Senior Associate, Cybersecurity

The company is a successful retail and institutional brokerage based in Abu Dhabi. The company is currently undergoing a multi-year transformation to become a fast-growing, purpose-led, data-driven enterprise that delivers market-leading personalized content, propositions, and experiences to traders. To reinforce client-centricity, the company structure, technology, and operations are being redesigned alongside the crafting of a high-performance culture underpinned by The company Way. The objective is for the company to become a dynamic and innovative, trusted market leader as measured by feedback from clients, talent, shareholders, and competitors.

The Senior Associate, Cybersecurity is responsible for supporting the implementation, monitoring, and continual improvement of the company’s cybersecurity infrastructure and risk management strategies. This role safeguards company data, systems, and networks by operating and enhancing security controls, responding to incidents, and delivering technical solutions that protect against evolving cyber threats and ensure regulatory compliance.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain security measures and controls for network, server, cloud, and application infrastructures.
• Monitor security event logs, alerts, and incidents across the company systems; participate in SOC operations and incident response.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and risk reviews on both internal and external systems.
• Assess security infrastructure and identify security gaps, highlighting them to respective stakeholders.
• Assist with the deployment, configuration, and administration of cybersecurity solutions, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, endpoint protection, email/content filtering, access control, NAC, and DLP tools.
• Respond quickly to security incidents, conducting root cause analysis, containment, and remediation actions.
• Document security issues, incident investigations, and recommendations for mitigation.
• Support the integration of security logs and monitoring solutions (SIEM/SOAR platforms); participate in their ongoing refinement and expansion.
• Co-ordinate security patching and system hardening measures, ensuring timely updates and validation of all assets.
• Provide technical support in conducting cybersecurity risk assessments, impact analysis, and third-party security evaluations.
• Maintain knowledge of current cyber threats, attack methods, and industry best practices; recommend improvements and enhancements for the organization's overall security posture.
• Assist in regulatory compliance reviews, audits, and maintain alignment with ISO27000 and other relevant frameworks.
• Collaborate closely with IT, Compliance, Internal Audit, Legal, and other risk management team members.

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Professional certifications (CISSP, CEH, CISM, Security+, etc.) are advantageous.
• 7 years’ experience in cybersecurity, SOC operations, or IT security roles, ideally in financial services or regulated industry.
• Hands-on knowledge of security technologies, incident response, vulnerability management, and risk assessment.

Skills:

• Technical proficiency across multiple security domains (network, endpoints, cloud, applications).
• Strong analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of security operations processes and incident management.
• Effective communicator and team collaborator.
• Commitment to confidentiality, integrity, and continuous improvement.
• Good team player, open to learning and sharing the workload with other team members.

Language Requirements:
(No specific language requirements mentioned)