Senior Staff Cyber Security Engineer - Riyadh, KSA at Qualcomm

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

Apply for Senior Staff Cyber Security Engineer - Riyadh, KSA at Qualcomm in الرياض, S01, SA. This Visa sponsorship job abroad position offers great opportunities for career growth.

Company: Qualcomm Middle East Information Technology Company LLC

Job Area: Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > Cyber Security Engineering

About the role

We are a collaborative team. We are always learning, sharing, and researching. You will work with engineers and business stakeholders across the company to secure complex infrastructure and applications. You will need communication, analytical, and interpersonal skills, and the ability to learn and grow in a rapidly evolving environment. We welcome candidates who are passionate about cybersecurity and eager to learn and grow as engineers on our team. At Qualcomm, we are committed to fostering a culture of innovation. We value collaboration, creativity, and the power of diverging viewpoints. A significant part of our success as a company comes from our ability to collaborate effectively, analyze complex problems, identify potential solutions, and ultimately converge on a winning strategy. This collective buy-in fosters incredible teamwork and drives our achievements. Join us and be part of a team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of technology and making a positive impact on the world. We are looking for motivated people. We are looking for those who have experience in the areas listed, but even more importantly a strong desire to learn and grow as a Cybersecurity Sr. Staff and team player. At this level, we are committed to help provide training opportunities to acclimate new employees to how Qualcomm's cybersecurity team operates. You must have 10+ years of Cyber Security experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of cybersecurity-relevant work experience with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• Familiarity with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
• 1+ year in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.
• 1+ year of work experience in a role requesting interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
• Cybersecurity-relevant certifications.
• Fluency in Arabic.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical security lead for large datacenter and sovereign AI deployments, applying deep expertise in areas such as cryptography, key management, and secure architecture to drive programs to completion.
• Design and operationalize Infrastructure Identity & PKI, producing detailed runbooks for operations to maintain end-to-end mTLS, manage certificate lifecycles, and secure private keys and secrets using a KMS as required.
• Own perimeter security architecture and hands-on firewall operations, configuring and managing next-generation firewalls (e.g., Palo Alto, Fortinet) to enforce customer-driven ingress/egress policies and secure cluster boundaries.
• Lead Data Sovereignty & Compliance assurance, auditing system architecture against applicable regulatory, cybersecurity, and data protection frameworks (e.g., KSA NCA ECC, Cloud Cybersecurity Controls (CCC), and PDPL) to ensure sovereign AI data remains resident, controlled, and protected within datacenter boundaries.
• Architect storage security controls in collaboration with operations, implementing encryption at rest and strict NFS/S3 access controls on VAST/DDN platforms to safeguard training data, model weights, and sensitive assets.
• Define Kubernetes & container security posture with software teams, establishing cluster security policies and enforcing pod security standards to isolate inference workloads.
• Drive vulnerability management across the inference software stack, partnering with engineering teams to implement scanning, prioritization, and remediation of critical CVEs, and tracking fixes through closure.
• Lead Security Incident Response activities, acting as the primary escalation point for the Managed Security Service Provider (MSP), coordinating investigation, containment, remediation, and post-incident root cause analysis for security events.
• Lead security architecture reviews and root cause analyses, producing actionable findings and updates for senior leadership (e.g., Sr. Director+), and reviewing technical documentation and security architecture diagrams before publication to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Design and enforce identity and access management controls across infrastructure and platforms, including user, service account, and workload identities.
• Implement least-privilege access, role-based access control, and privileged access management to isolate tenants and protect sensitive systems.
• Perform threat modeling and abuse case analysis for infrastructure, platform, and AI systems to identify attack paths, validate security assumptions, and inform architecture decisions and risk mitigations early in the design process.
• Proactively identify and prioritize complex security risks across systems and dependencies, working cross-functionally to execute mitigations, resolve escalations impacting customers/stakeholders, and continuously strengthen defenses against emerging attack trends.
• Provide KSA on-site security leadership, interface directly with Humains security teams, participate in joint compliance audits, support incident response, and ensure deployments meet regional sovereign AI security mandates.

What’s on Offer

• Salary including housing & transport allowance
• Stock (RSUs) and performance related bonus
• 16 weeks fully paid Maternity Leave
• 6 weeks fully paid Paternity Leave
• Employee stock purchase scheme
• Child Education Allowance
• Relocation and immigration support (if needed)
• Life and Medical Insurance
• Live+ Well Reimbursement for health and recreational membership fees

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of cybersecurity-relevant work experience.
• OR High school diploma or equivalent and 6+ years of cybersecurity-relevant work experience.
• *References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

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