أخصائي أمن الحوسبة السحابية والتشفير

Location: On-site – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Contract/engagement: Project-based managed cybersecurity services (13-month)

Minimum experience: 8+ years

Role Purpose

Govern and improve the security posture of cloud environments and encryption controls, ensuring secure storage, processing, transmission, and monitoring of entity data.

Key Responsibilities

· Monitor cloud environments for compliance with approved security policies, standards, and architecture requirements.

· Review the security posture of compute, storage, database, platform, and supporting cloud services.

· Monitor cloud-security tools and dashboards, investigate suspicious activity, and coordinate response with cybersecurity teams.

· Review CSPM findings, misconfigurations, exposed services, policy violations, and unauthorized deployments or Shadow IT.

· Assess third-party cloud services and integrations and track remediation of cloud-security findings through closure.

· Define and review encryption requirements for sensitive data at rest, in transit, and during processing.

· Support governance of cryptographic controls, keys, certificates, and secure integrations in line with Ministry requirements.

· Maintain cloud asset visibility, operational reports, risk status, and remediation accountability.

Technical and Professional Requirements

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

· At least 8 years of relevant cloud security, security architecture, or encryption experience, as specified in the workforce table.

· Strong cloud-security knowledge across compute, storage, databases, platform services, IAM, logging, monitoring, network controls, and third-party integrations.

· Hands-on experience with CSPM and cloud-native security monitoring tools.

· Strong knowledge of data encryption at rest and in transit, cryptographic controls, key and certificate management, and secure cloud architecture.

· Knowledge of NCA requirements, Zero Trust, least privilege, and cloud risk-management practices.

Personal Requirements

· Strong risk judgment and ownership of remediation follow-through.

· Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and cross-functional coordination skills.

· Clear technical documentation and stakeholder communication.

· Proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable working across cloud, infrastructure, SOC, IAM, and architecture teams.

Professional Certifications

Preferred: CCSP, CISSP, SABSA, TOGAF, GIAC GCSA, or equivalent. A major cloud-platform security certification is also highly relevant.

Application Note

Candidates should clearly state their nationality, years of relevant experience, current location, notice period, and valid professional certifications in their application. Shortlisted candidates may be asked to provide supporting documents and participate in technical interviews.