Senior Security Operations Engineer

About Tencent Cloud

Tencent Cloud is part of the Cloud & Smart Industries Group (CSIG), which drives Tencent's AI commercialization strategy. CSIG integrates AI with cloud and cybersecurity to develop intelligent systems across various industries, including retail, healthcare, education, and transportation. The group focuses on embedding intelligence into interactions to foster a connected ecosystem for users and businesses.

The Role

Tencent Cloud Middle East is seeking a Senior Security Operations Engineer to be based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time, individual contributor role supports the daily cybersecurity operations of Tencent Cloud Middle East. The position involves running established security processes, monitoring and triaging security events, maintaining compliance documentation, and coordinating with central security and compliance teams.

Responsibilities

• Execute and maintain security operations processes, procedures, and checklists defined by Tencent Cloud's security and compliance teams, tracking tasks and tickets to closure.
• Monitor security alerts, vulnerabilities, and risk items; perform initial triage, escalate to appropriate owners, and ensure risk and issue trackers are accurate and current.
• Support incident response activities under guidance, including collecting and preserving evidence, maintaining incident timelines, coordinating with responders, and drafting incident reports and post-incident summaries.
• Assist with the periodic review and upkeep of cybersecurity and privacy policies, procedures, guidelines, and compliance evidence to ensure documentation remains current and audit-ready.
• Prepare regular operational reports and dashboards on security posture, open risks, remediation progress, and compliance status for internal stakeholders.
• Support security awareness activities, internal communications, and the preparation of security documentation and questionnaire responses for customers and partners.

Qualifications and Experience

• 2-5 years of experience in a security-related role.
• Demonstrated interest in growing into cloud security operations and compliance.

Work Environment

This is a full-time, individual contributor position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role does not involve people management or strategy ownership responsibilities.