Cloud Security & Encryption Specialist

Location: On-site – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Contract/engagement: Project-based managed cybersecurity services (13-month) Minimum experience: 8+ years Role Purpose Govern and improve the security posture of cloud environments and encryption controls, ensuring secure storage, processing, transmission, and monitoring of entity data. Key Responsibilities ·      Monitor cloud environments for compliance with approved security policies, standards, and architecture requirements. ·      Review the security posture of compute, storage, database, platform, and supporting cloud services. ·      Monitor cloud-security tools and dashboards, investigate suspicious activity, and coordinate response with cybersecurity teams. ·      Review CSPM findings, misconfigurations, exposed services, policy violations, and unauthorized deployments or Shadow IT. ·      Assess third-party cloud services and integrations and track remediation of cloud-security findings through closure. ·      Define and review encryption requirements for sensitive data at rest, in transit, and during processing. ·      Support governance of cryptographic controls, keys, certificates, and secure integrations in line with Ministry requirements. ·      Maintain cloud asset visibility, operational reports, risk status, and remediation accountability.