Cybersecurity Defense & Assurance Manager

Confidential; Dhahran Compound; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a senior cybersecurity leader to oversee threat monitoring, incident response, and threat intelligence operations. You will lead proactive threat hunting, digital forensics, and security assurance programs while coordinating VAPT and Red Team initiatives.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least eight years of cybersecurity experience focused on defense and assurance. Strong communication with leadership and IT teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, or related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in cybersecurity, with a focus on Cybersecurity Defense and Assurance.
• Strong expertise in security monitoring and detection engineering.
• Incident response leadership and crisis management capability.

Responsibilities

• Oversee threat monitoring and detection efforts, ensuring emerging threats are identified, analyzed, and addressed promptly.
• Lead the coordination and response to cyber incidents, managing the incident response team for containment, eradication, and recovery.
• Manage and refine threat intelligence feeds, identifying gaps and using threat actors to improve collection and reporting.
• Drive proactive threat hunting activities, identifying vulnerabilities before incidents materialize.
• Enhance adaptive readiness by continuously improving threat detection and response capabilities.
• Direct digital forensics investigations to analyze malicious activities and support response and recovery.
• Lead security assurance activities to safeguard cybersecurity assets across the Company.
• Communicate security findings and business impact to management and IT teams to support remediation.
• Oversee planning and execution of VAPT, Red Teaming exercises, and configuration reviews across assets.

Skills

Threat monitoring

Incident response

Threat intelligence

Threat hunting

Digital forensics

Security assurance

Crisis management

Communication

VAPT planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity

Job description

• Oversee threat monitoring and detection efforts, ensuring that emerging threats are identified, analyzed, and addressed in a timely manner.
• Lead the coordination and response to cyber incidents, managing the incident response team to ensure effective containment, eradication, and recovery from threats.
• Manage and refine the organization's threat intelligence feeds, identifying information gaps and using knowledge of threat actors to improve intelligence collection and reporting.
• Drive proactive threat hunting activities, identifying potential vulnerabilities and threats before they materialize into incidents, leveraging threat intelligence and behavior analytics.
• Enhance adaptive readiness by continually improving threat detection and response capabilities based on evolving threats and attack vectors.
• Direct digital forensics investigations, analyzing malicious activities, system vulnerabilities, and exploitation methods to support incident response and recovery efforts.
• Lead security assurance activities to optimize and safeguard cybersecurity assets and functions across the Company.
• Communicate security findings and the business impact of identified vulnerabilities to management, leadership, and IT teams to support timely remediation efforts.
• Oversee the planning and execution of VAPT, Red Teaming exercises, and configuration reviews across all assets of the Company.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, or related field.

Experience

Minimum of 8 years of experience in cybersecurity, with a focus on Cybersecurity Defense and Assurance.

• Strong expertise in security monitoring and detection engineering.
• Incident response leadership and crisis management capability.
• Risk-based analytical and decision-making capability.