Digital Application Security Officer (UAE National)

The Digital Security Officer will oversee security compliance of the digital factory, ensure development aligns with the EITC security mandate, and design and develop digital safety training materials. This role aims to equip various stakeholders with the necessary protocols and tools to avoid cyber-attacks and other digital threats, ensuring digital resilience among Sawt grantees and beneficiaries.

Key Accountabilities

• Conduct threat analysis, digital capacity, and needs assessment to develop tailored digital security support and training plans for partner organizations.
• Work with TSRM teams and the Security Officer onshore during projects to enforce TSRM policies and guidelines for supplier applications in scope.
• Set up the Security Design for supplier scopes and conduct regular checks and audits to verify compliance with guidelines, providing required reports to du TSRM and du Ignite Teams.
• Support Testing Teams in conducting security tests (SAST, DAST, Pen Test) and handle identified security issues or violations.
• Ensure all security requirements are properly tracked and met during delivery.
• Coordinate Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) simulations with the du BC and DR team and support the du SIRT team for forensic investigations by providing access to relevant artifacts.
• Collaborate with the du security team on periodic and emergency patch management.
• Build and maintain trust and collaboration over extended periods.
• Be comfortable editing HTML, CSS, and Markdown and have a solid understanding of information security and internet building blocks: DNS, SSL, IP, etc.
• Utilize anti-DDoS services and other attack-mitigation technologies (e.g., Cloudflare, Deflect).
• Conduct organizational security assessments (SAFETAG or other frameworks) and plan, create, and simulate penetration methods, scripts, and tests.
• Assist partners in better accessing, understanding, and using metrics tools such as Google Analytics and Facebook page insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or Information Technology (IT) with a focus on Computer or Network Engineering.
• 7-10 years of experience in a relevant field.

Skills

• Fluent in English; strong written and verbal communication skills, including strong legal drafting skills.
• Strong negotiating skills with a commercial focus, pragmatic and solutions-oriented.
• Well-organized and efficient, capable of managing time and prioritizing effectively.
• Results and outcomes-focused, able to produce high-quality output with minimal supervision.
• Professionalism and attention to detail and quality.
• Teamwork, cooperation, and customer service orientation.
• Basic understanding of corporate and commercial issues, telecommunications, and related commercial models.
• Proficient in PC skills (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Bilingual capability in Arabic.