Senior Cybersecurity Specialist & Incident Response Lead

AL-AYUNI Investment and Contracting Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

AL-AYUNI Investment and Contracting Company in Riyadh seeks a Senior Specialist, Cybersecurity to lead design, implementation, and operation of advanced security solutions across on‑premises and cloud environments.

You will guide threat detection, vulnerability management, incident response, and security governance, mentor junior staff, and ensure compliance with NCA ECC, PDPL, and related standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in cybersecurity or related field is required.
• Minimum 5–8 years of relevant cybersecurity experience.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise security controls and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, configuration, and maintenance of cybersecurity solutions (firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, EDR/XDR, DLP, IAM, PAM).
• Develop and enhance security architecture to protect networks, systems, apps and cloud environments.
• Manage security tools, policies, rules, and configurations for threat detection and prevention.
• Perform vulnerability management and penetration testing activities.
• Analyze security alerts, investigate incidents, and coordinate remediation.
• Lead incident response activities including containment and lessons learned.
• Maintain security hardening standards and secure configurations.
• Ensure compliance with NCA ECC, PDPL and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Mentor junior cybersecurity team members and lead security reviews for new tech.

Skills

Cybersecurity engineering

Threat detection

Incident response

Security architecture

Vulnerability management

Compliance & governance

Security auditing

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Firewalls

IDS/IPS

SIEM

EDR/XDR

DLP

IAM

PAM

Security monitoring platforms

Job description

AL-AYUNI Investment and Contracting Company in Riyadh seeks a Senior Specialist, Cybersecurity to lead design, implementation, and operation of advanced security solutions across on‑premises and cloud environments.

You will guide threat detection, vulnerability management, incident response, and security governance, mentor junior staff, and ensure compliance with NCA ECC, PDPL, and related standards.