Senior Internal Security & IAM Operations Engineer

UltaHost; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

UltaHost is seeking a Senior Internal Security & Security Operations Engineer to own internal security across identities, systems, and day-to-day operations.

The role covers IAM, security monitoring, SOC operations, and incident response, requiring hands-on expertise and an operational approach to access control, monitoring, investigation, and risk reduction within a large-scale hosting environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in internal security, IAM, SOC/security operations, incident response, IT security, or a closely related role.
• Practical experience with RBAC, MFA, SSO, PAM, identity providers, password management, account lifecycle management, and access auditing.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, centralized logging, authentication logs, alert triage, and case management.
• Proven ability to investigate compromised accounts, malware, credential leaks, suspicious authentication activity, insider risk, and unauthorized access.
• Strong understanding of Linux access, SSH, VPN, endpoints, cloud/SaaS administration, email security, and remote-workforce security.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to enforce security controls while collaborating with HR, IT, managers, and system owners.

Responsibilities

• Own security controls around onboarding, role changes, temporary access, contractor access, and offboarding.
• Monitor and investigate alerts from SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, authentication systems, cloud/SaaS platforms, internal applications, and endpoints.
• Investigate suspicious logins, compromised accounts, credential leaks, malware, privilege abuse, insider risk, and unauthorized access.
• Collect evidence, contain threats, coordinate recovery, and drive corrective actions through closure.
• Lead internal security incidents and support infrastructure/product incidents involving identities or credentials.

Skills

RBAC

MFA

SSO

PAM

Identity Providers

Access Auditing

Tools

SIEM

EDR

IDS/IPS

Job description

UltaHost is seeking a Senior Internal Security & Security Operations Engineer to own internal security across identities, systems, and day-to-day operations.

The role covers IAM, security monitoring, SOC operations, and incident response, requiring hands-on expertise and an operational approach to access control, monitoring, investigation, and risk reduction within a large-scale hosting environment.