Analyst, Information Security

Analyst, Information Security

Department: InfoSec Monitoring

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: KSA

Description

The Cyber Security Analyst (Defensive Security) supports the organization's security architecture and infrastructure protection functions under the close guidance of senior security architects and engineers. The role contributes to securing cloud environments, maintaining endpoint protection solutions, supporting secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) practices, and assisting in security monitoring and incident response activities within a fast‑paced Fintech environment. Acting as a foundational member of the defensive security team, the role provides hands‑on exposure across infrastructure security, cloud security, controls development, and security awareness, building the technical depth and cross‑functional collaboration skills required to grow into a fully independent security engineer.

Key Responsibilities

Security Architecture Support

• Assist senior architects in documenting and maintaining security architecture designs for IT projects, ensuring alignment with the organization's security standards and regulatory requirements.
• Support the review of proposed system designs and configurations by checking them against established security baselines and flagging gaps for senior review.
• Help maintain up-to-date architecture diagrams, design documentation, and security control mappings across assigned systems and platforms.
• Participate in cross-functional meetings with IT, DevOps, and Risk Management teams as an observer and note-taker, gaining exposure to security strategy discussions.

Cloud Security Support

• Assist in monitoring the organization's cloud environments (GCP/AWS) for misconfigurations and security posture issues using Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools.
• Support the review and documentation of cloud infrastructure configurations (e.g., GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes) against security best practices under senior guidance.
• Help track and document CI/CD pipeline security findings and assist in preparing remediation recommendations for engineering teams.
• Learn and apply foundational cloud security concepts including identity and access management, network segmentation, and secrets management in cloud-native environments.

Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Support

• Assist in integrating and operating security tools within CI/CD pipelines (e.g., SAST, DAST, dependency scanning) under the direction of senior engineers.
• Help review and triage automated security scan results from SAST and DAST tools, categorizing findings and escalating critical issues for senior review.
• Support source code review activities by following established checklists and flagging common vulnerability patterns (e.g., OWASP Top 10) for senior validation.
• Assist in maintaining documentation of security checkpoints and tool configurations across the development pipeline.

Penetration Testing & Vulnerability Assessment Support

• Assist in executing pre-defined vulnerability assessment test cases for web, mobile, API, and infrastructure targets under close senior supervision.
• Support infrastructure vulnerability scanning activities using approved tools, helping to collect, organize, and document scan outputs.
• Help maintain the vulnerability register by tracking identified findings, their severity, assigned owners, and remediation status.
• Assist in re‑testing patched vulnerabilities to confirm effective remediation, documenting results accurately.

Endpoint & Infrastructure Security Support

• Assist in the administration and monitoring of enterprise endpoint protection solutions (AV/EDR), including alert triage and basic incident escalation.
• Support infrastructure security reviews by gathering configuration data, running approved audit scripts, and documenting findings against security baselines.
• Help maintain firewall ruleset documentation and assist in identifying outdated or unnecessary rules for senior review.
• Support Data Loss Prevention (DLP) monitoring activities, escalating triggered alerts per defined procedures.
• Assist in backup and disaster recovery documentation, helping verify that recovery procedures are current and accurately recorded.

Controls Development & Project Support

• Assist in developing and maintaining security assessment checklists and testing models for application security, network architecture reviews, and configuration audits.
• Support project management activities by tracking security-related tasks, action items, and remediation tickets across DevOps and engineering teams.
• Help prepare status updates and progress reports on security control implementation for review by senior staff.
• Assist in prioritizing security bugs and features by gathering data and supporting triage discussions led by senior engineers.

Security Awareness & Monitoring Support

• Assist in the planning and execution of phishing simulation campaigns by helping configure scenarios, distribute materials, and collect results data.
• Support the preparation and delivery of security awareness training materials and communication content.
• Assist in security monitoring activities by reviewing alerts from SIEM and other monitoring platforms, escalating anomalies per defined playbooks.
• Help maintain and update incident response playbooks and procedure documentation under senior direction.
• Support threat intelligence gathering from internal and publicly available sources, summarizing findings for the security team.
• Assist in developing and tuning basic detection rules under the guidance of senior security engineers.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Recent graduates and fresh university leavers are strongly encouraged to apply — no prior professional experience is required.
• Academic projects, capstone work, or self‑directed labs involving networking, cloud, or application security will be considered favorably.
• No mandatory professional experience required.
• Any internship, academic project, or personal lab experience related to cybersecurity, networking, or software development is a strong advantage.
• Exposure to regulated environments (Fintech, banking) is a plus but not required.