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Experience
5 - 7 Years
Job Location
Education
Bachelor of Science(Computers)
Nationality
Any Nationality
Gender
Not Mentioned
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
As a Senior CyberSecurity Assurance Analyst, you will Lead the coordination, integration, and continuous improvement of security assurance processes within the Product portfolio. Oversee the implementation and effectiveness of security controls by collaborating with specialist teams and portfolio stakeholders. Drive the management of risk, compliance, and remediation activities, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and Emirates Group objectives. Foster a culture of secure-by-design and proactive risk management through cross-functional engagement and strategic leadership.
In the role, you will:
- Coordinate and oversee the execution of security assurance activities within the Product portfolio, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, compliance requirements, and industry best practices, while facilitating seamless collaboration between specialist teams and portfolio stakeholders.
- Integrate and synthesize outputs from specialist cybersecurity teams (such as compliance, governance, and secure coding), ensuring that identified risks and control gaps are tracked, prioritized, and managed through their lifecycle, and that remediation plans are effectively implemented.
- Monitor and review the effectiveness of security controls and assurance processes, escalating significant findings, supporting data-driven decision-making, and ensuring continuous improvement in the security posture of the Product portfolio.
- Champion the adoption and optimization of formal methodologies, tools, and documentation for security assurance activities, promoting consistency, efficiency, and alignment with industry standards across the portfolio.
- Engage and collaborate with IT and business stakeholders to promote a culture of security awareness, accountability, and secure-by-design, delivering guidance, facilitating knowledge transfer, and supporting the integration of assurance findings into business and technical processes.
Desired Candidate Profile
To be considered for this role, you must meet the below requirements
- Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent) and an information security related industry recognised certification such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, GIAC certification, CEH etc.
- 5+ years in cybersecurity Assurance, Governance, Risk, or a closely related discipline with a demonstrated track record of leading assurance activities across complex, multi-stakeholder enterprise environments and managing company-wide security programmes.
- Advanced working knowledge of information security assurance principles, control frameworks, and regulatory compliance requirements, including ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Controls, COBIT, and relevant industry-specific regulations (e.g., GDPR, NCA, SAMA, PCI-DSS).
- Proven ability to coordinate, integrate, and govern outputs from multiple specialist cybersecurity domains, including governance, risk, compliance, secure coding, threat intelligence, and architecture into a cohesive assurance view.
- Control Effectiveness & Assurance Oversight: Strong expertise in designing, monitoring, and continuously evaluating security control effectiveness, with the ability to identify assurance gaps, escalate material risks to senior leadership, and drive timely and accountable remediation.
- Demonstrated success in championing the adoption and continuous improvement of security methodologies, assurance tooling, automation, and standardised documentation practices to mature the organisation's assurance capability.
- Executive Communication & Stakeholder Engagement: Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to translate complex cybersecurity assurance findings into clear, business-relevant insights for C-suite, board, and technical audiences, while facilitating knowledge transfer and promoting secure-by-design principles across the organisation.
- Advanced analytical and organisational capabilities to manage end-to-end risk remediation tracking, measure assurance process performance through meaningful KPIs and metrics, and lead structured continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen the organisation's security posture over time.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively across business, technology, and operational teams to embed assurance findings, lessons learned, and security requirements directly into business processes, project lifecycles, and change management activities.
- Demonstrated leadership in building and sustaining a proactive, risk-aware security culture, including mentoring junior assurance professionals, influencing behavioural change, and driving organisation-wide accountability for cybersecurity outcomes at all levels.
Department / Functional Area
Keywords
- Senior Cybersecurity Assurance Analyst
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The Emirates Group
Based in Dubai, the Emirates Group is a highly profitable business with a turnover of approximately US$18.4 billion and over 50,000 employees. The Group comprises of dnata, one of the largest air services provider globally and Emirates airline, the Group’s rapidly expanding and award-winning international carrier. Currently, Emirates flies to over 125 destinations across 6 continents on a modern fleet of 180 wide-bodied aircraft..._x000D_
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Essential to the Group’s ongoing success is the employment of high-quality people who benefit from living and working in Dubai, a modern cosmopolitan city offering one of the most desirable lifestyles in the world. The Emirates Group employees come from over 160 nationalities, receive tax-free salary and benefits package, and are offered professional development opportunities to further their careers with the organisation.