Cyber Defense Operations Lead

DeepSource Technologies; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

DeepSource Technologies is seeking a Cybersecurity Operations Expert to support the first line of defense through daily execution of security controls across enterprise IT environments.

You will monitor security alerts, respond to incidents, coordinate remediation, and collaborate with IT, network, cloud, server, endpoint, and application teams to ensure controls are effective and continuously improved.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity operations, security monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, or security engineering functions.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise security technologies, including SIEM, EDR/XDR, email security, IAM, network, cloud security, and vulnerability management platforms.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks, attack techniques, threat detection methodologies, and security operations best practices.
• Experience working in hybrid environments spanning on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and third-party services.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze cybersecurity alerts, events, and incidents.
• Perform initial triage, investigation, containment support, and escalation of security incidents.
• Support endpoint, network, cloud, and email security operations.
• Coordinate vulnerability remediation with relevant technical teams.
• Execute and maintain operational security controls and monitoring use cases.
• Monitor and support security-related patching, platform upgrades, and operational technology refresh activities to ensure minimal security exposure and service disruption.
• Support security activities during system, tool, and infrastructure migrations, including validation of controls, configuration reviews, and post-migration security checks.
• Review and validate security integrations between cybersecurity tools, IT systems, cloud platforms, and third-party solutions to ensure proper logging, alerting, connectivity, and control effectiveness.
• Support access control reviews, privileged access monitoring, and identity-related security operations.
• Maintain incident response procedures, runbooks, and operational documentation.
• Track remediation actions and follow up on risk reduction activities.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of cybersecurity activities and processes.
• Support business resilience by reducing operational cyber risk exposure.

Skills

Cybersecurity operations

Threat detection

Incident response

Vulnerability management

Security monitoring

Hybrid work experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SIEM

EDR/XDR

Email security

Identity and access management

Network security

Cloud security

Job description

DeepSource Technologies is seeking a Cybersecurity Operations Expert to support the first line of defense through daily execution of security controls across enterprise IT environments.

You will monitor security alerts, respond to incidents, coordinate remediation, and collaborate with IT, network, cloud, server, endpoint, and application teams to ensure controls are effective and continuously improved.