Senior Security Specialist
2 weeks ago
**ROLE PURPOSE**
**ROLE REQUIREMENT**
- To increase security threat visibility and defence for Nexio and its customers.
- Provides support for complex computer network exploitation and defence techniques.
- Direct impact on business resilience and functionality against cyber security threats.
- Provides mentorship and guidance to junior team members.
- Implementation and configuration skills to perform the deployment of relevant networking and endpoint solutions are key as well as the capability to do support and health checks, day-to-day operational management, monitoring and reporting.
Additional Information:
- Individuals at this level have fully developed knowledge of the business, marketplace and clients. Is recognized as an expert in own area within the organization
- Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices. Provides technical guidance to more junior levels of staff
- Able to build strong interpersonal relationships with peers, brand leaders, and other senior management throughout the company
- Able to be a “big picture” thinker
- Incisive security incident analytical skills
- Encouraging to team and staff; able to mentor and lead
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Confident in the use of various security operations tools to give better context on security posture.
- Confident in producing and presenting work
- In-depth understanding of the industry
**TECHNICAL / PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES**
- Change management around changes implemented on network and endpoint platforms.
- Engage with business around their network and endpoint policy requirements.
- Generate SOPs as guidelines for network and endpoint management.
- Leads the delivery of vulnerability and risk reporting.
- Leads compliance and auditing efforts.
- Compiles presentation for Service Review.
- Compiles monthly service delivery report.
- Acts as SPOC to escalate service issues to.
- Gives guidance and mentors junior specialists.
- Reviews security policies and create awareness to customer.
**QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE**
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications.
- One or more of these industry Cybersecurity Certifications: CISM, CISA, CISSP-ISSEP, CISSP-ISSAP, Certified Computer Security Incident Handler (CSIH), CEH, OSCP, CompTiA Security Plus.
- Three (3) years of relevant experience in security technology engineering in a Security Operations Center [SOC]
- Strong analytical and organizational skills.
- Concise writing skills, excellent MS Word skills as well as other MS Office Applications.
- Experience with securing various environments preferred.
- Experience in working across security technologies.
- Managed security services experience across complex architectures.
- In depth understanding of the role of cyber security operational tools.
- Prior experience to advise, plan, deploy, configure, manage and monitor large scale and complex cyber defence and IT risk management and information or cybersecurity solutions
**LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS**:
- Exceptional team management skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication.
- Ability to delegate efficiently.
- Extensive industry knowledge with an eye towards the future.
- Diplomacy And Patience
- People Skills
- Strategic Thinking
- Listening
- The Ability To Set And Execute the Vision of the Company
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