Emirates Group

At Emirates, we believe in connecting the world to and through our global hub in Dubai and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers ‘Fly Better’. Emirates Group IT thrives on the dynamic nature of technology. Being pioneers in aviation innovation, we're always at the forefront, pushing boundaries. We're on the lookout for exceptional IT professionals to fortify our position as leaders in the industry. Embark on a journey with the world’s largest international airline and become a vital part of our cutting-edge information and technology team as Senior Cyber Assurance Analyst.

Join our CyberSecurity team where we ensure a world class CyberSecurity organisation based on the key principles of People, Process and Technology underpinned with executive endorsement of a multi-year strategy to continuously improve and develop. The team protects our digital assets by monitoring for threats, responding to incidents, managing vulnerabilities, and ensuring compliance with security policies and regulations. If you are passionate about CyberSecurity, we invite you to apply to play a crucial role in shaping the future of our technology initiatives at Emirates Group. 

As a Senior Cyber Assurance Analyst in the Cyber Assurance team, you will develop, implement, lead and continuously improve the security verification and testing processes consisting of but not limited to risk assessments, compliance reviews, vulnerability assessments and penetration tests based on industry best practices and as defined by the assurance. Collaborate with the team in developing the assurance program on an ongoing basis to incorporate industry best practices and offensive and defensive attack techniques.

In this role you will:

• Represent cybersecurity assurance capabilities within the agile process as well as drive Cybersecurity best practices across the Emirates Group by executing in-depth automated and manual discovery of security vulnerabilities in web applications, mobile applications, web services and client-server applications and associated infrastructure.
• Research, recommend and implement formal methodologies and tools for conducting technical cybersecurity risk assessments, reviews and investigations. Perform impact analysis to achieve the security-by-design objective.
• Monitor and continuously review the Emirates Group systems on an ongoing basis, in compliance with the Emirates Group Cybersecurity Policies, principles and standards. Initiate corrective actions in the event of any violations to aid effective risk-based decision-making supported with data.
• Plan and schedule regular vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, technical risk assessments and compliance reviews on the Group’s key IT infrastructure components and applications based on the criticality and perceived risk of the applications/services.
• Ensure all the identified security weaknesses and risks are managed through their life cycle via product backlogs to ensure development teams have a clear prioritization or can triage issues on a timely basis by providing knowledge transfer to the agile teams using meetings, walkthroughs, technical discussions, etc.
• Develop documentation and a knowledge base to be used by developers for implementing secure coding practices and provide recommendations for missing application and infrastructure security controls to facilitate a secure design culture.
• Provide necessary knowledge transfer of the vulnerabilities found during the assessments to the software engineering teams using meetings, walkthroughs, technical discussions etc. for implementing appropriate security fixes.
• Collaborate with development teams on improving security by offering design reviews, threat modelling, awareness, training, new tooling and expert review.
• Create tools, scripts, and automation to make the vulnerability discovery and vulnerability management process more consistent, and repeatable and increase efficiency.

To be considered for the role, you must meet the below requirements:

• Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent) and 5+ years in IT Security related industry with recognized certification such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, GIAC certification, CEH etc.
• Experienced in offensive security methodologies, tools and frameworks like C2, Antivirus evasion, defence evasion techniques, threat emulation frameworks etc.
• Strong understanding of network protocols, system architectures and security technologies.
• Demonstrated proficiency in social engineering techniques and assessing organizational resilience.
• In-depth knowledge of threat intelligence and understanding of threat actors; and tactics.
• Experience in handling security incidents and incident response procedures.
• Proficiency in scripting and programming languages for task automation and customization like Python, go, bash etc.
• Extensive experience in technical risk assessments and providing risk mitigation recommendations
• Excellent communication skills for conveying complex security issues to diverse stakeholders
• Relevant certifications such as OSCP, OSEP, CRTP, CRTE or similar industry-recognized credentials.
• Proficiency in using Splunk and building detections.

Leadership Role:  No

Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotel stays around the world. Find out what it’s like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our website www.emirates.com/careers.