Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer

Tamkeen Technologies; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Saudi Arabia seeks an experienced professional to manage Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Privileged Access Management (PAM) platforms. Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s degree and 3–5 years of relevant experience, particularly with tools like SailPoint and BeyondTrust. This role involves overseeing access lifecycle processes, ensuring compliance, and optimizing security measures within hybrid environments.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience in IAM and/or PAM-focused roles.
• Strong skills in analysis, troubleshooting, and documentation.
• Professional certifications in SailPoint or BeyondTrust are highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain IAM and PAM platforms for high availability.
• Design identity lifecycle processes including onboarding and offboarding.
• Monitor and govern privileged account activities applying best practices.
• Support integration of IAM/PAM systems across hybrid environments.

Skills

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Privileged Access Management (PAM)

SailPoint

BeyondTrust

SSO

MFA

RBAC

Zero Trust

Access governance

Compliance standards

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or a related technical field

Tools

IAM platforms

PAM tools

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Privileged Access Management (PAM) platforms to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability.
• Design and enforce identity lifecycle processes including onboarding, offboarding, and role-based access modifications.
• Manage access provisioning, de-provisioning, and conduct regular access reviews for users, applications, and systems.
• Monitor and govern privileged account activities, applying best practices for privilege escalation, session monitoring, and credential management.
• Ensure compliance with internal access policies and support external and internal audit requirements.
• Optimize detection rules, policies, and automation workflows to enhance operational efficiency.
• Troubleshoot and resolve access-related incidents in collaboration with IT and application support teams.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation for IAM/PAM architectures, configurations, policies, and operational procedures.
• Support the integration of IAM/PAM systems across hybrid environments including on-premise and cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with security architects and GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) teams to improve the overall security posture.
• Work alongside other cybersecurity teams (e.g., Threat Intelligence, Incident Response, Red Team) to strengthen detection and response mechanisms.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 3–5 years of hands-on experience in IAM and/or PAM-focused roles.
• Strong expertise in IAM platforms such as SailPoint.
• Practical experience with PAM tools like BeyondTrust.
• Knowledge of SSO, MFA, RBAC, Zero Trust, and access governance frameworks.
• Familiarity with compliance standards such as ISO 27001, NIST, NCA ECC, and GDPR.
• Strong skills in analysis, troubleshooting, and documentation.
• Professional certifications in SailPoint or BeyondTrust are highly desirable.