Cyber Security Officer

About the role

Zain Bahrain is looking for a Cyber Security Officer to support its cybersecurity operations by monitoring, identifying, investigating and responding to security threats and incidents. The role also covers implementing and administering security controls, tools and processes to protect Zain Bahrain's platforms, and supporting compliance, security assessments and continuous improvement of the cybersecurity posture.

Key responsibilities

• Administer and improve existing cybersecurity solutions such as XDR, SIEM, email security, vulnerability assessment platforms, awareness training platforms, DLP and threat intelligence.
• Investigate and respond to cybersecurity incidents.
• Provide awareness training and technical support to users with varying levels of cybersecurity knowledge.
• Identify vulnerabilities and track them with the relevant owners.
• Onboard and introduce new security solutions.
• Participate in procurement, installation, testing and implementation of cybersecurity projects.
• Build and maintain cybersecurity policies and manuals, and support compliance, audit activities and security assessments.
• Formulate internal security and risk assessment plans and processes, and develop an operations work plan.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security or a relevant field.
• 1 to 3 years of experience in a similar area, preferably in telecom.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation and communication skills.

Required skills

• Network and endpoint security, firewalls, SIEM, EDR/XDR and access controls.
• Vulnerability management, security monitoring, incident response and threat analysis.
• Familiarity with ISO 27001, NIST and CIS Controls.
• Basic knowledge of cloud security, Active Directory/Entra ID, Windows and Linux security.