Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
finera. · Dubai
Job description
About the role
Finera is a PCI DSS Level 1 payment‑orchestration platform. We are seeking an experienced, proactive Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to strengthen the security team and protect our infrastructure across endpoint, email, network and web‑facing payment platforms. The role combines senior security operations with hands‑on engineering and administration of the enterprise security stack.
Key responsibilities
- Serve as senior in‑house L2/L3 escalation point during business hours and own incident response end‑to‑end, from triage to post‑incident review.
- Act as technical owner of the co‑sourced MDR/managed security service, maintaining escalation matrices, validating handoffs and overseeing 24/7 service quality and SLAs.
- Operate, tune and harden the enterprise security stack (SIEM/XDR, EDR, email security, DLP, SASE/VPN, WAF, DDoS) and maintain detection content, correlation rules and playbooks.
- Drive implementation and evidencing of PCI DSS technical controls (Requirements 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12) together with the Cybersecurity Lead and QSA.
- Review phishing and suspicious email, investigate malware and anomalous behaviour, handle senior security tickets and support periodic access reviews and audits.
- Author and maintain SOPs, runbooks and incident reports; mentor operational staff and reduce single‑point‑of‑failure risk.
Required profile
- Minimum 7 years of hands‑on experience in cybersecurity, security operations or security engineering, including senior or lead roles.
- Demonstrated experience implementing and evidencing controls under PCI DSS (or ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Benchmarks).
- Proven end‑to‑end incident‑response ownership across the full lifecycle.
- Experience working with or managing a Managed Detection & Response (MDR) / managed SOC service, including escalation governance and SLA oversight.
- Degree in Computer Science, Information Security or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Required skills
- SIEM/XDR operation, tuning and detection engineering.
- EDR administration.
- Email security, DLP, SASE and VPN platform management.
- WAF, API security and DDoS mitigation (Cloudflare or comparable edge platforms).
- Network‑security fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S) and common attack techniques.
- Check Point Harmony (Endpoint, Email & Collaboration, SASE) – preferred.
- Cloudflare Enterprise (WAF, DDoS, Bot Management) – preferred.
What we offer
- Competitive salary package aligned with experience and market standards.
- Medical insurance starting from day 1.
- Access to training resources and development opportunities.
- Well‑stocked office with snacks, drinks and refreshments available daily.
- Multinational organisation that promotes a strong, collaborative culture.
- Regular team‑building events and company activities.
- Employee Recognition Program celebrating “Employee of the Month” with special perks.
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finera.
Dubai