SOC Manager
Managed Services
- Riyadh
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Team management (Coaching, mentoring and shift management)
- Ensure that the SOC team members are motivated, engaged, and productive. And defined KPIs.
- Identify opportunities for training and improvement for career growth.
- Defined KPIs and SLAs, and deliver security projects in line with management-defined priorities and deadlines
- Establishing SOC performance goals and priorities
- Improving incident response times
- Reducing false positives and other extraneous alerts
- Enhancing threat detection capabilities
- Apply cybersecurity best practices
- Manage Threat intelligence feeds
- Overseeing the incident response process
- Reviewing incident reports
- Point of Contact (POC) by Communicating with the Client and Management
- Developing plans on how to deal with critical impact attacks
- Supporting external audit requirements and ensure the organizational security controls are appropriate and effective
- Responsible for Vendor management
- Develop and maintain reporting metrics and mechanisms used to execute and measure SOC activities
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field.
- 5-8+ years of experience in cybersecurity operations, with 3+ years in SOC leadership.
- Strong knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, EDR, NDR, DLP, and Threat Intelligence platforms.
- Hands-on expertise in incident response, threat hunting, and vulnerability management.
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks: NCA, SAMA, ISO 27001, NIST, PCI-DSS.
- Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, GIAC, CEH, or ISO 27001 LA are a plus.
- Proven experience managing KPIs, SLAs, and SOC performance metrics.
- Strong leadership skills: coaching, mentoring, and managing 24/7 SOC operations.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Fluent in English (Arabic preferred).
- Private Health Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Training & Development