Senior SOC Analyst L2 — Real-Time Incident Response

KalSoft; Muscat; On-site; OMR 12,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

KalSoft is seeking an experienced SOC Analyst (L2) in Oman to support security operations, real-time monitoring, and incident escalation. The role requires 5+ years of SOC experience and strong analytical skills, with CEH or Fortinet NSE certification preferred.

You will work with L1 SOC and engineering teams, investigate critical incidents, and help refine detections and response playbooks. This full-time position follows business hours with on-site duties.

Qualifications

• Omani national only.
• Minimum 5+ years of SOC experience.
• Hands-on experience in SOC monitoring, alert triage, incident investigation, and escalation.
• Strong understanding of security incidents, detection rules, use cases, and incident response processes.

Responsibilities

• Monitor security events in real time and perform alert triage and in-depth investigation during business hours.
• Support the L1 SOC team with analysis, investigation, and recommendations.
• Perform second-level review of security alerts to ensure potential incidents are not overlooked.
• Handle incident escalations and coordinate response activities according to SLAs.
• Conduct detailed investigations of critical and recurring security incidents.
• Identify incident trends and recommend detection-rule tuning and improvements.
• Contribute to development of SOC use cases, playbooks, and incident-handling procedures.
• Track and monitor incident SLAs daily and ensure timely closure or escalation.
• Review daily incident summary reports for quality assurance.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports covering incident statistics and SOC performance.
• Coordinate with engineering teams and vendors for issue resolution.
• Escalate critical security issues and SLA breaches to management.

Skills

SOC monitoring, alert triage, incident

L2 support and escalation

Analytical investigation

Documentation and reporting

Tools

SIEM

Firewall/IDS

Job description

KalSoft is seeking an experienced SOC Analyst (L2) in Oman to support security operations, real-time monitoring, and incident escalation. The role requires 5+ years of SOC experience and strong analytical skills, with CEH or Fortinet NSE certification preferred.

You will work with L1 SOC and engineering teams, investigate critical incidents, and help refine detections and response playbooks. This full-time position follows business hours with on-site duties.