Cybersecurity Specialist (Oman)

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Cybersecurity Specialist to join our team in Oman. You will be responsible for protecting our information assets, responding to incidents, and continuously improving our security posture.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor and respond to security alerts, incidents, and threats.
• Perform security investigations, root‑cause analysis, and incident response activities.
• Manage and maintain cybersecurity technologies and security controls.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments and support remediation efforts.
• Review and analyse security logs from various platforms and devices.
• Support security monitoring, threat detection, and threat‑hunting activities.
• Ensure compliance with security policies, standards, and best practices.
• Collaborate with IT and business teams to implement security improvements.
• Prepare security reports and provide recommendations to management.
• Stay updated with emerging cybersecurity threats and industry trends.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, IT or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in cybersecurity operations, security monitoring or security engineering.
• Hands‑on experience working in SOC environments.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and communication skills.
• Omani candidates preferred; other Arab nationals residing in Oman will also be considered.

Required skills

• Fortinet security solutions administration and monitoring.
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools.
• Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) platforms.
• Firewalls, IPS/IDS and vulnerability management solutions.
• Windows, Linux operating systems and Active Directory.
• Network security concepts and networking fundamentals.
• Incident response, threat analysis and threat hunting.