Security Operations & Monitoring Engineer

Location: Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Employment Type: Full-Time | Onsite
Project Duration: Long-term project assignment

About the Role

We are seeking a Security Operations & Monitoring Engineer to provide continuous monitoring and security-event analysis across encryption, KMS, HSM, database security, and related infrastructure.

The successful candidate will work closely with the SOC/SIEM and technical teams to identify suspicious activities, triage security events, support incident response, and ensure timely escalation and reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform continuous monitoring of cybersecurity systems and infrastructure.
• Monitor encryption, KMS, HSM, database security, and other security-related events.
• Review and analyze system, security, audit, and application logs.
• Monitor security alerts through SIEM/SOC platforms.
• Perform first-level investigation and triage of cybersecurity events.
• Correlate alerts from multiple security technologies to identify potential incidents.
• Escalate critical or suspicious activities according to established procedures.
• Support incident-response investigations and evidence collection.
• Coordinate with engineering teams during security incidents and service-impacting events.
• Support the tuning of monitoring rules and alert thresholds.
• Prepare o