Senior IT Security Ops Engineer | SIEM, IAM & Cloud

DS DeepSource; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

DS DeepSource is seeking a Senior IT Security Operations Engineer to safeguard our enterprise IT infrastructure, networks, and cloud environments. You will bridge infrastructure management with threat detection, incident response, IAM governance, and security standard compliance across systems.

The role requires 6+ years of hands-on security operations experience, strong SIEM/EDR/NFWE expertise, and IAM proficiency, with certifications like CISSP or Security+.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on IT security administration experience.
• Expertise with SIEM (Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel), EDR (CrowdStrike, Defender), and NGFWs (Palo Alto, Fortinet).
• Strong IAM skills: Active Directory, Entra ID, PAM, MFA, and network access controls.
• Experience in threat detection, incident response, log analysis, and system hardening across Windows/Linux and cloud (Azure/AWS).
• Active industry certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CISSP, CEH, CCSP, or ITIL4.

Responsibilities

• Configure, manage, and audit enterprise firewalls, VPNs, EDR agents, and web proxy controls.
• Lead Tier-2/Tier-3 security event investigations, analyze SIEM logs, and mitigate security incidents to limit downtime.
• Enforce IAM controls, privileged access management (PAM), MFA, and RBAC policies.
• Direct routine vulnerability scans, prioritize patching schedules with IT teams, and verify system hardening.
• Ensure secure backups, disaster recovery readiness, and adherence to ITIL/ISO 27001/NCA-ECC.

Skills

Security operations

Threat detection

Incident response

Identity and access governance

Threat analytics

Log analysis

Education

CompTIA Security+

CISSP

CEH

CCSP

ITIL 4

Tools

Splunk

QRadar

Microsoft Sentinel

CrowdStrike

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Palo Alto

Fortinet

Active Directory

Entra ID

PAM solutions

Job description

DS DeepSource is seeking a Senior IT Security Operations Engineer to safeguard our enterprise IT infrastructure, networks, and cloud environments. You will bridge infrastructure management with threat detection, incident response, IAM governance, and security standard compliance across systems.

The role requires 6+ years of hands-on security operations experience, strong SIEM/EDR/NFWE expertise, and IAM proficiency, with certifications like CISSP or Security+.