Cloud Security Engineer – GCP

Halian | Managed Services, Recruitment Agency & Contract Staffing; Dhahran Compound; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian is hiring a Cloud Security Engineer with a strong legacy security background who later specialized in Google Cloud to secure cloud workloads and drive security modernization.

You will deploy and tune Security Command Center, safeguard Kubernetes/GKE workloads, manage IAM, VPC and encryption via Terraform, and migrate legacy controls to Google Cloud, all under a 12-month, extendable contract.

Qualifications

• 5+ years dedicated cloud security experience with deep GCP expertise.
• Strong foundations in cloud concepts and core security principles (CIA triad, zero trust, least privilege, defense in depth).
• Experience securing legacy, non-cloud-native systems (firewalls, IDS/IPS, legacy OS, security appliances).
• Hands-on with Security Command Center, Google SecOps, and GCP data protection tools.
• Strong Kubernetes/GKE security knowledge.
• Terraform experience for security controls (firewall rules, IAM, encryption keys).

Responsibilities

• Deploy and tune Security Command Center, Google SecOps, and GCP data protection tools.
• Secure Kubernetes/GKE workloads and container runtimes.
• Manage IAM, network controls (VPC, Cloud Armor), and encryption (KMS) via Terraform.
• Apply defense-in-depth across network, workload, and data layers.
• Support migration of legacy security controls into GCP.

Skills

Cloud security

GCP security

Kubernetes security

Terraform

Security Command Center

Tools

Security Command Center

GCP data protection tools

Job description

Contract: 12 months, extendable

About the Role:

We're hiring a Cloud Security Engineer with a strong traditional security background who later specialized in Google Cloud someone who started in core security (legacy systems, non-cloud-native tooling) before moving into cloud security.

What You’ll Do

• Deploy and tune Security Command Center, Google SecOps (Chronicle), and GCP data protection tools
• Secure Kubernetes/GKE workloads and container runties
• Manage IAM, network controls (VPC, Cloud Armor), and encryption (KMS) via Terraform
• Apply defense-in-depth across network, workload, and data layers
• Support migration of legacy security controls into GCP

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years dedicated cloud security experience, deep GCP expertise
• Pure security background (no cloud in early career); strong foundations in cloud concepts and core security principles (CIA triad, zero trust, least privilege, defense in depth)
• Proven experience securing legacy, non-cloud-native systems (firewalls, IDS/IPS, legacy OS, security appliances)
• Hands-on with Security Command Center, Google SecOps, GCP data protection tools
• Strong Kubernetes/GKE security knowledge
• Terraform experience for security controls (firewall rules, IAM, encryption keys)

Nice to have: Professional Cloud Security Engineer certification or any other GCP Professional certification