Job description

The person appointed will be part of the Information Security Team within IT Department and will be responsible for protective measures, vulnerability testing, monitoring and reporting, investigations, postmortem analysis and etc.

Reporting to the Information Security Manager, this role will be designing and implementing secure network solutions designed to defend against hackers, cyberattacks, and other persistent threats; for continually testing and monitoring these systems, making sure that all the system’s defences are up to date and working correctly; protecting computer and networking systems from potential hackers and cyber-attacks; safeguarding sensitive data of a business from hackers and cyber-criminals.

Responsibilities

• Evaluating the organization's security needs and establishing best practices and standards accordingly
• Designing, planning, implementing, maintaining, overseeing, and upgrading all security measures needed to protect organizations’ data, systems, and networks
• Responding to all security breaches to the network and associated systems
• Troubleshooting network and security issues and incidents
• Routinely conduct penetration testing and scans to identify any vulnerabilities in the network and systems
• Taking appropriate security measures to ensure that the organization's infrastructure and existing data are kept safe
• Taking an active role in the change management process; control and audit access management
• Assisting in any security breach investigations
• Administrative and communication tasks with the users of the organization

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, IT, Systems Engineering, information technology, systems engineering or computer programming or a similar field
• Solid understanding of Firewalls, routers, VPN, WAF, Data Loss Prevention, IDS/IPS, Web-Proxy, SIEM, LMS, Password Management, etc
• At least 2 years of work experience in cyber security-related duties such as incident detection and response, and forensics
• Experience with the functionality, operation, and maintenance of firewalls, intrusion detection, malware protection, various forms of endpoint security
• Experience in Windows and Linux OS and in automating tasks using Python, Bash, Ansible, Power Shell, etc
• Up to date knowledge of the latest cyber security trends and hacker tactics
• Solid problem-solving skills
• EU citizenship
• Employee status

Desired

• A relevant certification (CISSP, CISA, CISM, CEH, or a similar one)
• Prior experience in Network Administrator role
• Experience participating in Security Audits
• Proficiency in languages/tools such as Python, Power Shell, Ansible
• Experience in securing a public cloud environment (AWS, GCP or Azure), Azure preferred
• Working knowledge of vulnerability assessment tool Nessus
• Common ITIL/ITSM knowledge
• Financial services industry experience
• Close attention to detail and be meticulous in planning and reporting