Chief Security Architect - Crypto & Incident Response

D24 Fintech Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

D24 Fintech is seeking a Head of Cybersecurity to build the security function from the ground up in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. You will own security architecture end-to-end, partner with Engineering to design secure systems from the start, and lead incident response and disaster recovery planning tailored to our risk profile.

You’ll collaborate with Legal/Compliance on regulatory requirements and manage third-party and vendor risk while reporting to the CEO on overall security posture.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building or scaling a security function from near-zero.
• Hands-on incident response leadership with crisis management.
• Strong track record partnering with engineering on secure-by-design development.
• Comfort operating with high autonomy and ambiguity.
• Crypto security experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the security team as the company scales from one to a proper function.
• Assess current security posture and define a risk-based roadmap.
• Stand up IAM, credential management, monitoring, and incident response controls.
• Own security architecture end-to-end in collaboration with Engineering.
• Design and own incident response and disaster recovery plans.
• Partner with Legal/Compliance on regulatory and licensing requirements.
• Manage third-party and vendor security risk across integrations.
• Report to the CEO and Board on security posture and risk exposure.

Skills

Security leadership

Incident response

Cross-functional with eng

Autonomy

Crypto security

Job description

D24 Fintech is seeking a Head of Cybersecurity to build the security function from the ground up in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. You will own security architecture end-to-end, partner with Engineering to design secure systems from the start, and lead incident response and disaster recovery planning tailored to our risk profile.

You’ll collaborate with Legal/Compliance on regulatory requirements and manage third-party and vendor risk while reporting to the CEO on overall security posture.