Senior Security Engineer

AppliedAI / Opus
Abu Dhabi
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: CybersecuritySkills: ["Collaboration","Incident management","Problem-solving","Security-minded engineering","Risk awareness"]

Design and integrate security controls across cloud-native environments and AI-powered systems, embedding secure-by-design principles throughout the SDLC. Lead threat hunting, code/log reviews, penetration testing, and continuous monitoring improvements. Own incident response from detection to post-incident review, partner with engineering to raise the security bar, and support customer security discussions and compliance initiatives across SOC 2, ISO 27001/42001, GDPR, HIPAA, and emerging AI regulations.

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AppliedAI / Opus
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Senior Security Engineer

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Job Summary

Design and integrate security controls across cloud-native environments and AI-powered systems, embedding secure-by-design principles throughout the SDLC. Lead threat hunting, code/log reviews, penetration testing, and continuous monitoring improvements. Own incident response from detection to post-incident review, partner with engineering to raise the security bar, and support customer security discussions and compliance initiatives across SOC 2, ISO 27001/42001, GDPR, HIPAA, and emerging AI regulations.
Location: Abu Dhabi
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Conduct security assessments, threat hunts, code/log reviews, and penetration testing to identify vulnerabilities and improve monitoring.
  • •Design, implement, optimize, and monitor security controls and tooling across endpoints, infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • •Own incident response for security events from detection through containment, remediation, and post-incident review.
  • •Collaborate with engineering teams to embed security across the SDLC and enable automation-driven security improvements.
  • •Support compliance initiatives and customer security requirements, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, GDPR, and HIPAA, and participate in customer-facing security discussions as needed.

Key Requirements

  • •At least 7 years of experience in information security with hands-on application or infrastructure security work.
  • •Strong security architecture and core security principles, including threat modelling and secure system design.
  • •Hands-on experience building, testing, and deploying security solutions that automate complex processes.
  • •Cloud security experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP) securing cloud-native infrastructure and services.
  • •Experience embedding security into the SDLC and working with security tooling (SIEM, vulnerability management, IAM, SAST/DAST).
Experience:Information securityCloudEnterprise environmentsAIAgentic systems
Skills:CollaborationIncident managementProblem-solvingSecurity-minded engineeringRisk awareness
Certifications:CISSPOSCPCCSPGIAC
Tech Stack:AWSAzureGCPSIEMIAMSASTDASTPythonCI/CDTCP/IPDNSRoutingMCPRAGToolsMemoryHarnesses

Company Brief

AppliedAI / Opus
AppliedAI builds Opus, an agentic AI workflow platform for regulated enterprises. It helps organizations discover, build, run, and optimize governed business processes with human oversight, auditability, and compliance controls, especially in banking, healthcare, insurance, and other regulated sectors.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Founded: 2021
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