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Cybersecurity Defense Sr. Lead

Unlock employer Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Posted: 10 Nov 2025

Financial

  • Estimate: $75k - $120k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Office Only
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Intermediate
  • English: Professional

Position

About the Job:
Established in 2008, the company embodies customer-focused empowerment and commercial success through continuous innovation. The company provides best-in-class digital payment solutions for businesses of all sizes. Our technology reflects our values: Smart, Innovative & Forward Thinking.

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This role is responsible for working in a 24x7 Security Operation Centre environment to analyze and identify trends in security log data from various security devices, ensuring threat detection and solution availability across all regions in the company.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for technical security solutions, controls, and architecture.
  • Prioritize security events and incidents; detect anomalies and report/remediate as necessary.
  • Provision and audit access controls on information systems containing sensitive data.
  • Monitor system logs, tools, and network traffic for suspicious activity; interpret this activity and recommend resolutions.
  • Perform threat hunting, classification, and response processes.
  • Contribute to the enterprise risk management process.
  • Implement technical security projects and meet deadlines.
  • Stay up to date on current security threats and vulnerabilities.
  • Support in developing and fine-tuning use cases and creating dashboards.

Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in a relevant field.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Electronics & Electrical, or related field.
  • Certifications (added advantage): CEH, OSCP, CompTIA Security+, Splunk Certifications.
  • In-depth knowledge of security concepts like cyber-attacks and techniques, threat vectors, risk management, incident management, and relevant security frameworks (NIST, SAMA CSF, OWASP, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS).
  • Experience in:
    • Malware Analysis
    • Cybersecurity Incident Response
    • Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)
    • Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    • IAM/PAM, VM, EDR, IDS/IPS, DLP, and SOAR
    • Cloud Security (AWS/OCI/GCP/Azure)
    • Email Security
    • Mitre Attack framework
    • Packet analysis
    • Developing use cases and fine-tuning.

Values:

  • Customer First: Embedded in design thinking and customer service.
  • Open: Promoting constant improvement and evolution.
  • Real: Transparency in actions and communication.
  • Bold: Challenging ourselves and our thinking.
  • Resilient: Bouncing back stronger after failures.
  • Collaborative: Achieving greater success as a team.

Work Conditions:
On-site, Full-time

Location:
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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