Cyber Security Engineer at Halogen Group

Job description

• The Lead, Cybersecurity Engineer is responsible for ensuring that managed clients are protected from Cyber Risks by employing a broad range of technology-enabled services to prevent, detect and manage cyber threats. Developing strategic and tactical plans for the information security of the clients.

Technical Security Management

• Provide technical advice and support to end-users (Clients) and the internal sales team on a wide range of different technologies and solutions
• Monitor managed clients for cyber-attacks, intrusions, unusual, unauthorized, or illegal activity
• Recommend suitable enhancements to improve cyber security performance
• Adopt the use of advanced analytic tools (Metaspioltable, Nessus, Qualys, Kali, Linux, Acunetix Slem Solution) to determine emerging threat patterns and vulnerabilities for managed clients
• Monitors User-identity by monitoring to avoid abuse of permissions by authorized system users
• Engage periodic in Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (for example, simulating security breaches for client’s accounts
• Assist where appropriate with the specification, software installation, configuration, and commissioning of software, and provide ongoing technical support including liaison with suppliers to resolve issues, where required
• Assist with the testing of client’s own software products, communicating these results to help develop and upgrade product offerings
• Test and evaluate new software products from suppliers, informing internal decisions on adoption and appropriate sales and support strategies
• Testing of client’s own software products, communicating these results to help develop and upgrade product offerings
• Test incident response plans periodically to ensure response times and executed procedures are acceptable

Market Awareness

• Review business and security environment to identify existing requirements
• Provide industry trends, opportunities for expansion, and projections of future company growth
• Research/evaluate emerging cyber security threats and ways to manage them.
• Keep up to date with the latest cyber security trends and technology developments that could impact users’ vulnerability

Risk Management

• Establish review procedures based on the client’s security risk management plan
• Rate and categorize potential security incidents
• Research/evaluate emerging cyber security threats and ways to manage them effectively
• Plan for disaster recovery in the event of any security breaches for managed clients
• Identify potential weaknesses and implement measures, such as firewalls and encryption
• Investigate security alerts and provide an incident response for all assigned clients
• Monitors User-identity by monitoring to avoid abuse of permissions by authorized system users
• Evaluate response plans periodically to ensure relevance
• Identify threats and risks that are relevant to the client’s operations and systems
• Investigate security alerts and provide an incident response for all assigned clients

Strategic Partnerships & Relationship Management

• Manage key stakeholders (internal and external) and optimize relationships for the best outcomes
• Build and maintain good client relationships and ensure a high level of client satisfaction
• Monitor both internal and external policy compliance
• Test and evaluate new software products from suppliers, informing internal decisions on adoption and appropriate sales and support strategies
• After Sales support services to all managed clients

Report & Analysis

• Prepare cyber security performance report based on results from analysis and correlation of information security events

Qualifications

• First Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) qualification
• MBA in Information Systems
• CC

Experience

• Minimum of 5-8 years experience in Cyber Security.
• Excellent IT skills, including knowledge of computer networks, operating systems, software, hardware, and security.
• Good working knowledge of various security technologies such as network and application firewalls, host intrusion prevention, and anti-virus.
• A passion for cyber security and a keen interest in IT Ability to think like a hacker and anticipate hacker moves
• Desire to self-educate on the ever-changing landscape of cyber hacking tactics
• Experience in professional cybersecurity a plus

Technical Skills & Competencies

• Information systems
• Network security
• Acunetix Slem Solution
• Metaspioltable, Nessus, Qualys, Kali, Linux
• Vulnerability assessment
• Information assurance
• Penetration testing
• Intrusion detection
• Overall Technical skills
• Attention to detail
• A forensic approach to challenges
• Consulting
• Critical thinking & Problem-Solving Skills
• Communication
• Teamwork & Cross-functional Collaboration