Cloud Security Specialist at Public Investment Corporation

Purpose of the role:

• Responsible for ensuring that the PIC cloud journey is secure, compliant, and resilient.

Requirements:

• BSC Computer Science Degree / BTech (Information Technology) / Information Security or related degree with at least seven (7) years’ experience in IT Security of which three (3) must be in cyber security.
• At least two of CISSP, CCSP, Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500), CCNP,
• CEH, or similar technical cloud security certification.
• Member of a security professional body in good standing.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting in cloud environments using telemetry from Cloud SIEM and threat intelligence feeds; develop and test cloud-specific incident response playbooks.
• Knowledge of the IT Industry and security trends that impact the asset management industry

Duties:

• Practical experience designing and implementing Zero Trust principles in cloud environments: micro-segmentation, identity-aware proxies, continuous verification, and least-privilege access models.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native security tools: SIEM, Antivirus, IPS/IDS and Web content gateways.
• Experience with incident management tools and threat intelligence platforms, and service providers.
• Understanding of the current vulnerabilities, response and mitigating strategies as well as tactics, techniques, procedures (TTP), indicators and observables.
• Technical expert in one or more specific Cyber sub-offering area.
• Understands technical complexity at Network, Application, Database, Infrastructure and Cloud level.
• Understand and interpret complex security-related business challenges and have the ability to respond by conceiving innovative information security/cyber solutions for clients.
• Knowledge and appreciation of the wider Cyber Security issues and opportunities beyond the specific domain specialisation.
• Able to scope Cyber engagements effectively and assign and manage an appropriate team to deliver against the engagement requirements.
• Applying Cloud Security Reference Architecture to deliver consistent, standardised solutions for Identity & Access Management, Data Protection, Secure DevOps, Security Operations, and other security domains.
• Delivering solutions for integration between Cloud and on-premises security solutions.
• Solutions Architect experience for cloud systems.
• Demonstrated ability to manage engagements that encompass the wider RA services and collaborating and coordinating solution design work with other Cyber sub–solution Architects in Infrastructure, Service Delivery, etc.
• Utilising and applying knowledge of Cloud solutions across IaaS, PaaS & SaaS into projects, such as, Azure, Microsoft Office 365.
• Utilising and applying knowledge of enterprise security and Cloud security specific solutions into projects such as: IAM/IDaaS, CASB, Identity Governance Integration, Cloud SOC/SIEM,
• Key Management & Encryption.
• Laws and regulations related to Information Security, Cyber Security, cloud Data Protection and/or Privacy, especially where relevant to the Cloud.
• Ability to map cloud architectures to compliance evidence requirements.

Competencies and skills:

• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal abilities.
• Effective collaboration skills.
• Ability to conduct research and tracking on cyber threats and malware.
• Good report writing skills.

Closing Date: 10 March 2026