Cybersecurity Engineer

About the Role

Saudi Company for Hardware - SACO is seeking a skilled and proactive Cybersecurity Engineer to enhance the organization's security posture. This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and requires 2-5 years of experience. The role focuses on protecting enterprise IT infrastructure, retail systems, POS environments, e-commerce platforms, and cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage firewalls, network segmentation, VPNs, and secure connectivity across corporate offices, retail stores, warehouses, and data centers.
• Manage endpoint protection, EDR/XDR, malware prevention, and security hardening for servers, POS systems, laptops, and other enterprise devices.
• Implement Network Access Control (NAC) solutions and enforce access controls, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), identity management, and Privileged Access Management (PAM).
• Manage Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions to protect customer-facing applications, APIs, and e-commerce platforms from cyber threats, DDoS attacks, and malicious traffic.
• Implement and maintain security controls across AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments, including IAM, encryption, network security, logging, and cloud security posture monitoring.
• Monitor security events via SIEM platforms, investigate incidents, coordinate response activities, and implement corrective actions.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments, coordinate penetration testing, manage remediation activities, and ensure timely security patching.
• Support compliance with Saudi National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) requirements, ISO/IEC 27001, NIST frameworks, PCI-DSS, and internal security policies.
• Conduct cybersecurity risk assessments, maintain security documentation, prepare compliance evidence, and report on vulnerabilities and security incidents.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, network, application, and DevOps teams to integrate security into enterprise operations and technology projects.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• 2-5 years of experience in cybersecurity.
• Proficiency in implementing and managing enterprise security solutions such as Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR/XDR), Network Access Control (NAC), Web Application Firewalls (WAF), and SIEM platforms.
• Knowledge of compliance requirements including Saudi National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA), PCI-DSS, and ISO/IEC 27001.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience securing retail environments, POS systems, and high-transaction e-commerce platforms.
• Experience working with Security Operations Center (SOC) teams and incident response functions.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within a dynamic environment focused on strengthening cybersecurity across diverse IT infrastructures.

Application Process

Candidates who meet the qualifications are encouraged to apply for this role to contribute to the organization's security initiatives.