Cyber Defense Specialist - Detection & Monitoring

Location: On-site – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Contract/engagement: Project-based managed cybersecurity services (13-month RFP term) Minimum experience: 7+ years Role Purpose Strengthen SOC detection and monitoring capabilities across SIEM, SOAR, EDR, DLP, email security, and other security platforms. Key Responsibilities ·      Develop and enhance security detection capabilities across SIEM, SOAR, EDR, DLP, and email security platforms. ·      Design correlation logic, detection rules, threat-detection use cases, alerts, and supporting response workflows. ·      Integrate telemetry and logs from security systems to improve monitoring coverage. ·      Continuously tune detections to improve accuracy and reduce false positives. ·      Analyze security events and suspicious activity and escalate validated threats through approved processes. ·      Maintain SOC policies, procedures, workflows, and operational playbooks. ·      Map detection coverage to MITRE ATT&CK and coordinate improvements with cybersecurity, governance, and technical teams. ·      Support security assessments, regulatory compliance, reporting, and security-vendor coordination.