Senior Security Engineer: Cloud & DevSecOps Leader

Halian | Managed Services, Recruitment Agency & Contract Staffing; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian Group in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior Security Engineer to strengthen security across applications, infrastructure, and cloud in a regulated financial services environment. You will drive secure-by-design principles throughout SDLC and advance DevSecOps practices.

Responsibilities include penetration testing, threat modelling, vulnerability management, and security architecture reviews, collaborating with DevOps, Infra, and Product teams to embed robust controls.

Qualifications

• 8-15 years of information security or security engineering experience.
• Deep expertise across application, infrastructure and cloud security.
• Strong experience with web, API and mobile security testing, and vulnerability assessments.
• Solid understanding of OWASP Top 10 and API Security Top 10.
• Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD security integration and automation.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes, Docker, microservices and cloud-native apps.

Responsibilities

• Conduct web, mobile, and API penetration testing and vulnerability assessments.
• Perform secure code reviews and identify application and infrastructure security weaknesses.
• Manage and optimize security tooling including: SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC Security, Container Security Solutions.
• Drive DevSecOps initiatives and integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines.
• Perform threat modelling, security risk assessments, and architecture reviews.
• Design and review secure solutions across cloud, container, Kubernetes, and enterprise platforms.
• Lead vulnerability management activities, including remediation planning and tracking.
• Support security incident investigations, root cause analysis, and remediation efforts.
• Deliver security awareness sessions and secure coding training to engineering teams.
• Collaborate with development, DevOps, infrastructure, and product teams to ensure secure implementation of solutions.
• Support continuous improvement of security standards, processes, and governance frameworks.
• Participate in security reviews and compliance initiatives across enterprise projects.

Skills

Application Security

Infrastructure Security

Cloud Security

Security Architecture

Web App Pen Testing

API Security Testing

Mobile Security Testing

Vulnerability Assessments

DevSecOps

CI/CD Security

Threat Modelling

Risk Assessments

Kubernetes

Docker

Microservices

Cloud-Native Apps

AWS Security

Azure Security

IAM & Secrets

Network Security

Scripting: Python

PowerShell

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

SAST

DAST

SCA

IaC Security

Container Security

Job description

Halian Group in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior Security Engineer to strengthen security across applications, infrastructure, and cloud in a regulated financial services environment. You will drive secure-by-design principles throughout SDLC and advance DevSecOps practices.

Responsibilities include penetration testing, threat modelling, vulnerability management, and security architecture reviews, collaborating with DevOps, Infra, and Product teams to embed robust controls.