Job Description

Role & responsibilities : The Security Specialist role is responsible for leading day-to-day operations for Security Deliverables and monitoring comprehensive IT security plan for across Enterprise IT. This role will provide the vision and leadership necessary to manage the risk to the platform assigned and will ensure business alignment, effective governance, system and infrastructure availability, integrity and confidentiality. This position reports to Head of Enterprise IT Security. Key Responsibilities: You are required to understand the strategic direction set by senior management, clearly communicate team goals, deliverables, and keep the team updated on change Ability to identify and drive service improvement initiatives. Ability to interface with vendors, contractors and business partners. Maintain a good relationship with key stakeholders including business partners, suppliers and other IT departments & security team to deliver on security requirements timely and effectively. Review vulnerabilities and identify root causes for common issues and provide recommendations for improvements. Provide suggestion to improve vulnerability Management, Endpoint Security, Identity and Access management service based on current trends in information technology (Network, system security software and hardware). Understand security policies, procedures and guidelines to all levels of management and employees. Organize and preparation of the security status dashboards including presentation to executive management and supervisor. Being a Security Team Member, protect and manage security services for companys global security infrastructure. Maintains current knowledge of industry, emerging technology, regulatory trends and developments for the enterprise security. Define and report on information security KPIs. Evaluates new cybersecurity threats and IT trends and develops effective security controls. Analyze metrics and report trends and opportunities for process improvement Create analytical reports and presentations as required, highlighting trends and identifying potential issues IT Security team working closely with Enterprise IT, IT Platform Leaders, CIO and CISO. Preferred candidate profile Bachelors or Masters degree in Information Technology and or commensurate experience in delivering security solutions. Overall 8+ years of experience in information Technology preferred. Minimum 5+ years of experience in IT Security. Certifications such as CCNA, CISM, CCSK, CISSP, and ISO27k would be of added advantage. Adequate understanding of ISMS process, Risk assessment and relevant experience to architect Security services or recommend solution to protect processing company/clients network/information Typically a background in technical security roles or operations, with a clear and abiding interest in security. Experience in improving and streamlining business processes and procedures. Experience in managing vulnerability Management, Endpoint Security, Identity and Access management service, SOC services. Excellent English language communication skills, both verbal and written. Cross-cultural etiquettes, customer centric and collaborative mindset. Good command on stakeholder management, judgement, conflict resolution, risk & mitigations