Senior Cybersecurity Advisory & Assurance Leader

Ghobash Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

CNS is seeking a senior Cybersecurity Advisory & Assurance Lead to drive enterprise assessments, advisory engagements, and transformation programs for enterprise and government clients. You will lead framework-based assessments, evidence collection, and maturity evaluations, while advising on risk, controls, and remediation strategies.

The role requires broad expertise across defensive and offensive security, governance, risk and compliance, security architecture, and operations, with the

Qualifications

• 8 years of cybersecurity experience across multiple disciplines.
• Proven experience leading enterprise cybersecurity assessments.
• Experience conducting stakeholder interviews and evidence-based assessments.
• Ability to present executive-level reports to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise cybersecurity maturity and capability assessments.
• Evaluate control design and operating effectiveness across domains.
• Review policies and procedures against CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Controls and UAE/GCC regulations.
• Assess SOC capabilities including SIEM, EDR/XDR, threat intel, and incident response.
• Define remediation roadmaps and governance with executive stakeholders.
• Lead workshops, mentor junior consultants, and support proposals.

Skills

NIST CSF

ISO 27001

SOC/SEC ops

Threat intel

Executive communication

Report writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or Engineering (Electronics, Computer or Telecom)

Tools

SIEM

EDR/XDR

PAM

Cloud security tools

Job description

CNS is seeking a senior Cybersecurity Advisory & Assurance Lead to drive enterprise assessments, advisory engagements, and transformation programs for enterprise and government clients. You will lead framework-based assessments, evidence collection, and maturity evaluations, while advising on risk, controls, and remediation strategies.

The role requires broad expertise across defensive and offensive security, governance, risk and compliance, security architecture, and operations, with the