Senior Cyber Security Analyst

Founded as a farmers' mutual in 1967, the company is now one of the larger mutual insurers in Saudi Arabia. We started in 1967 and have grown to about 320 people.

The position:

Al Faraj Mutual is hiring a Senior Cyber Security Analyst to work remotely from Pakistan. We need someone who writes up incidents clearly enough that the next shift can pick them up without asking. Our team is spread across 17 countries. Headquarters is in Riyadh. This is a long-term contractor role, paid monthly in USD. Working hours follow Gulf time, Monday to Friday. Please make sure you have dependable internet and backup power.

Main duties:

• Review firewall, proxy, VPN and authentication logs for suspicious activity
• Run vulnerability scans with Tenable Nessus, Qualys or Rapid7 and track remediation with system owners
• Check threat intelligence feeds and IOCs against our environment
• Hand off open cases at shift change with clear notes
• Document incidents with timeline, impact and root cause
• Report on security awareness training and phishing simulation results
• Investigate endpoint alerts in CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne or Defender for Endpoint

Qualifications:

• 5+ years in an SOC, security analyst or IT security role
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (or ability to obtain within six months)
• Must be able to pass a background check
• Working knowledge of SIEM and EDR tools

Preferred:

• Prior help desk or network administration experience
• KQL or SPL query writing

Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with occasional after-hours escalations

Why work with us:

• Monthly internet allowance
• Company laptop
• Annual rate review

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 12 months. Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Al Faraj Mutual.