Senior IT Security Operations Engineer (Saudi National)

About the role

The Senior IT Security Operations Engineer safeguards corporate IT infrastructure, networks, enterprise data and cloud environments against operational security risks and threats. This hands-on role bridges infrastructure management with threat detection, incident response, IAM governance and security standard compliance across enterprise systems.

Key responsibilities

• Configure, manage and audit enterprise firewalls, VPNs, EDR agents and web proxy controls
• Lead Tier-2/Tier-3 security event investigations, analyse SIEM logs and mitigate security incidents to limit downtime
• Enforce IAM controls, privileged access management, multi-factor authentication and role-based access policies
• Direct routine vulnerability scans, prioritise critical patching schedules and verify system hardening
• Ensure secure backup configurations, disaster recovery readiness and compliance with ITIL, ISO 27001 and NCA-ECC standards

Required profile

• Minimum 6+ years of hands-on experience in IT security administration, SOC engineering or network security operations
• Proven track record in threat detection, incident response, log analysis and system hardening on Windows/Linux servers and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS)
• At least one active industry certification such as CompTIA Security+, CISSP, CEH, CCSP or ITIL4

Required skills

• SIEM tools (Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel) and EDR platforms (CrowdStrike, Defender)
• Next-generation firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet)
• Identity and access management (Active Directory, Entra ID, PAM solutions)