Senior Account Takeover Prevention Specialist

Job Title: Senior Account Takeover Prevention Specialist

Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Work Arrangement: 100% Remote — Work From Home

Level: Senior

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Account Takeover Prevention Specialist to strengthen the security of digital accounts, protect customer identities, and prevent unauthorized access across online platforms and financial or commercial services. The role focuses on identifying account compromise indicators, analyzing suspicious login behavior, improving authentication controls, and coordinating responses to account takeover incidents.

The successful candidate will combine expertise in identity security, fraud detection, cybersecurity analytics, and risk-based authentication to reduce account compromise while maintaining a smooth and secure user experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the identification, investigation, and prevention of account takeover attempts across digital platforms and customer-facing applications.
• Monitor login activity, authentication events, password reset requests, device changes, and unusual account behavior.
• Analyze suspicious access patterns, including credential stuffing, brute-force attempts, session hijacking, phishing-related compromises, and social engineering.
• Develop and refine account takeover detection rules, risk indicators, and behavioral monitoring frameworks.
• Assess account risk using device intelligence, IP reputation, geolocation anomalies, session characteristics, and historical user behavior.
• Review authentication controls, including multifactor authentication, adaptive authentication, password policies, and session management.
• Coordinate investigations into suspected compromised accounts and determine appropriate containment and recovery actions.
• Collaborate with fraud prevention, cybersecurity, identity and access management, customer support, and technology teams.
• Evaluate account protection systems and recommend improvements to detection accuracy and response effectiveness.
• Analyze false positives and false negatives to improve account takeover detection models and workflows.
• Support the implementation of risk-based authentication and step-up verification procedures.
• Identify trends in account compromise methods and emerging threats targeting customer identities.
• Develop incident response procedures, investigation templates, escalation criteria, and recovery guidelines.
• Maintain detailed records of investigations, security events, remediation activities, and incident outcomes.
• Prepare management reports covering account takeover trends, control effectiveness, risk exposure, and prevention performance.
• Provide guidance and training to relevant teams on account security risks and secure account recovery practices.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Digital Forensics, Fraud Management, or a related field.
• Significant professional experience in account takeover prevention, identity security, fraud detection, cybersecurity operations, or digital risk management.
• Strong understanding of authentication protocols, identity verification, access management, and session security.
• Experience identifying credential stuffing, phishing, brute-force attacks, suspicious login activity, and account compromise patterns.
• Familiarity with multifactor authentication, adaptive authentication, single sign-on, and identity and access management solutions.
• Knowledge of device fingerprinting, IP intelligence, behavioral analytics, and risk-based authentication technologies.
• Experience reviewing security logs, authentication events, and account activity using monitoring or analytical platforms.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, or comparable tools for security data analysis.
• Understanding of incident response, threat investigation, fraud prevention, and account recovery procedures.
• Familiarity with relevant security frameworks and identity protection practices.
• Ability to assess security controls and recommend improvements based on measurable risk indicators.
• Strong analytical thinking, investigative skills, and attention to detail.
• Excellent written communication, reporting, and stakeholder coordination abilities.
• Ability to manage sensitive security incidents and work independently in a fully remote environment.

What We Offer

• 100% remote working arrangement from within the applicable employment jurisdiction.
• Competitive compensation aligned with experience and specialist expertise.
• Opportunities to contribute to advanced identity security and fraud prevention initiatives.
• Professional development in authentication technologies, cybersecurity analytics, and digital risk management.
• Collaboration with international teams across cybersecurity, fraud operations, and technology.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV highlighting their experience in account takeover prevention, identity security, fraud detection, authentication controls, and cybersecurity incident investigation.

Application Subject: Application – Senior Account Takeover Prevention Specialist (UAE Remote)

• Candidates should confirm applicable employment arrangements, residency requirements, and work authorization before accepting an offer. Any regulated financial, identity verification, or legal activities must be performed by appropriately authorized personnel.