Chief Information Security Officer (Cryptocurrency / Fintech) at Black Pen Recruitment

Job Description

• Are you an experienced Chief Information Security Officer with a strong understanding of cloud architecture environment? Are you passionate about cryptocurrency?  Then we have the opportunity for you!
• We are looking to hire a Chief Information Security Officer, with experience in the financial services industry, to join their exciting team.
• A top candidate is someone who is a clear communicator, highly self-motivated, eager to collaborate, exchange knowledge and who apply new skills to proactively seek out weaknesses in the environment. 

Responsibilities

• Keep up to date with the latest security and technology developments.
• Research/evaluate emerging security threats and ways to manage them.
• Plan for disaster recovery and create contingency plans in the event of any security breaches.
• Ensure monitoring for attacks, intrusions and unusual, unauthorised or illegal activity.
• Drive the testing and evaluation of security products.
• Design new security systems or upgrade existing ones.
• Use advanced analytic tools to determine emerging threat patterns and vulnerabilities.
• Engage in 'ethical hacking', for example, simulating security breaches.
• Identify potential weaknesses and implement measures, such as firewalls and encryption.
• Investigate security alerts and provide incident response.
• Monitor identity and access management, including monitoring for abuse of permissions by authorised system users.
• Liaise with stakeholders in relation to cyber security issues and provide future recommendations.
• Generate reports for both technical and non-technical staff and stakeholders.
• Maintain an information security risk register and assist with internal and external audits relating to information security.
• Monitor and respond to 'phishing' emails and 'pharming' activity.
• Assist with the creation, maintenance and delivery of cyber security awareness training for colleagues.
• Analysis and Monitoring of entry points, activity logs, internal environments, and databases.
• Data Security and Fraud Prevention.
• Ensuring security on all platform infrastructure and external integrations.
• Identity and Access Management.
• Security Investigations, Digital Forensics.
• Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity.
• Leading auditing and security compliance initiatives.
• Security education and training

Requirements

• Demonstrated track record of building a successful security function in a recognised financial technology company.
• Experience working in a cloud architecture environment such as AWS or Azure is essential.
• Comfort with driving the implementation of security compliance projects.
• Demonstrated skills of hiring and growing a team.
• Supplier selection and management in procuring security software and contracting in penetration testing services.
• On the ground knowledge of computer vulnerability assessment, threat modelling, networks, operating systems and software security.
• A good working knowledge of various security technologies such as network and application firewalls, host intrusion prevention and anti-virus.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and assess risks, threats, patterns and trends.

Key Soft Skills:

• Verbal communication skills, including presentation skills, with an ability to communicate with a range of technical and non-technical team members and other relevant individuals.
• Time-management and organisational skills to manage a variety of tasks and meet deadlines.
• The ability to multitask and prioritise your workload.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• An ability to work under pressure, particularly when dealing with threats and at times of high demand.

Team:

• Exude your upbeat energy and enthusiasm each and every day to motivate your team to be the best they can in every aspect of what they do
• Celebrate the success of others by recognising the contributions of committed team members and their achievements
• Communicate in a fashion that is respectful and well understood
• Collaborate with your peers to collectively think of innovative ideas that drive business through technology
• Build and utilise working relationships with internal business partners across the organisation and external business contacts.