Senior Security Engineer

Redington Middle East; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 262,000 - 338,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company based in Riyadh is seeking a technical authority in API security. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in technical roles and will act as the primary Wallarm authority for customers. Responsibilities include providing architectural guidance for securing APIs, leading deployments, integrating Wallarm with other tools, and training customer teams. Strong experience with Kubernetes and cloud security is required, along with the ability to build trusted relationships across various teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a technical role such as Security Engineer or DevOps Engineer.
• Prior experience in a customer-facing role is strongly preferred.
• Experience in highly regulated environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary on-site technical authority for the customer.
• Build trusted relationships with various teams.
• Provide architectural guidance for securing APIs and web applications.
• Lead deployment and configuration of Wallarm across environments.
• Integrate Wallarm with API gateways and monitoring tools.
• Tune policies and detection models to maximize protection.
• Assist with onboarding new applications and services.
• Monitor and respond to API security events and attacks.
• Provide training and knowledge transfer to customer teams.
• Develop documentation and operational procedures.

Skills

API security

Application security

Cloud security

Kubernetes

Containers

Microservices architectures

REST

GraphQL

gRPC

Linux

Networking fundamentals

HTTP/TLS

Log analysis

Tools

NGINX

Job description

Location: Riyadh, KSA

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary on-site Wallarm technical authority for the customer.
• Build trusted relationships with security, platform, SRE, DevOps, and application teams
• Provide architectural guidance for securing APIs, microservices, and web applications
• Lead deployment and configuration of Wallarm across customer environments (cloud, Kubernetes, on-prem, hybrid)
• Integrate Wallarm with CI/CD pipelines, API gateways, ingress controllers, WAFs, SIEMs, and monitoring tools
• Tune policies, detection models, and enforcement modes to minimize false positives while maximizing protection
• Assist with onboarding new applications, APIs, and services into Wallarm
• Monitor, analyze, and respond to API security events, attacks, and anomalies
• Provide hands‑on training and knowledge transfer to customer teams
• Develop documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures tailored to the customer
• Serve as the escalation point between the customer and Wallarm Support and Engineering

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience with API security, application security, or cloud security
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, containers, or microservices architectures
• Familiarity with REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and modern API frameworks
• Experience with Linux, networking fundamentals, and HTTP/TLS
• Knowledge of WAFs, API gateways, reverse proxies, or ingress controllers, NGINX is a plus
• Ability to analyze logs, traffic, and security events

Professional Experience

• 5+ years in a technical role such as Security Engineer, DevOps Engineer, SRE, Solutions Architect, or Support Engineer
• Prior experience in a customer‑facing or embedded (resident) role is strongly preferred
• Experience working with enterprise or highly regulated environments is a plus