Cyber Security Engineer📣 إعلان

About Tamara

Tamara is a leading fintech platform in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region, focused on building a customer-centric financial super-app to help individuals achieve their dreams. The company serves millions of users and collaborates with prominent global and regional brands, including SHEIN, Jarir, noon, IKEA, and Amazon, alongside numerous small and medium businesses. As Saudi’s first fintech unicorn, Tamara is backed by Sanabil Investments, SNB Capital, and *********, operating from its headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with additional regional and global support offices.

The Role: Cyber Security Engineer

Tamara is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to join its growing Cyber Security team. In this full-time role, based in Riyadh, you will support the design, implementation, and maintenance of secure infrastructure and systems to protect Tamara’s platform and customers. This position involves contributing to initiatives that embed best practices in cloud security, application security, and secure software development into systems from the ground up. The role requires a foundational understanding of security principles such as threat modeling, vulnerability management, and secure architecture. As an early-career engineer, you are expected to be hands-on, proactive in learning, and gradually take ownership of security improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of secure systems and infrastructure in alignment with Tamara’s security strategy.
• Participate in security assessments, threat modeling, and reviews for new and existing services.
• Identify, investigate, and support the remediation of vulnerabilities across code, containers, endpoints, and cloud environments.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to embed security controls within CI/CD pipelines and development workflows.
• Assist with the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of security tools such as SIEM, EDR, and vulnerability scanners.
• Review system designs and code changes to identify security risks and ensure alignment with security best practices.
• Support monitoring, analysis, and response to security events in coordination with SOC and incident response processes.
• Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and security procedures, and continuously develop technical security skills.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• 0–3 years of experience in Cyber Security, IT Security, DevSecOps, or a related technical role.
• Basic understanding of secure coding practices and common vulnerability types (*, OWASP Top 10).
• Exposure to cloud environments (*, GCP, OCI, AWS) with an interest in security hardening and secure configurations.
• Familiarity with containers or containerized environments (*, Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Foundational knowledge of security frameworks or standards such as SAMA CSF, NCA, ISO 27001, or NIST.
• Experience with scripting or automation (Python, Bash, or similar) for basic security or operational tasks.
• Strong problem-solving skills, a willingness to learn, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Entry-level or early-career security certifications (or active pursuit of them) such as eJPT, ICSI CPT / CPPT, CEH, or cloud security certifications (GCP or AWS), are a plus.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based at Tamara's headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role involves close collaboration with IT/Engineering, DevOps/Platform, and product teams to support security-by-design practices and help address evolving security risks.

Application Information

We invite qualified candidates to apply for this role and contribute to Tamara's mission of building a secure financial super-app.