ANAS MUHARRAM

[email protected] • +966 50 200 6063 • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anas-muharram-48304457

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Results-driven Cybersecurity Technical Lead & Advisor with 10+ years of experience driving secure digital transformation, regulatory compliance, and enterprise resilience across banking, telecom, and cloud environments. Combines technical depth in IAM, PKI, SIEM, and vulnerability management with proven leadership in governance and risk advisory. Expert in designing and implementing cybersecurity strategies aligned with SAMA, ISO 27001, and NCA frameworks. Recognized for delivering enterprise-scale automation and security modernization initiatives while mentoring cross-functional teams.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Cybersecurity Technical Lead & Advisor
02/2025 - Present
Riyad Bank , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Advising executive leadership on cybersecurity posture, risk management, and investment strategies
• Leading IAM (SailPoint) and PKI lifecycle management programs, integrating secure access control and digital certificate governance
• Collaborating with compliance teams to close regulatory gaps and ensure alignment with SAMA and NCA frameworks
• Reviewing architecture blueprints and security controls for new digital transformation initiatives
• Administer and monitor HSM (Hardware Security Module) environments supporting digital signatures, certificate issuance, and secure key lifecycle management
• Driving vendor evaluation and contract management for key cybersecurity services
• Providing security-by-design guidance to business units and IT project teams
• Enabled organization-wide compliance readiness by successfully closing over 10 SAMA CSF observations
• Established continuous cybersecurity governance reporting for C-level visibility
• Delivered risk assessment and mitigation frameworks integrated into project management lifecycle
Cybersecurity Project Manager
03/2024 - 02/2025
Sirar by Stc , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Managed enterprise cybersecurity initiatives focused on implementing and aligning with NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls across critical business domains
• Directed cross-functional project teams delivering secure infrastructure, identity, and compliance solutions
• Coordinated with internal stakeholders, regulatory, and vendors to ensure adherence to NCA mandates and reporting requirements
• Conducted gap assessments, risk evaluations, and remediation tracking to strengthen organizational compliance posture
• Oversaw documentation, project schedules, and control validation to ensure timely audit readiness
• Enhanced organization-wide compliance maturity by establishing a continuous monitoring and reporting framework
• Streamlined cybersecurity project governance by integrating risk assessment and KPI dashboards into project workflows
• Collaborated with compliance teams to close major NCA audit findings, achieving full adherence across targeted business units
Cybersecurity Infrastructure Engineer
01/2021 - 02/2024
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Monitored and responded to security incidents ensuring minimal downtime
• Implemented proactive vulnerability management and patching cycles
• Administered authentication and certificate management systems
• Collaborated with infrastructure and compliance teams to strengthen overall security posture
• Decreased system vulnerabilities by 45% through continuous patching and remediation programs
• Improved compliance reporting accuracy with integrated audit dashboards
RPA Infrastructure Operations & Monitoring Expert
12/2019 - 12/2020
STC , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Managed UiPath operational infrastructure including Dev, Test, and Production environments
• Resolved critical automation failures and performance bottlenecks in production
• Provided infrastructure consultation for RPA and automation strategy teams
• Reduced automation costs by 60% through resource reallocation and attended robot optimization
• Enabled stable automation pipelines by improving infrastructure monitoring and alerting
Senior ABBYY Infrastructure Engineer (Freelance)
01/2019 - 01/2020
Kiwi Systems
• Designed ABBYY infrastructure on AWS Cloud (EC2, EFS, ELB, RDS) ensuring scalability, resilience, and compliance
• Reduced AWS cost footprint by 35% using spot instances, AMI automation, and EBS lifecycle optimization
Automation Cloud System Engineer
10/2018 - 12/2019
Advansys ESC , Cairo, Egypt
• Implemented secure RPA infrastructure (Blue Prism, UiPath, Automation Anywhere) across hybrid cloud environments
• Migrated RPA workloads from on-premises to Azure with 99.9% availability and ISO 27001 compliance
IT Specialist
12/2017 - 10/2018
Centro CDX , Cairo, Egypt
• Serving as the first point of contact for USA & PHL and Egypt Employees seeking technical assistance over the phone or email and ticketing system through remote sessions using SCCM (System Configuration Manager)
• Monitored and resolved technical communications problems and conducted operational acceptance tests
• Providing support for all voice platforms like five9 and genesis
• Provided more than 30 IT solutions to end-user by developing batch & PowerShell scripts like (install printer remotely, log off user remotely, computer name, ...)
• Implemented live environment for all IT teams Projects using VMware Hypervisors
• Resolved more than 50 tickets monthly

EDUCATION

B.Sc. of Computer Engineering
07/2014
Modern Academy for Engineering and Technology , Cairo, Egypt GPA: 4.5 (Fifth Place)

SKILLS

CERTIFICATIONS

IBM Cybersecurity Analyst
Red Hat DevOps Pipelines & Processes
Google System Administration & IT Infrastructure
Google IT Security: Defense Against the Digital Dark Arts
Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)
Oracle Cloud Associate
UiPath Infrastructure Engineer
Automation Anywhere Infrastructure Engineer