Senior Security Operations Engineer - 24/7 SOC Defense

Apex Rankers; Islamabad; On-site; PKR 2,455,000 - 3,794,000; Full time

Job summary

Pakistan Digital Authority (SOC) is seeking a skilled Security Operations Engineer to safeguard national digital infrastructure from evolving cyber threats. The role focuses on real-time SIEM/EDR monitoring, incident triage, and proactive threat hunting within a 24/7 SOC environment.

The ideal candidate has 4–6 years in SOC operations, strong malware analysis skills, and experience with SOAR, forensics, and threat intelligence. This position is based in Islamabad and offers a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Cybersecurity or related field with relevant certifications (CEH, CISSP, CySA+ or GCIH).
• 4–6 years experience in SOC operations, incident response, SOAR, malware analysis, threat hunting, forensics.
• Experience managing enterprise EDR/SIEM clusters and security operations workflows.

Responsibilities

• 24/7 security event monitoring across SIEM/EDR (Splunk, Wazuh, QRadar).
• Cyber incident triage and response following NIST SP 800-61.
• Threat hunting across network telemetry and host logs.
• Design, test, and maintain automated SOAR playbooks.
• Digital forensics & malware analysis to determine attack vectors.
• Ingest and operationalize IoCs and threat feeds into detection rules.

Skills

SIEM/EDR Architecture

Threat Hunting

Incident Response

SOAR Playbooks

Malware Analysis

Digital Forensics

Network Traffic Analysis

Threat Intelligence

Education

BS/MS in Cybersecurity

Tools

Splunk

Wazuh

QRadar

CrowdStrike

Sigma

Yara

Snort

Suricata

Job description

Pakistan Digital Authority (SOC) is seeking a skilled Security Operations Engineer to safeguard national digital infrastructure from evolving cyber threats. The role focuses on real-time SIEM/EDR monitoring, incident triage, and proactive threat hunting within a 24/7 SOC environment.

The ideal candidate has 4–6 years in SOC operations, strong malware analysis skills, and experience with SOAR, forensics, and threat intelligence. This position is based in Islamabad and offers a competitive salary.