Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Consultant

Google; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the Riyadh Region is seeking a Cybersecurity Consultant to help clients prepare for and respond to cyber threats. This role involves conducting assessments, designing threat intelligence capabilities, and delivering training sessions. Applicants must possess a Bachelor's degree in a related field and at least 5 years of experience in assessing cybersecurity solutions. Proficiency in both English and Arabic is essential, as this role involves client interaction. Travel to client sites may be required up to 50% of the time.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in cybersecurity solutions.
• Experience in CTI within an operational environment.
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive assessments of threat intelligence capabilities.
• Design proactive CTI capabilities according to client needs.
• Deliver training sessions on threat intelligence concepts.

Skills

Cybersecurity solutions assessment

Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) analysis

Communication in English and Arabic

Forensic analysis

Education

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

Job description

Applicants to this role must have work authorization in Saudi Arabia as this role is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.

Note: Google's hybrid workplace includes remote and in-office roles. By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:

In-office locations

Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

Remote location(s)

Saudi Arabia.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience assessing and developing cybersecurity solutions across multiple security domains.
• Experience in the consumption, processing, and analysis of Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) within an operational environment, supporting monitoring, detection, and response.
• Experience in an intelligence practitioner role.
• Ability to communicate in English and Arabic fluently, as this is a client facing role.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience designing instructional materials and fostering a learning environment.
• Experience in analyzing network, endpoint, and security logs or telemetry for security investigations and threat hunting.
• Ability to approach addressing challenges, committed to enhancing CTI capabilities.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional team environment with a focus on knowledge sharing and collaboration.
• Ability to teach technical concepts to the audience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with various teams and stakeholders.

About The Job

As a Security Consultant, you will be responsible for helping clients effectively prepare for, proactively mitigate, and detect and respond to cyber security threats. Security Consultants have an understanding of computer science, operating system functionality and networking, cloud services, corporate network environments and how to apply this knowledge to cyber security threats.

As a Security Consultant, you could work on engagements including assisting clients in navigating technically complex and high-profile incidents, performing forensic analysis, threat hunting, and malware triage. You may also test client networks, applications and devices by emulating the latest techniques to help them defend against threats, and will be the technical advocate for information security requirements and provide an in-depth understanding of the information security domain. You will also articulate and present complex concepts to business stakeholders, executive leadership, and technical contributors and successfully lead complex engagements alongside cross functional teams.

In this role, you will act as an advisor and will be responsible for guiding the development of Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) functions across the globe and empowering cyber-security organizations to leverage threat intelligence at organizations.

Part of Google Cloud, Mandiant is a recognized leader in dynamic cyber defense, threat intelligence and incident response services. Mandiant's cybersecurity expertise has earned the trust of security professionals and company executives around the world. Our unique combination of renowned frontline experience responding to some of the most complex breaches, nation-state grade threat intelligence, machine intelligence, and the industry's best security validation ensures that Mandiant knows more about today's advanced threats than anyone.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the organization's current threat intelligence capabilities, needs, and risks.
• Design proactive CTI capabilities based upon discovery activities, in-line with best practices and desired client priorities.
• Design and develop a comprehensive CTI training curriculum aligned with the organization's needs and the chosen tools/frameworks.
• Deliver engaging training sessions to security analysts, engineers, and other team members on threat intelligence concepts, methodologies, and tools.
• Travel to client sites up to 50% of the time as needed to directly engage and deliver intelligence consulting services.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .