Cybersecurity Specialist - (Saudi National)

Role Summary The Cybersecurity Specialist is a cross-functional role responsible for managing, maintaining and supervising all cybersecurity controls at Saudi Motorsport Company. The specialist keeps security tools healthy, enforces policy, and makes sure controls meet NCA requirements. Key Responsibilities Manage, maintain and monitor SMC's security controls: firewalls, EDR/antivirus, email and web security, DLP, PAM, NAC and SIEM log sources Review and tune security policies and rules, and run regular configuration and health checks Coordinate vulnerability scanning and track remediation with IT and application owners Support patch management, system hardening and secure baseline configurations Manage user access reviews, privileged accounts and identity controls Work with the SOC team on alerts and incidents, and support investigation and containment Keep controls aligned with NCA ECC and CCC and support internal and external audits Produce security reports, KPIs and status updates for management Supervise third-party vendors and managed service providers on security controls Raise security awareness and advise business teams on secure practices Requirements Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, IT or related field 4–7 years in cybersecurity operations or security engineering Hands-on experience with at least three of: firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Check Point), EDR (CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, Trend Micro), SIEM (Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel), DLP, PAM (CyberArk, BeyondTrust, Delinea), email security Working knowledge of NCA ECC, CCC and ISO 27001 Vulnerability management tools (Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7) Saudi national, fluent in Arabic and English Preferred Certifications CompTIA Security+, CySA+, CISSP, CEH, CCNA Security, or vendor certifications (Palo Alto PCNSE, Fortinet NSE, Microsoft SC-200)