Principal IT Infrastructure Job📣 إعلان

About the Role

topEngineer is seeking a Principal - IT Infrastructure to join our team in Riyadh. This full-time role requires 5-10 years of experience and serves as a principal technical authority in network security. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, optimizing, and governing secure network environments across the enterprise technology landscape.

Core Function and Strategic Alignment

The Principal provides expert guidance on advanced security architectures, threat mitigation, incident response, vendor solutions, and operational controls. This role is critical for strengthening resilience, protecting enterprise systems, and ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic objectives, policies, procedures, information security standards, and compliance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee complex network security operations, ensuring alignment with service levels and business requirements.
• Analyze and resolve advanced network security incidents, including root cause analysis for major issues.
• Recommend and apply enhancements to improve security posture, operational efficiency, and control effectiveness.
• Perform security audits and support compliance with relevant standards and controls.
• Evaluate and recommend advanced network security technologies, configurations, and design patterns.
• Design and validate secure network architectures aligned with threat models and enterprise technology standards.
• Conduct gap analysis and assess the effectiveness of implemented network security controls.
• Provide expert guidance on complex network security configurations, deployments, and architecture reviews.
• Support incident response processes, forensic investigations, and documentation for security events.
• Apply and maintain operational security controls to reduce exposure to network-based threats.
• Contribute to compromise assessment, threat hunting, and vulnerability response activities.
• Implement recommendations from risk assessments and remediation plans to strengthen protection strategies.
• Manage secure data transmission requirements using appropriate encryption methods and security standards.
• Validate secure network configurations to protect enterprise systems, services, and data flows.
• Support the design and implementation of secure connectivity solutions for internal and external platforms.
• Identify risks related to network access, connectivity, and encryption dependencies, recommending mitigation actions.
• Draft technical requirements and contribute to requests for proposals for network security solutions.

Technical Leadership and Collaboration

• Provide subject matter expertise in evaluating proposals, vendor solutions, and technical options for procurement.
• Lead assigned technical workstreams in network security projects from planning through stabilization.
• Serve as the technical point of contact for vendor engagements related to network security technologies.
• Manage escalations of critical technical issues with vendors, ensuring timely resolution.
• Review vendor deliverables for compliance with security, performance, and architecture expectations.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and vendors for effective implementation and optimization of solutions.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, operations, architecture, and application teams to address vulnerabilities.
• Provide expert advisory support on network security requirements for technology initiatives and service designs.
• Align with stakeholders on control implementation, risk mitigation, and secure service delivery.
• Support disaster recovery planning, testing, and documentation from a network security perspective.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and security configuration references.
• Provide clear reports and updates on security operations, risks, incidents, and project status.
• Share knowledge and provide technical guidance to strengthen team capability.
• Promote continuous improvement of network security practices, processes, and operational governance.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Network Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Master’s degree or relevant professional certifications in network security, cybersecurity, infrastructure security, or information security are preferred.
• 5-10 years of experience in designing, implementing, optimizing, and supporting secure network environments and enterprise security technologies.
• Experience in threat mitigation, incident response support, vulnerability remediation, security controls, compliance requirements, and vendor coordination.
• Proven experience providing expert-level technical guidance and leading complex technical workstreams related to network security solutions.

Operational Compliance

The role requires strict adherence to all relevant departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures, and instructions to ensure controlled and consistent work execution. Compliance with all relevant safety, quality, environmental management policies, and information security practices and standards is mandatory to ensure a healthy, safe, and secure work environment with data integrity and confidentiality.