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The SOC Team Leader is responsible for leading and managing ZainTECH’s Security Operations Center (SOC) team, ensuring effective delivery of security monitoring, threat detection, incident response coordination, and operational security services. The role provides technical leadership and operational oversight across SOC functions while ensuring compliance with service level agreements, customer requirements, and NCSC licensing obligations. Responsibilities: SOC Operations Management  Lead daily SOC operations across all monitoring and response activities.  Ensure continuous 24x7 monitoring coverage and effective shift management.  Oversee incident handling, escalation, and investigation activities.  Ensure adherence to customer SLAs and operational procedures.  Monitor SOC performance and service quality metrics.  Incident Management & Escalation  Act as the primary escalation point for high-severity security incidents.  Coordinate incident response activities across technical teams and stakeholders.  Support containment, investigation, eradication, and recovery efforts.  Review incident reports and ensure quality of investigation outputs.  Participate in major incident and crisis management activities.  Team Leadership & Development  Lead, mentor, and develop SOC analysts across all levels.  Conduct Performance reviews ,Coaching sessions and Knowledge transfer initiatives  Support recruitment, onboarding, and training activities.  Threat Detection & Operational Improvement  Drive continuous improvement of monitoring and detection capabilities.  Review and approve Use cases , Correlation rules , Dashboards and Operational procedures  Identify gaps in detection coverage and operational effectiveness.  Support SOC maturity and service enhancement initiatives.  Governance, Reporting & Stakeholder Management  Prepare operational reports and service reviews.  Participate in customer meetings and security governance discussions.  Ensure compliance with Internal security policies , Regulatory obligations and NCSC licensing requirements  Maintain operational documentation, procedures, and playbooks.  Our Culture & Code of Conduct: At ZainTECH, we take pride in a culture built on collaboration, innovation, and uncompromising integrity. We are looking for individuals who share these values and are committed to customer-centricity and ethical excellence. All employees are expected to uphold our Code of Conduct, which serves as a guiding framework for responsible behavior across everything we do — from how we work with each other to how we engage with clients and partners globally. Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.  Minimum 5 years of cybersecurity experience and minimum 3 years of SOC operations experience Previous experience leading security operations teams.  Strong experience with in SIEM platforms , Threat detection , Incident response and Security operations management  Experience within MSSP environments is highly preferred.