Senior Staff Cyber Security Engineer - AI & Data Center

Qualcomm; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing & transport allowance

RSUs and performance bonus

Maternity Leave 16 weeks

Paternity Leave 6 weeks

Employee stock purchase scheme

Child Education Allowance

Relocation and immigration support

Life and Medical Insurance

Live+ Well Reimbursement

Job summary

Qualcomm Middle East Information Technology Company LLC in Riyadh, KSA, seeks a Senior Staff Cyber Security Engineer to lead security initiatives for datacenter and sovereign AI deployments. You will Collaborate with engineering and business stakeholders to secure complex infrastructure and applications while growing in a dynamic cybersecurity team.

The role emphasizes compliance, architecture, and secure software/hardware integration, with visa sponsorship for eligible candidates.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of cybersecurity-relevant work experience with a Bachelor's degree.
• High school diploma or equivalent with 6+ years cybersecurity experience.
• References to years of experience are indicative; equivalent experience considered.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical security lead for large datacenter and sovereign AI deployments.
• Design and operationalize Infrastructure Identity & PKI with end-to-end mTLS.
• Own perimeter security architecture and firewall operations (Palo Alto/Fortinet).
• Lead Data Sovereignty & Compliance auditing against regulatory frameworks.
• Architect storage security controls and encryption at rest.
• Define Kubernetes & container security posture and pod security standards.
• Drive vulnerability management across the inference software stack.
• Lead Security Incident Response with MSP coordination.

Skills

Leadership experience

Stakeholder interaction

Arabic language

Cybersecurity certifications

Programming languages familiarity

Education

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

High school diploma or equivalent with 6+ years cybersecurity experience

Tools

C

C++

Java

Python

Job description

Qualcomm Middle East Information Technology Company LLC in Riyadh, KSA, seeks a Senior Staff Cyber Security Engineer to lead security initiatives for datacenter and sovereign AI deployments. You will Collaborate with engineering and business stakeholders to secure complex infrastructure and applications while growing in a dynamic cybersecurity team.

The role emphasizes compliance, architecture, and secure software/hardware integration, with visa sponsorship for eligible candidates.