Principal Security Design Architect – Oil & Gas & CNI

ESSURA; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

ESSURA, Dubai-based independent security and resilience consultancy, seeks a Principal Security Design Consultant to lead the technical design of integrated security solutions for Oil & Gas and CNI environments.

You'll take designs from concept through FEED to detailed design, coordinating with EPC contractors and MEP consultants, translating risk assessments into specifications, and mentoring engineers.

Qualifications

• 10+ years designing integrated security solutions for Oil & Gas and/or CNI.
• Experience leading design across concept, FEED and detailed design stages.
• Deep technical expertise across CCTV/video surveillance, access control, intrusion detection, perimeter security, counter‑UAS, control room design and systems integration.
• Experience producing and reviewing technical specifications, drawings, schedules and design reports.
• Willingness to travel across the region, including in‑country work in Iraq.

Responsibilities

• Personally design integrated security solutions spanning control rooms, perimeter systems, access control, surveillance, intrusion detection and counter‑UAS (C-UAS).
• Take designs from concept through FEED into detailed design, working alongside EPC contractors and MEP consultants.
• Translate threat and risk assessments into system requirements, functional specifications and design criteria.
• Contribute to peer review of colleagues' designs and to ESSURA's technical design standards and templates.
• Mentor consultants and engineers, and contribute technical content to proposals and bids.

Skills

Security design

Oil & Gas

CCTV & video surveillance

Access control

Perimeter security

Counter-UAS

System integration

FEED design

Mentoring engineers

Technical proposals

Job description

ESSURA, Dubai-based independent security and resilience consultancy, seeks a Principal Security Design Consultant to lead the technical design of integrated security solutions for Oil & Gas and CNI environments.

You'll take designs from concept through FEED to detailed design, coordinating with EPC contractors and MEP consultants, translating risk assessments into specifications, and mentoring engineers.