Chief Analyst - information Security

Job Description

JOB PURPOSE

To monitor and analyze information security events and ensures a consistent and coordinated response to

ongoing security threats. Conducts technical analysis of incidents identified as a threat to the confidentiality,

integrity and availability of RTA’s intellectual property, customer information or employee's personal identifiable

information.

Key Results Accountabilities

• Identifies, recommends and implements corrective actions in response to security violations.
• Supports building reports for management and audits
• Tests security controls for ISO27001, ISR and other regulations and standards or best practices
• Conducts vulnerability research and recommends remediation
• Captures IT security services requests and incidents and addresses them according to their priorities and based on agreed service level agreements
• Monitors, analyses, triages and escalates security events from the incident response queue
• Performs security assessments to determine vulnerabilities in systems and applications.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with the position as appropriate
• Identifies and communicates potential threats to information assets.
• Develops and maintain security policies, standards and procedures to protect information assets.
• Research develops and documents security architecture requirements.
• Analyses and configures security systems to meet security architecture requirements.
• Reports on system configuration and hardening
• Creates and maintains IT security standard operating procedures
• Analyses, designs and configures authentication and access systems to meet security architecture requirements.
• Monitors security systems for anomalies and responds to potential security events
• Conducts technical analysis of computer security incidents as it relates to malware, intrusion attempts, and system level log analysis
• Assists in the research, evaluation and recommendation of technology products and services
• Uses knowledge of security policies, standards and procedures to help design secure architectures for systems and applications.
• Documents IT security knowledge and lessons learned and provide educational reports to managers and end-users to improve IT security conduct across RTA
• Perform continuous risk and readiness assessments and ongoing compliance with standards
• Gathers, categorizes and disseminates intelligence information from internal and external sources
• Supports chief specialists in conducting IT security awareness sessions for selective IT security topics
  
  

Qualifications

CRITICAL COMPETENCIES

• Behavioral Competencies
• Creativity and innovation
• Technical Competencies
• Statistical Analysis
• Information Security System Management.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Experiece

Education

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or computer science/IT from recognized university.
• 8 years of relevant working experience
  
  

Job Category

Information Security

Advertiser

Roads and Transport Authority

Department

Security & Monitoring

Educational-level

Bachelor

Required Nationality

All Nationalities (Priority for UAE National)

Monthly Salary

Unspecified

Schedule-Time

Full time

Job Posting

15/01/2026

Unposting Date

14/02/2026