Senior SOC Engineer

Job overview

This role is for an experienced Senior SOC Engineer in Qatar, supporting security operations for critical environments. The position calls for deep expertise in security monitoring, incident response, detection engineering, vulnerability management, and threat hunting within IT security and SOC settings.

What you will do

• Oversee live security monitoring and lead investigations into complex incidents across SIEM, XDR, NDR, OT, and cloud environments.
• Carry out detailed root cause analysis, manage containment and eradication steps, and work to meet defined SLA and KPI commitments.
• Build, refine, and optimize SIEM/XDR correlation logic based on the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Drive onboarding of new log sources, support parser creation, and reduce false positives to strengthen detection quality.
• Manage the vulnerability process from discovery through validation of remediation.
• Prioritize vulnerabilities using CVSS scores and threat intelligence, with tools such as Tenable or Qualys.
• Lead proactive threat hunting initiatives using hypothesis-based methods and integrate threat intelligence into monitoring workflows.
• Convert technical security findings into business-focused risk reporting and executive-level dashboards.
• Track patch compliance, vulnerability aging, risk acceptances, and audit evidence for governance reporting.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, or a closely related discipline.
• At least 8 years of hands-on experience in information security and SOC environments.
• One mandatory certification from the following: Tenable Certified Nessus Professional (TCNP), Tenable Certified Security Center (TCSC), Qualys Certified Specialist – Vulnerability Management (VMDR), or Qualys Certified Specialist – Web Application Scanning (WAS).
• Preferred certifications include CEH, Microsoft SC-200, or OSCP.
• Strong working knowledge of SIEM, EDR/XDR, threat hunting, cloud security across AWS/Azure/GCP, and basic scripting in Python, PowerShell, KQL, or SPL.

Additional information

Industry: Information Technology / Cybersecurity.

This opportunity is based in Doha, Qatar and is intended for candidates who can work onsite.

No salary, stipend, start date, or application deadline was specified in the source.