Security Engineer / SOC Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the onsite operational security focal point, coordinating security monitoring, incident response, technical remediation, and reporting with Blackstone's shared SOC
• Manage and maintain enterprise firewall security controls, policies, and configurations
• Lead and support vulnerability management activities, including identification, assessment, tracking, and remediation of security vulnerabilities
• Coordinate security monitoring, alert triage, and escalation with the shared SOC and technical teams
• Lead operational response to confirmed security incidents according to approved procedures
• Handle security operations activities and ensure effective execution of security processes
• Collect and preserve technical evidence, maintaining incident records and timelines
• Coordinate containment, remediation, recovery, and post-incident reviews with stakeholders
• Support security logging, SIEM integration, use-case tuning, and monitoring coverage assessments
• Track technical security risks and remediation dependencies across infrastructure and applications
• Provide operational security reporting and escalate policy/risk decisions to authorized functions

Requirements

Indian national currently based in the UAE, preferably Abu Dhabi

5+ years of cybersecurity operations, SOC, incident response, or security engineering experience.

Hands-on experience in firewall management , vulnerability management , and incident handling & response .

Practical experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel , or equivalent.

Strong knowledge of security monitoring, incident handling, threat analysis, and security operations.

Experience coordinating with SOC teams and driving remediation activities across infrastructure and application environments.

Security+, CEH, GCIA, GCIH, or equivalent cybersecurity certification preferred.