Director - Tech Consulting - Cybersecurity - SOC & Threat Management - Abu Dhabi

Overview

Your Key Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of cyber threat monitoring, threat hunting, and incident response engagements for a diverse range of clients.
• Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of Next-Gen SOCs, including people, process, and technology components.
• Act as subject matter resource and advocate for specific client security technologies.Advise clients on 24x7 monitoring strategies, incident escalation workflows, incident playbooks and SOC operational design.
• Lead major security incident response efforts and cyber crisis simulation exercises, acting as the strategic advisor to client leadership.
• Drive the development of detection content, use cases, alert logic, and detection engineering strategies for SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR and threat intelligence platforms.
• Conduct SOC maturity assessments, gap analysis, and develop transformation roadmaps aligned with NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, and regional regulations.
• Integrate threat intelligence platforms, contextual enrichment, and TTP-based detection methods into client environments.
• Manage client relationships, project delivery, resource plans, budgets and quality.
• Present high-quality technical findings and executive-level reports, articulate technical findings, and deliver actionable recommendations to both technical teams and executive stakeholders.
• Manage multiple engagements, ensuring timely delivery, quality assurance, and adherence to industry best practices.
• Mentor and grow a high-performing cybersecurity team, and support capability building across the practice.
• Contribute to business development, proposals, and strategic growth initiatives.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Strong technical knowledge of modern SOC technologies, including SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, and NDR solutions.
• In-depth understanding of the threat intelligence lifecycle, attacker TTPs, and emerging threats such as APT, ransomware and insider threats.
• Hands-on knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, NIST and incident handling best practices.
• Experience designing detection strategies, use cases, KPIs, and SOC operating models.
• Ability to communicate technical/complex cyber risks and threats effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior management.
• Proven experience managing large-scale SOC transformation or threat detection programs across diverse client environments.
• Collaborating with other members of the engagement team to develop the engagement plan, timelines, risk assessments and other documents/templates.
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex technical results and present insights to business stakeholders.
• Strong business acumen, engagement management, and team leadership experience.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• To qualify for the role, you must have
• A bachelor's or master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, cyber security or a related field..
• Strong business development/ account management and client relationship skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a consulting mindset.
• 10+ years of experience in Security Operations, Threat Management, or Incident Response.
• A valid passport and willingness to travel as required for client engagements.
• Ideally, you’ll also have
• Industry-recognized certifications such as GCIA, GCED, GCIH, GCFA, CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with threat intel feeds (e.g., MISP, Anomali, Recorded Future) and TIP platforms.
• Experience integrating AI/ML use cases into SOC environments (e.g., behavioral/anomaly detection use cases).
• Exposure to SOC-as-a-Service delivery models, hybrid SOC architectures, and MSSP integration.

What We Offer

• We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business.
• Plus, we offer:
• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
• If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
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