IT Networking and Security Engineer

IT Networking & Security Engineer

Responsible for security system administration, security incident management, vulnerability assessment and security testing. Maintain corporate compliance with security policies and applicable standards. Ensure IT application systems and infrastructure security.

Job Brief

Essential functions conducting proactive research to analyse security weaknesses and recommend appropriate strategies. Providing security design reviews of new and existing systems. Identifying current and emerging technology issues including security trends, vulnerabilities and threats.

Responsibilities

Governance, Compliance, Audits

• Support the development and implementation of security policies, standards, guidelines and processes to ensure the ongoing maintenance of physical and logical security.
• Develop and maintain a security control framework to ensure that security management systems and policies are effective, providing recommendation and remediation.
• Support and maintain the Information Security Management System (ISMS) to assure continuous compliance with regulations, laws and contractual obligations by adopting and deploying industry and market standards and accepted best practices.
• Conduct independent security audits, risk management assessments to verify and provide recommendations to improve security posture.
• Participate in the security operational risk management activities as part of the Enterprise Risk Management to identify threats and institute appropriate security programs.
• Develop and maintain a standard security contract framework for ITO outsourcing to ensure a harmonised and consistent security control framework.
• Maintain documentation of policies, processes within the organization.

Training

• Develop and maintain a security awareness program to assure a widespread culture of information security awareness.

Incident Management

• Support and maintain IT Security systems including network security and SIEM system.
• Conduct IT security incident investigation and threat hunting on the IT environment.
• Develop and support emergency procedures and oversee incident responses as well as the investigation of security breaches and assist with disciplinary and legal matters associated with such breaches as required.

Tools

Familiarity with configuration, management of any security platforms / tools such as ColorTokens, Seceon, CrowdStrike, NetSkope, Aruba Clearpass, Fortigate would be a plus.

Requirements

• Good documentation and communication skills.
• Minimum 7 to 10 years of experience in a similar role, i.e. in a combination role of security risk, information security and IT.
• Degrees in relevant fields such as Computer Science, IT Security, Business IT, or IT engineering would be an advantage.
• Proven experience in analysis, identifying, monitoring and controlling security risks.
• Experience in managing Identity / Access management, Intrusion Detection / Prevention, Data Protection and Data Leakage Prevention applications / devices including installation, configuration and its availability.
• Extended knowledge of relevant international security standards (ISO/IEC 27000 - series), best practices (CobiT, ITIL), third party reporting (ISAE3402, SOC).
• Must have a minimum of one of the certifications from ISACA’s CSX, CISA, CISM, CGEIT or CRISC or ISC2’s SSCP, CCSP, or CISSP or GIAC’s GISP or GSE.

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