Senior Specialist – Network & Cybersecurity

Project overview

Role Name : Senior Specialist – Network & Cybersecurity

Team lead role covering both Network SME/vendor oversight and hands-on Cyber Security work

Manages DLP policies and security events; administers email security gateways

Works closely with the SOC team; maintains VPNs

Ensures compliance with regulatory policies

Supports IT projects, documents network configurations, and engages with leadership, InfoSec and Audit on security needs

Maintains patches on security devices and drives network availability through troubleshooting and root cause analysis

Responsibilities

Security Operations & Threat Defense

First line of defense for the Bureau’s overall security posture

Administers, monitors and tunes email security gateway, threat isolation engine, and anti-spam solutions

Maintains and oversees Internet proxy infrastructure; monitors events, logs and alerts in real time

Conducts threat hunting; works with SOC on SIEM use cases and SOAR playbooks

Configures, maintains and monitors Endpoint Security and EDR solutions

Keeps security devices and appliances patched per OEM recommendations

Cloud & Modern Infrastructure Security

Administers and secures cloud workloads (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, microservices) on platforms like Azure using CASB, SASE, EASM

Defines and enforces security reference architectures and secure design patterns

Reviews system architectures proposed by dev/infra teams

Performs formal Security Impact Assessments before go-live on new deployments

Data Protection & Information Security

Designs, deploys and optimizes DLP policies across endpoints, network, cloud, email, storage, SaaS

Classifies sensitive data and enforces data discovery/classification

Monitors DLP events, investigates and triages incidents, drives incident response

Reviews DLP effectiveness, manages agent patching, supports training/awareness

Secures applications via encryption and cryptographic controls

Vulnerability, Risk & Security Assurance

Drives the vulnerability management program (e.g. Qualys VMDR) – asset discovery, scanning, risk-based prioritization, reporting

Performs threat modelling, periodic VA, application security scans, defines security baselines

Ensures ongoing compliance with policies, IT standards, regulatory and audit expectations

Tracks regulatory compliance, audit outcomes, KPIs and KRIs

Network & Connectivity Security

Ensures network/wireless security aligned with policies, ITIL/ITSM and change control

Ensures compliance with procedures and safety isolation for networking projects

Improves availability via issue analysis, root cause identification, corrective action

Maintains documentation for network architecture, configs, mappings, policies, DR

Team & Governance

Provides line management/oversight for Network Specialists

Coordinates with Network teams on security controls and risk without direct operational ownership

Validates user onboarding/offboarding for access hygiene and license optimization

Provides end-to-end security support for IT projects and programs

Engages executive management/department leaders on security needs

Scouts emerging security technologies and runs proof-of-concepts

Builds real-time security dashboards for CIO, directors, managers, ops teams

Requirements

Bachelor’s in cybersecurity, computer science, IT or related (or equivalent experience) – required; relevant Master’s – preferred

Proficient English – required; Arabic – preferred

Strong communication/presentation skills and vendor negotiation skills – required

Familiarity with PCI-DSS, NIST CSF, ISO27K – required

10+ years IT experience with 5+ years in cybersecurity – required

Credit bureau/data-business domain experience – preferred

Proven team leadership and Cyber/Firewall administration track record – required

CISSP or AZ-500 – preferred

Enterprise security solutioning knowledge – required

VA experience on Tenable/Qualys or similar – required

5 years on a SIEM platform (Splunk, ArcSight, Sentinel, QRadar, LogRhythm) – required

DLP policy, monitoring and reporting experience – required

ITIL/ITSM understanding for incident, problem and change management – required

Able to lead a team, work independently, handle pressure and ambiguity, and demonstrate structured, analytical problem-solving – required

Project details

UAE

Role Type : Contractual (Yearly Renewable Contract)

• Start: flexible
• Location: Dubai, GB