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Lead Information Security Engineer (Defensive)

Riyadh, KSA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-11 → 2026-09-25

Core

Provide technical leadership for defensive security, manage a team of security engineers, and drive security initiatives across the organization.

Role type

Lead Cyber Security Engineer (Defensive)

Builds

Secure cloud infrastructure, secure SDLC/DevSecOps pipelines, and resilient security operations for a FinTech platform.

Domain

FinTech, Cloud Security, Cybersecurity

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

security architecture, cloud security, AppSec/DevSecOps, vulnerability management, offensive and defensive security, SIEM/EDR/XDR/CSPM/DLP, GCP/AWS, IAM, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD security, SAST/DAST/SCA

Preferred skills

team development, stakeholder management

Technologies

GCP, AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, SIEM, EDR, XDR, CSPM, DLP, SAST, DAST, SCA

Responsibilities

Lead security architecture and design reviews, drive cloud security posture, own the Secure SDLC/DevSecOps program, lead vulnerability management and penetration testing, oversee endpoint and firewall security, drive detection engineering and incident response, develop and mentor a team of cybersecurity engineers.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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