Cyber Security Engineer

About the role

Tamara, the leading fintech platform in Saudi Arabia, is looking for a Cyber Security Engineer to join its growing security team. You will help design, implement and maintain secure infrastructure that protects the company’s platform and its millions of customers.

Key responsibilities

• Support the design, implementation and continuous improvement of secure systems and infrastructure.
• Participate in security assessments, threat modelling and reviews for new and existing services.
• Identify, investigate and remediate vulnerabilities across code, containers, endpoints and cloud environments.
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps and product teams to embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines.
• Deploy, configure and maintain security tools such as SIEM, EDR and vulnerability scanners.
• Review system designs and code changes to spot security risks and ensure alignment with security standards.

Required profile

• Early‑career professional with a foundational understanding of security principles (threat modelling, vulnerability management, secure architecture).
• Hands‑on, proactive learner ready to take ownership of security improvements.
• Strong collaboration skills to work with IT, engineering and product teams.

Required skills

• SAMA CSF
• NCA
• Vulnerability scanners
• EDR
• OCI
• Secure coding practices
• NIST framework
• Cloud security
• Vulnerability Management
• Bash
• Cyber Security fundamentals
• GCP
• DevSecOps
• ISO 27001
• Docker
• SIEM
• IT Security
• Kubernetes
• Python
• AWS