controls across cloud, network, and endpoints.
• Support risk assessments, vulnerability management and audit remediation.

Skills

Incident response

Security monitoring

Threat posture

Security tools

English communication

Education

Bachelor's in Information Security

MS Security Operations Analyst

CISA

SSCP

CCSP

Tools

EDR

SIEM

Mimecast

DLP

Defender suite

Job description

Mediclinic Corporate Office Dubai | Dubai | United Arab Emirates

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

The Senior Security Analyst plays a key role in strengthening security operations, incident management, and compliance within Mediclinic Middle East, while coordinating closely with other Mediclinic divisions as required. The position is responsible for leading and coordinating incident response activities across the Security Operations Centre (SOC) partners and internal IT teams, developing and maintaining response playbooks, escalation paths, and reporting procedures.

The role also includes implementing, monitoring, and optimising technical security controls across cloud, network, and endpoint environments; supporting risk assessments, vulnerability management, and audit remediation; and defining key performance indicators (KPIs) and service level agreements (SLAs) for managed security service providers.

Additionally, the Senior Security Analyst provides hands-on guidance to IT teams to ensure alignment with corporate security frameworks and contributes to security awareness initiatives and the continuous improvement of processes, tools, and controls.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

• Security Monitoring and Incident Response
• Security Tools, Threat Posture, and Control Optimisation
• Risk Assessment, Audit and Compliance Support
• Collaboration, Awareness and Continuous Improvement

REQUIRED EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or a related field
• Microsoft Security Operations Analyst or equivalent
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in cybersecurity or security operations
• Good understanding of cyber hygiene, threat types, and security principles
• Experience working with and configuring enterprise security tools, experience with Defender suite is an advantage
• Exposure to auditing and compliance processes
• Strong English communication skills, both verbal and written
• Prior experience working in a group or multi-division structure is an advantage
• Familiarity with security frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001)
• Experience in healthcare, regulated industries, or multi-national environments
• Knowledge of ADHICS (Abu Dhabi Healthcare Information and Cyber Security Standard) and its application in healthcare

REQUIRED JOB SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Information security solutions and how to architect these into broader ICT installation
• Provide input into requirements documents - ensure security roles; auditing; data protection (in transit and rest); monitoring etc. are defined in line with approved Information Security policies and standards
• Enterprise security tools (EDR, DLP, SIEM, Mimecast, SecurityAwareness etc.)
• Audit and policy compliance
• Change Management methodologies
• Lead professionals through change initiatives and influence collaboration across functional disciplines

All applicants will be considered, with the understanding that preference will be given to the designated groups in accordance with the United Arab Emirates Emiratization Program.