Security Engineer / SOC Lead

About the role

BlackStone eIT is looking for a Security Engineer / SOC Lead to act as the onsite operational security focal point. You will coordinate security monitoring, incident response, technical remediation and reporting with Blackstone's shared SOC, and lead hands-on security operations.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and maintain enterprise firewall security controls, policies and configurations.
• Lead vulnerability management: identify, assess, track and remediate 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.
• Collect and preserve technical evidence, keeping 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 and risk decisions to authorized functions.

Required profile

• Indian national currently based in the UAE, preferably in 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 and response.
• Experience coordinating with SOC teams and driving remediation across infrastructure and application environments.
• Security+, CEH, GCIA, GCIH or equivalent cybersecurity certification preferred.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of security monitoring, incident handling, threat analysis and security operations.
• Practical experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel or equivalent.