We are looking for a Cybersecurity Consultant to join our team in Kuwait. In this role, you will lead high-impact security risk, compliance, assessment, and audit engagements for clients across critical infrastructure sectors—including banking, telecom, and government.
Key Responsibilities:
- Security Risk & GRC Frameworks: Design and implement robust risk management frameworks aligned with global standards (ISO 27001, NIST CSF) and local regulations (Kuwait NCSA, CBK guidelines). Lead enterprise risk quantification and policy development.
- Security Assessment & Audit: Lead internal/external cybersecurity audits. Conduct control and maturity assessments across infrastructure, applications, cloud platforms, and third parties (TPRA).
- Technical Oversight: Oversee and validate Vulnerability Assessments (VA), Penetration Testing (PT), and secure configuration reviews (OS, DB, Network, Cloud), providing actionable, risk-based remediation advice.
- Strategic Advisory & Resilience: Advise CISOs and CIOs on cyber strategy, governance, and digital transformation security. Establish business continuity and cyber resilience by conducting BCP exercises and DR tests.
- Stakeholder & Practice Growth: Act as a trusted advisor to senior executives, manage multiple client engagements seamlessly, and contribute to practice growth by developing responses to tenders and RFPs.
Required Qualifications & Experience:
- Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Experience:6–9 years of proven experience within cybersecurity consulting or advisory roles.