Senior Cyber Security Engineer - AI & Cloud Defense

Halian | Managed Services, Recruitment Agency & Contract Staffing; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian Group is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer in Abu Dhabi to lead continuous security validation across cloud, AI, and banking environments. You will design, implement, and oversee validation programs, run automated threat simulations, and mentor engineers while collaborating with security architecture and engineering teams.

Required 8–10 years in cyber security, strong offensive security and AI security expertise, and banking controls knowledge. AOC certifications are preferred.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years in Cyber Security Engineering, Penetration Testing, Security Validation, or Red Team operations.
• Experience in automated and continuous security validation capabilities.
• Hands-on cloud security testing across AWS and hybrid environments.
• Strong knowledge of OWASP Top 10, MITRE ATT&CK, and MITRE ATLAS.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills; banking controls knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate Continuous Security Validation programs across cloud, infrastructure, apps, and AI.
• Execute automated validation activities against threat scenarios and attack simulations.
• Develop and maintain cyber security test suites aligned with threat intel.
• Perform AI security assessments and adversarial testing on AI systems/GenAI.
• Conduct validation across Cloud Infra, Applications, APIs, AI Models, and model supply chains.
• Integrate threat intel feeds into validation scenarios and manage findings lifecycle.
• Support governance with evidence collection, reporting and attestation.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote security awareness.

Skills

Offensive Security

Adversarial Testing

Application Security

AI Security

Security Validation

Threat Emulation

Cloud Security Testing

MITRE ATT&CK

Education

OSCP or OSCE

GIAC GPEN

GIAC GXPN

GIAC GMLE

Tools

AWS

Attack Simulation Tools

Job description

Halian Group is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer in Abu Dhabi to lead continuous security validation across cloud, AI, and banking environments. You will design, implement, and oversee validation programs, run automated threat simulations, and mentor engineers while collaborating with security architecture and engineering teams.

Required 8–10 years in cyber security, strong offensive security and AI security expertise, and banking controls knowledge. AOC certifications are preferred.