Job Purpose
The Senior Cyber Security Engineer plays a crucial role in safeguarding the organization's digital assets. The position is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining IT security infrastructure to prevent, detect, and manage cyber threats. The role calls for deep knowledge of network and software security vulnerabilities, together with strong incident-response and risk-management skills. Working closely with teams across the organisation, the Senior Cyber Security Engineer helps develop and enforce security policies, conduct security audits, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
Job Dimensions
- Reports to: IT Security Manager
- Direct reports: 3
- Indirect reports: 0
- Function: Cybersecurity / Security Operations
Key Accountabilities
Security Configuration, Monitoring & Management
- Configure, fine-tune, and maintain security tools and technologies, including SIEM, email security gateway, and advanced threat-detection systems.
- Lead and supervise the monitoring of security events and logs to identify suspicious activity and potential threats.
- Direct the SecOps team during incident-response efforts, ensuring rapid containment and mitigation of threats.
- Proactively hunt for undetected threats in the workplace, applying knowledge of the latest attacker techniques and tools.
- Aggregate logs from multiple sources into a centralized SIEM system.
- Develop and implement correlation rules to identify complex threats, and customize alerts for events that warrant immediate action.
- Periodically review and update security policies, particularly after an incident or a major change in the environment.
- Analyze and recommend security controls and procedures across the acquisition, development, and change-management lifecycle of information systems, and monitor for compliance.
Governance
- Contribute to the creation, review, and updating of IT security policies, procedures, and protocols, keeping them aligned with current indust
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