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Expertise Recruitment

Cybersecurity Specialist / Engineer

Expertise Recruitment Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Staffing and Recruiting · 2-10 employees

15 h ago
security Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time United Arab Emirates
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About the role

The role involves implementing and maintaining security controls across networks, endpoints, and cloud environments while monitoring for risks and suspicious activity. Additionally, the specialist will support incident response, conduct security assessments, and ensure compliance with organizational policies and standards.

What they look for

Security Engineering SOC Monitoring SIEM Incident Response Vulnerability Management Networking Operating Systems Identity And Access Management Microsoft Sentinel Splunk Microsoft Defender EDR Nessus ISO 27001 NIST CSF CIS Controls

Requirements

Candidates must have 6-9 years of relevant experience in security engineering, incident response, and vulnerability management. Proficiency in SIEM tools, IAM, and knowledge of security frameworks like NIST and ISO 27001 is essential.

Full description

ROLE OVERVIEW:

Helps protect systems, networks, applications and information by implementing security controls, monitoring risks, investigating incidents and supporting compliance with applicable security requirements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Implement and maintain security controls for endpoints, networks, identities, applications, and/or cloud environments according to the role’s scope.
  • Monitor security alerts, investigate suspicious activity, assess vulnerabilities, and coordinate remediation with system owners.
  • Support incident response, evidence preservation, root-cause analysis and post-incident improvement where assigned.
  • Conduct or coordinate security assessments, access reviews, risk assessments, and control testing.
  • Maintain security policies, procedures, technical records and audit evidence, support compliance with applicable standards.
  • Promote secure configuration, awareness and collaboration with infrastructure, development, cloud and business teams.

Requirements

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Relevant hands-on experience in security engineering, SOC/SIEM monitoring, incident response and vulnerability management.
  • Knowledge of networking, operating systems, identity and access management, vulnerability management, and common security controls.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Sentinel or Splunk SIEM, Microsoft Defender EDR, Nessus and enterprise IAM.
  • Understanding of applicable frameworks and standards ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Controls and applicable UAE information-security requirements.
  • Sound judgement, discretion, documentation and incident-escalation skills.

PREFERRED / ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Certifications such as Security+ required; CISSP, CISM or GIAC desirable.
  • Experience in defence, government, critical infrastructure or other controlled environments, if applicable.

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