SIEM Admin at Innovative Solutions

Innovative Solutions; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 167,000 - 301,000; Full time

Job summary

Innovative Solutions is seeking an experienced SIEM Administrator to design, deploy, and maintain our SIEM platform. You will own log onboarding, build custom rules, and ensure SOC tools run smoothly to protect enterprise assets.

Responsibilities include platform design and upgrades, integration work, MITRE ATT&CK-based modeling, and data governance to meet compliance standards. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong cybersecurity and IT discipline understanding.
• Experience with log management, threat detection, and incident response.
• Familiarity with enterprise tools and logging capabilities.
• Knowledge of SIEM concepts and use-case development.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, patch, and upgrade the SIEM platform and agents.
• Onboard logs, map hierarchies, classify log sources.
• Build API connectors and parsers for non-standard sources.
• Develop use cases and SIEM detection rules (MITRE ATT&CK).
• Troubleshoot issues across log sources and SOC tools.
• Manage data retention, backups, and archival configurations.
• Raise change tickets and prepare assessment reports.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Networking

Operating Systems

Incident Response

IT Architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Splunk

QRadar

LogRhythm

Microsoft Sentinel

Palo Alto XSIAM

Job description

Apply for SIEM Admin at Innovative Solutions in الرياض, S01, SA. This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

Company Overview

Innovative Solutions (IS) is a leading Cybersecurity company established in 2003, with its headquarters in Riyadh and additional offices in Al Khobar, Jeddah, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi. We specialize in delivering Comprehensive Cybersecurity Solutions and Services encompassing Advisory Services, Technical Assurance, Solution Deployment, Professional Services, and Managed Security Services. Our mission is "Delivering secure and intelligent digital services that empower organizations".

About the Role

A skilled SIEM Administrator to design, deploy, and maintain our (SIEM) platform. In this role, you will be the backbone of our log management and threat detection infrastructure. You will work closely with various business units to onboard log sources, build custom rules, and ensure our security operations tools run seamlessly to protect enterprise assets.

Key Responsibilities

• Platform Architecture: Design, deploy, patch, and upgrade the SIEM platform and associated agents.
• Log Onboarding & Integration: Collaborate with business units to map network hierarchies, establish building blocks, and classify log sources.
• Custom Development: Build custom API connectors and parsers for non-standard log sources lacking out-of-the-box vendor support.
• Threat Detection & Modeling: Develop robust use cases, create custom SIEM detection rules, and implement MITRE ATT&CK modeling.
• Operations & Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot day-to-day issues across log sources, collectors, agents, and other SOC tools.
• Data Governance: Manage data archiving, backups, retention, and purging configurations to align with compliance standards, restoring data as needed.
• Change & Audit Management: Raise and manage change tickets for administrative tasks (e.g., patch upgrades, log onboarding) and prepare assessment reports for existing platforms.
• System Administration: Leverage foundational Windows and Unix administration skills to support infrastructure health.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent demonstrated professional experience.
• Core Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of cybersecurity and IT disciplines, including networking, operating systems, authentication protocols, enterprise architecture, and incident response.
• Enterprise Technology: Familiarity with common enterprise tools and logging capabilities (firewalls, Active Directory, EDR/antivirus, IDS/IPS, proxies, and cloud platforms).
• SOAR Knowledge ‘prefer SIEM Expertise: Understanding of log aggregation or correlation technologies such as Splunk, QRadar, LogRhythm, Microsoft Sentinel, or Palo Alto XSIAM.
• Security Principles: Deep knowledge of risk management processes, CIA triad principles, cryptography, IAM, access controls, and network security methodologies.
• Hardening: Proven experience in system administration, network, and OS hardening techniques.