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Security Operations Engineer

Robert Walters
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Full Time
Senior
1 months ago
Security EngineeringCloud SecurityPythonPowerShellSIEMEDR
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Role Overview

  • This is a high impact, hands on role for a security professional who enjoys creating clarity in complex environments and has experience building and maturing security capabilities.
  • The Security Operations Engineer will bring an engineering mindset to security program ownership: solving problems at scale, automating where possible, and designing capabilities that are durable, measurable, and defensible.
  • Strong communication is essential this person will work across technical and non technical teams and must be able to translate complexity into clarity for a range of audiences.

Key Responsibilities

  • Take full ownership of assigned security domains build programs that start from a strong operational foundation and mature toward scalable, automated capabilities.
  • Develop and maintain workplans for each assigned domain with clear milestones, dependencies, and measurable outcomes; manage progress with limited day to day oversight.
  • Proactively identify gaps, risks, and opportunities within assigned domains and bring forward structured recommendations to leadership.
  • Track and report on key metrics across assigned domains.
  • Manage vendors and external partners supporting assigned domains.
  • Collaborate cross functionally with infrastructure, GRC, compliance, and platform engineering teams.

Detect & Respond

  • Own and continuously mature Vista's detection and response capability in partnership with our MSSP.
  • Serve as the internal escalation point for Vista's MSSP. Investigate suspicious and malicious activity across Vista's environment.
  • Escalate validated incidents, coordinate containment efforts, and document findings and investigative steps.
  • Identify opportunities to improve detection fidelity and translate recommendations back to Vista's MSSP partner.

Platform Protection

  • Own and operate Vista's platform protection program maintain comprehensive coverage across devices, networks, and applications.
  • Assess and validate monitoring coverage across the environment; identify gaps, prioritize remediation, and track closure.
  • Partner with Security Architecture to operationalize baseline security configurations across platforms.
  • Run vulnerability and misconfiguration scans across Vista's environment; drive remediation.
  • Ensure platform telemetry is properly ingested and available to Vista's MSSP.

Data Protection

  • Own and engineer Vista's data protection program building monitoring capabilities at scale.
  • Partner with Compliance, GRC, and the CISO to translate data classification and labeling requirements into technical controls.
  • Build and maintain DLP policy logic. Tune rules over time based on investigative findings.
  • Leverage insights from the data loss program and broader threat landscape to contribute to firm wide security awareness efforts.

Identity & Access Management

  • Own and mature an IAM program covering users, non person identities, and privileged access.
  • Build and maintain automated provisioning and deprovisioning workflows in partnership with infrastructure.
  • Collaborate with GRC on access recertification processes and drive automation of review workflows.
  • Identify systems not currently integrated into standard IAM processes; engineer integrations to close coverage gaps.

Asset Management

  • Own and build an asset management program covering all devices, users, networks, applications, and data.
  • Build and maintain tooling to identify shadow IT, onboard new assets systematically, and flag inventory gaps.
  • Risk rank assets programmatically and maintain CMDB accuracy.
  • Evaluate and manage asset discovery technology and drive automation of inventory processes.

Threat Intelligence

  • Build and maintain a threat intelligence program that translates an evolving threat landscape into a clear, prioritized view.
  • Build and maintain the technical infrastructure that powers Vista's Threat Intelligence program.
  • Translate threat intelligence into prioritized, actionable guidance.
  • Support Vista's physical security program by managing vendors monitoring keywords, impersonations, and executive protection.

Secure Culture

  • Own and operate a secure culture program that evolves alongside the threat landscape and Vista's technology environment.
  • Configure, manage, and optimize security awareness training platforms.
  • Design and execute social engineering simulations that mimic adversary tradecraft.
  • Treat human risk as a measurable, manageable variable.

Key Requirements

  • Approximately 6 years of experience in security engineering, security operations, or a related field; experience in cloud security strongly preferred
  • Demonstrated engineering depth hands on experience building, configuring, and integrating security tools and platforms at scale
  • Proficiency in scripting or automation (e.g. Python, PowerShell) to drive operational efficiency and eliminate manual processes across security programs
  • Solid understanding of cybersecurity principles, frameworks, and common attack techniques, including those specific to cloud environments
  • Demonstrated ability to own and drive programs forward with limited day to day guidance
  • Experience managing or coordinating with external vendors or security partners
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills; able to work through ambiguous situations independently
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document findings and present to technical and non technical audiences

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