Senior OT SOC Engineer - Doha - Up to 26k QAR
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About the Role
An enterprise organization operating critical infrastructure seeks an experienced Senior OT SOC Engineer to strengthen its Operational Technology cyber defence capability.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Administer, support and optimise OT security monitoring platforms
- Monitor industrial environments using SIEM and OT security technologies
- Detect, investigate and respond to cybersecurity incidents affecting OT and ICS environments
- Support network segmentation and Zero Trust initiatives across OT environments
- Conduct proactive threat hunting across industrial networks
- Develop and tune detection rules for industrial environments
- Improve correlation logic and detection coverage within SIEM platforms
- Support packet broker, TAP and SPAN infrastructure
- Perform deep packet inspection of industrial protocols
- Maintain comprehensive OT asset inventory and network visibility
- Produce regular reports covering incidents, risks and security trends
- Present findings to technical and business stakeholders
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science or a related discipline
- Experience working within industrial or critical infrastructure environments
- Strong understanding of OT/ICS cybersecurity operations
- Experience supporting Security Operations Centres (SOC) with OT environments
- Experience with Industrial Control Systems (SCADA, DCS, PLC)
- Experience with OT network architecture and segmentation
- Experience with SIEM technologies and OT monitoring platforms
- Experience with threat hunting and incident response
- Experience with Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and packet broker technologies
- Experience with industrial firewalls and secure remote access
- Experience with asset visibility and vulnerability management
- Knowledge of industrial cybersecurity standards including IEC 62443 and NIST guidance
Full Job Posting
About the Role
- An enterprise organisation operating critical infrastructure is looking for an experienced Senior OT SOC Engineer to strengthen its Operational Technology (OT) cyber defence capability.
- This position is responsible for monitoring, detecting, investigating and responding to cyber threats across industrial control environments while ensuring minimal disruption to operations.
- The successful candidate will work closely with OT engineering, infrastructure and security teams to improve visibility, enhance detection capabilities and strengthen the organisation's overall OT security posture.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer, support and optimise OT security monitoring platforms.
- Monitor industrial environments using SIEM and OT security technologies.
- Detect, investigate and respond to cybersecurity incidents affecting OT and ICS environments.
- Support network segmentation and Zero Trust initiatives across OT environments.
- Work alongside engineering teams to implement containment actions safely within production environments.
- Conduct proactive threat hunting across industrial networks.
- Maintain OT asset visibility and behavioural baselines.
- Support compliance with recognised industrial cybersecurity standards.
- Manage industrial firewalls, IDS/IPS, NAC and segmentation technologies.
- Develop and tune detection rules for industrial environments.
- Improve correlation logic and detection coverage within SIEM platforms.
- Reduce false positives through continuous optimisation.
Required Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science or a related discipline.
- Experience working within industrial or critical infrastructure environments.
- Strong understanding of OT/ICS cybersecurity operations.
- Experience supporting Security Operations Centres (SOC) with OT environments.
Technical Skills
- Industrial Control Systems (SCADA, DCS, PLC)
- OT network architecture and segmentation
- Purdue Model
- Zero Trust and micro segmentation
- SIEM technologies
- OT monitoring platforms
- Threat hunting and incident response
- Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)
- Packet broker, TAP and SPAN technologies
- Industrial firewalls and secure remote access
- Asset visibility and vulnerability management
- Industrial cybersecurity standards including IEC 62443 and NIST guidance
Preferred Certifications
- GICSP
- ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Certification
- GRID
- ISA Industrial Cybersecurity Certification
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