Senior Cybersecurity Specialist (Penetration Testing & Compliance)
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**Job Title: Senior Cybersecurity Specialist (Penetration Testing \& Compliance)** **Location:** Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (On\-site) **Working Hours:** 8\-hour rotational shifts (24/7 coverage) ⸻ **Job Summary** We are looking for an experienced Cybersecurity Specialist to lead penetration testing, security assessments, and compliance initiatives. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in protecting organizational assets, ensuring regulat
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Job Title: Senior Cybersecurity Specialist (Penetration Testing & Compliance)
Working Hours
8-hour rotational shifts (24/7 coverage)
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Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Cybersecurity Specialist to lead penetration testing, security assessments, and compliance initiatives.
The ideal candidate will play a critical role in protecting organizational assets, ensuring regulatory compliance (including NCA), and strengthening overall security posture in a dynamic, high-availability environment.
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Key Responsibilities
- Conduct
- penetration testing
- and advanced vulnerability assessments across applications, networks, and infrastructure.
- Ensure compliance with
Saudi NCA (National Cybersecurity Authority)
- standards and other cybersecurity frameworks.
- Protect systems, applications, and data from evolving cyber threats.
- Maintain and enforce
Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA)
- principles.
- Identify, analyze, and remediate security vulnerabilities in web applications and infrastructure.
- Monitor security events and respond to
- incidents, threats, and breaches
- in real time.
- Perform
- root cause analysis (RCA)
- for security incidents and recommend preventive measures.
- Collaborate with IT, DevOps, and business teams to enhance the organization’s security posture.
- Maintain documentation, reports, and compliance records for audits and internal reviews.
- Stay updated with emerging threats, tools, and cybersecurity best practices.
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Qualifications & Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
- **7+ years of experience**
- in cybersecurity, with a strong focus on penetration testing and security assessments.
- Mandatory certifications:
- eJPT (eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester)
• CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
- Strong understanding of
- cybersecurity frameworks, risk management, and compliance standards (NCA preferred)
- .
- Experience working in
- 24/7 security operations or rotational shift environments
- .
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
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• CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker)
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• Security Architecture & Hardening
- Vulnerability Management
• SIEM Tools & Security Monitoring
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Working Conditions
- **On-site role in Riyadh**
- **8-hour rotational shifts**
- (including night shifts, weekends, and holidays as per schedule)
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