Cybersecurity Lead – Architect

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Talent 360 ME

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HR Tech • B2B • Enterprise

Talent 360 ME is your dedicated HR management partner, specializing in providing outsourced HR services to startups and SMEs. Their team of specialized HR consultants helps businesses focus on growth by managing recruitment, onboarding, payroll, performance, and compliance, while ensuring access to advanced HR technologies and resources. Talent 360 aims to streamline HR processes, mitigate compliance risks, and enhance overall productivity within organizations, enabling founders and CEOs to concentrate on core business objectives.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2018

👥 HR Tech

🤝 B2B

🏢 Enterprise

📋 Description

• Lead the cyber risk assessment process, ensuring identification, evaluation, and treatment of risks in line with SAMA CSF Maturity Level 3. • Own and maintain the cybersecurity risk register with clear risk ownership and treatment tracking. • Conduct a multi-tier risk assessment that includes people, process, and technology. • Conduct risk assessments for new products, SaaS platforms, infrastructure, and third-party engagements. • Perform vendor/outsourcing risk assessments in compliance with SAMA and NCA regulations. • Integrate risk-based decision-making into product, business, and technology initiatives. • Define and maintain the enterprise security architecture blueprint, covering cloud infrastructure, microservices, APIs, SaaS platforms, and endpoints. • Review and validate technical designs and deployments to ensure compliance with security requirements and regulatory standards. • Establish reference architectures and technical standards (IAM, encryption, secure APIs, network segmentation, cloud workloads). • Promote security by design practices across product and technology teams. • Ensure architectural compliance with SAMA CSF, PCI DSS, PDPL, NDMO, and NCA ECC/DCC Metrics, KPIs & KRIs. • Develop and track cybersecurity KPIs and KRIs to measure the effectiveness of risk management and architecture controls. • Provide metrics-driven insights to support CISO decision-making and continuous improvement of controls. • Support maturity assessments and reporting to demonstrate progress toward SAMA CSF Level 3+.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 8-10 years of experience in cybersecurity with proven expertise in risk management and security architecture. • Experience in financial services or fintech, preferably in a SAMA regulated environment. • Strong knowledge of SAMA CSF domains: Risk Management, Cybersecurity Architecture, Third Party Management, Compliance. • Expertise in cloud security, SaaS environments, APIs, and modern fintech architectures. • Familiarity with regulatory and industry standards: SAMA CSF, NCA ECC/DCC, PDPL, NDMO, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, NIST. • Preferred certifications: CISSP, CISM, CRISC, ISO 27001 LI/LA.

🏖️ Benefits

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