Senior Consultant - SOC

Inbox Business Technologies is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Consultant - SOC to join our team. Senior Consultant SOC will be providing strategic leadership, consulting, and technical expertise for managing and enhancing our client’s Security Operations Centers (SOCs). The role requires mobility and may involve occasional travel to KSA for work-related assignments. As a Senior Consultant, you will work closely with clients to ensure the successful deployment and optimization of SOC operations, incident response processes, threat detection, and overall cybersecurity defense strategies. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Design and implement the Managed SOC for Saudi clients keeping in view geographical restrictions, Datacenter unavailability, architectural complexities of multiple clients (integrating cloud-based services, On-prem DC, hybrid environments, etc), and cost-effective SIEM/SOAR solution. 

• Lead the development, implementation, and documentation of adopted SOC frameworks, processes, and workflows to optimize incident detection, response, and remediation capabilities. 

• Advise and collaborate with client stakeholders to design, establish, and manage SOC operations, ensuring efficient security monitoring and incident management as and when needed. 

• Provide guidance on SOC architecture, tools, technologies, and integration with client systems. 

• Oversee security incident detection, escalation, and response processes, ensuring timely and effective mitigation of security threats. 

• Conduct detailed analysis of security incidents and lead efforts to improve threat detection capabilities. 

• Recommend improvements to the SOC’s tools, processes, and team operations based on ongoing analysis of security events and emerging cyber threats. 

• Provide expertise on security monitoring tools (SIEM, IDS/IPS, firewalls, etc.), including implementation, optimization, and use case development. 

• Assist in the selection, integration, and configuration of security technologies with SOC tools. 

• Continuously assess the effectiveness of SOC tools, ensuring they are up-to-date and optimized for modern security threats. 

• Act as a trusted advisor to clients, offering insights and recommendations on improving their security posture, incident detection capabilities, and SOC maturity. 

• Provide mentorship and training to clients' SOC teams, ensuring they can effectively use security tools and respond to incidents. 

• Conduct post-incident reviews to assess the effectiveness of SOC operations, identify areas for improvement, and implement corrective actions. 

• Stay updated with the latest cybersecurity trends, attack vectors, and defensive technologies to ensure that SOC practices evolve in line with industry best practices. 

• Lead and guide junior SOC team members, ensuring they are well-equipped to handle security incidents and tasks. 

• Support the hiring, training, and development of new SOC staff as needed. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration between SOC and other cybersecurity functions (e.g., threat intelligence, vulnerability management).