SOC L2 Engineer
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Role Overview
PureCS is seeking an experienced SOC L2 Engineer for cybersecurity operations supporting national-scale digital health platforms.
The role provides advanced alert investigation, incident response, threat hunting, detection tuning, and SOC automation support.
The engineer acts as a technical escalation point for L1 analysts and helps improve monitoring coverage and detection maturity.
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About the Role
PureCS is seeking an experienced SOC L2 Engineer for cybersecurity operations supporting national-scale digital health platforms.
The role provides advanced alert investigation, incident response, threat hunting, detection tuning, and SOC automation support.
The engineer acts as a technical escalation point for L1 analysts and helps improve monitoring coverage and detection maturity.
Location and Schedule
- The listed location is Dubai, UAE, with a stated future move to Abu Dhabi.
- The employment type is full-time with rotational 24x7 shifts.
Key Responsibilities
- Investigate and respond to alerts across SIEM, EDR/XDR, SOAR, firewall, WAF, email security, DLP, and cloud platforms.
- Perform incident triage, containment, escalation, and root-cause analysis within defined SLAs.
- Conduct threat hunting for malware, phishing, credential compromise, privilege escalation, lateral movement, persistence, and data exfiltration.
- Develop and tune SIEM correlation rules, detection use cases, and hunting queries.
- Analyze suspicious emails, files, URLs, processes, and network activity using EDR and sandboxing tools.
- Support SOAR automation and identify opportunities to improve SOC efficiency.
- Provide technical guidance to L1 analysts and handle complex escalations.
- Maintain incident documentation, evidence, timelines, and handovers.
- Collaborate with IT, Network, IAM, Cloud, and Infrastructure teams during security incidents.
- Continuously improve SOC processes, monitoring coverage, and detection capabilities.
Required Skills and Technologies
- Experience with SIEM platforms including IBM QRadar or Splunk.
- Experience with EDR/XDR platforms including CrowdStrike Falcon or Microsoft Defender.
- Knowledge of incident response, threat hunting, SOAR, and security automation.
- Strong knowledge of Windows, Active Directory, networking, cloud, and security technologies.
- PowerShell or Python scripting is preferred.
Experience and Qualifications
- The role requires 3–6 years of SOC or security operations experience with L2-level responsibilities.
- A bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, IT, or a related field is required.
- Relevant security certifications are preferred.
- Candidates must be willing to work rotational 24x7 shifts.
Why Join PureCS
The role supports mission-critical cybersecurity protecting national digital health infrastructure.
The position offers exposure to advanced detection technologies, complex incident response scenarios, and continuous improvement in security operations.
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