Senior SOC Analyst: Hands-on Incident Response Leader

Edison Smart®; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Edison Smart is recruiting a Senior SOC Analyst for a confidential cybersecurity organisation in the United Arab Emirates. This hands-on role focuses on investigating escalated security alerts, responding to incidents and improving detection capabilities across complex technology environments.

Applicants MUST be Emirati. You will work with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, plus EDR tools, to identify attacker techniques and coordinate responses with stakeholders. Strong communication is essential.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years of cybersecurity experience, with a focus on security monitoring and incident investigation.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk and endpoint detection and response tools.
• Strong ability to identify attack patterns across host and network security logs.
• Experience with network investigation and forensic analysis tools (Wireshark, ELK, Rekall, Ghidra, FlareVM).
• Knowledge of Windows, Linux/Unix, and IDS/IPS concepts.
• Understanding of incident response processes and attacker TTPs.
• Clear communication skills to explain technical findings to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Validate and investigate incidents escalated by Tier 1 SOC analysts.
• Perform second-level incident analysis, triage and response.
• Analyse endpoint, network and system logs to identify suspicious activity and attacker behaviour.
• Correlate evidence across data sources to establish scope and impact of incidents.
• Investigate anomalous network traffic and intrusion methods.
• Coordinate with technical teams and stakeholders to validate alerts and actions.
• Use threat intelligence to inform investigations and monitoring priorities.
• Recommend improvements to SIEM detection rules, dashboards, reporting and alert tuning.
• Provide technical guidance to support the wider SOC team.

Skills

Security monitoring

Incident investigation

Threat detection

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Security

Master's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Splunk

EDR tools

Wireshark

ELK

Rekall

Ghidra

FlareVM

Job description

Edison Smart is recruiting a Senior SOC Analyst for a confidential cybersecurity organisation in the United Arab Emirates. This hands-on role focuses on investigating escalated security alerts, responding to incidents and improving detection capabilities across complex technology environments.

Applicants MUST be Emirati. You will work with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, plus EDR tools, to identify attacker techniques and coordinate responses with stakeholders. Strong communication is essential.