IT Security Engineer

About This Role

We are hiring IT Security Engineer to join one of our major clients based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Job Location - Abu Dhabi, UAE

Job Duration - 12 months & extendable contract

Key roles & responsibilities of IT Security Engineer

• Monitoring the organization's environment and spotting any attempts to attack the organization internal and external infrastructure.
• Evaluate the security events once a threats has been recognized.
• Gather and assess threat intelligence data, collaborate with the client's IT staff, and support the formulation and updating of the situational picture of cyber security.
• Monitor, analyze, and respond to advanced security alerts and incidents.
• Test and evaluate security products.
• Use advanced analytic tools to determine emerging threat patterns and vulnerabilities.
• Develop and optimize use cases and analysis for SIEM and SOAR systems.
• Assess weak points and develop suitable solution concepts, tweak SIEM rules to reduce false positives.
• Stay current with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and industry best practices, leading the integration of new security technologies.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to IT teams and staff, fostering a culture of security excellence.
• Pronounced understanding of specialist and methodological knowledge of essential security technologies and the use of IT security tools, including firewalls, DOS/DDoS solutions, IDS/IPS/WAF/Proxy, threat intelligence platforms, endpoint security applications/DLP (AV, EDR, and DLP), active directory/DNS/DHCP, email security (spam, phishing, etc.), cloud security (AWS/Amazon), APT solutions, and packet capture solutions, among others.

Qualifications Required:

• 5+ years of experience in IT security or related roles.
• 5+ years of professional experience specializing in incident response, and vulnerability assessment.
• Proven experience in leading and implementing advanced security controls and solutions.
• Expertise in advanced security assessment tools and Methodologies

Preferred professional training (Nice to have)

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or similar advanced certifications.
• Cybersecurity and Information Assurance.
• Certified Ethical Hacker