Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Pentasia; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Medical insurance from day 1

Training and development support

Modern office environment with daily snacks

Collaborative team culture

Employee recognition programme

Job summary

Pentasia is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer based in Dubai, UAE. In this role, you will take ownership of security functions across various platforms, including incident response, detection engineering, and compliance with PCI DSS regulations.

The ideal candidate has over 7 years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity, strong incident response skills, and the ability to work in a dynamic fintech environment. The position offers a competitive salary, medical insurance from day one, and a collaborative team culture.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on security operations or cybersecurity experience.
• Experience using AI tools to enhance security measures.
• Fluent in English with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage incident response and detection engineering.
• Oversee security controls across various platforms.
• Collaborate with a multinational team in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Hands-on security operations experience

Incident response

SIEM/XDR

DDoS mitigation

Email security

PCI DSS compliance

Job description

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer | Dubai, UAE

I’m hiring for an exciting Senior Cybersecurity Engineer opportunity with a growing PCI DSS Level 1 payment-orchestration platform based in Dubai.

This is a great opportunity for a senior security professional who wants to take real ownership, work in a fast-moving fintech environment, and help strengthen the security function across payment platforms, infrastructure, endpoint, email, network and web-facing systems.

You’ll be involved in incident response, detection engineering, MDR/SOC escalations, SIEM/XDR, EDR, WAF, DDoS, email security, DLP, SASE/VPN and PCI DSS security controls.

What’s on offer:

• Competitive salary package
• Medical insurance from day 1
• Training and development support
• Modern office environment with daily snacks, drinks and refreshments
• Multinational and collaborative team culture
• Regular team-building events and company activities
• Employee recognition programme with monthly perks
• A chance to join a growing fintech/payment business in Dubai

What we’re looking for:

• Currently based in the UAE
• Comfortable working onsite from the Dubai office
• 7+ years of hands-on security operations / cybersecurity experience
• Fluent English communication skills
• Experience using AI tools to support day-to-day work
• Strong experience across incident response, SIEM/XDR, EDR, MDR/SOC, WAF, DDoS, VPN/SASE, email security or DLP
• PCI DSS, fintech, payments or payment-gateway experience would be a strong plus

Please get in touch if this sounds like you, or feel free to share with someone in your network who could be a good fit.