Director - SOC Monitoring (AI)

TL;DR

Director - SOC Monitoring (AI/Cybersecurity): Leading next-generation cyber defense operations powered by AI, automation, and advanced analytics with an accent on integrating Generative AI and ML into the SOC ecosystem. Focus on evolving traditional SOC into an AI-Augmented SOC capable of predictive threat detection and autonomous response.

Location: Onsite in MBZ City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Company

hirify.global is a leading AI and computing company focused on creating next-generation AI-driven solutions for various sectors.

What you will do

• Develop and execute the enterprise AI-enabled SOC strategy and roadmap to transition toward an autonomous operating model.
• Lead 24x7 enterprise SOC operations across detection, investigation, and recovery, managing incidents like ransomware and APTs.
• Implement AI/ML capabilities for behavioral analytics, anomaly detection, predictive risk scoring, and automated triage.
• Drive the adoption of Generative AI security copilots to increase analyst productivity and investigation efficiency.
• Develop defenses against AI-specific threats, including adversarial AI, prompt injection, and data poisoning.
• Oversee AI-integrated security stacks including SIEM, SOAR, UEBA, and EDR/XDR platforms.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of cybersecurity experience, with at least 5 years leading enterprise SOC operations.
• Proven experience implementing AI/ML technologies in security operations environments.
• Expertise in SIEM (Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel), SOAR (Cortex XSOAR), and EDR/XDR (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne).
• Proficiency in cloud security across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Must be based in or able to work onsite in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Nice to have

• Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, or Machine Learning.
• Industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC, GCIH, or GCFA.
• Experience with GenAI security governance, LLM security, and autonomous SOC technologies.