Security Lead Engineer (First Security Hire) - AI & Cloud Security

cntxt ai • United Arab Emirates

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AI Summary

Lead the end-to-end security strategy and implementation for a high-growth AI/data company, defining policies, hardening cloud/infrastructure, and building a security team from the ground up. Own offensive/defensive security, incident response, and compliance while enabling engineering velocity. Requires 7–10+ years in security leadership with hands-on expertise in cloud, application security, and IAM.

Key Highlights

First dedicated security hire at a high-growth AI/data startup in the UAE, shaping security strategy and culture from scratch

Hands-on ownership of cloud (GCP/AWS/Azure), application, identity, and endpoint security with automation and incident response

Clear path to lead a growing security team and transition into Head of Security/CISO role

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Key Responsibilities

Define and execute CNTXT’s security roadmap, risk register, and engineering-friendly security policies aligned with business priorities

Secure the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) end-to-end, including threat modeling, SAST/DAST, dependency scanning, and branch protection

Harden cloud environments (GCP/AWS/Azure) with network segmentation, workload identity, WAF, and infrastructure-as-code guardrails

Design and enforce IAM, SSO, MFA, and secrets management (e.g., Vault) with least-privilege principles

Deploy endpoint protection (EDR/XDR), device management (MDM), and disk encryption for employee devices

Lead vulnerability management, penetration testing, and incident response planning with detection, containment, and post-mortem processes

Secure AI/ML workloads, data pipelines, and privacy-by-design controls for data classification and access controls

Build and own SIEM/SOAR, DDoS protection, and runtime protection for containers/Kubernetes

Technical Skills Required

Cloud Security (GCP/AWS/Azure) Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) Application Security (SAST/DAST, Secure SDLC)

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Benefits & Perks

Competitive compensation

Relocation support to the UAE

Growth path to Head of Security/CISO

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Nice to Have

OSCP, CISSP, CCSP, CISM, or cloud security specialty certifications

Multi-cloud security expertise

Experience with AI-specific security risks (model/prompt injection, training-data leakage)

Job Description

Security Lead Engineer

Company: CNTXT

Location: Onsite, UAE

Type: Full-time

Reports to: CTO / VP Engineering

About CNTXT

CNTXT is a high-growth technology scale-up building at the intersection of engineering, AI, and data. As our platforms, customer base, and cloud footprint expand, security becomes a first-class engineering discipline foundational to everything we ship.

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