Snr Security Network Specialist

SUMMARY:
Security Specialist

POSITION INFO:

Senior Security Network Specialist required to ensure sustainable IT Network Security for a financial services company based in Pretoria.

Strategy and Planning
• Create and maintain the enterprise’s security architecture design
• Develop, implement, maintain, and oversee enforcement of policies, procedures and associated plans for system security and user system
access based on industry-standard best practices
• Design and implement disaster recovery plan for security systems, databases, networks, servers, and software applications
• Assess need for any security reconfiguration (minor or significant) and execute them if required
Acquisition and Deployment
• Select and acquire additional security solutions or enhancements to existing security solutions to improve overall enterprise security as per
the enterprise’s existing procurement processes
• Negotiate with different security vendors
• Recommend, schedule, and perform security improvements, upgrades, and/or purchases
• Oversee the deployment, integration and initial configuration of all new security solutions and of any enhancements to existing security
solutions in accordance with standard best operating procedures generically and the enterprise’s security documents specifically
Operational Management
• Deploy, manage and maintain all security systems and their corresponding or associated software, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, cryptography systems, and anti-virus software
• Ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the data residing on or transmitted to/from/through enterprise workstations, servers and other systems and in databases and other data repositories
• Manage the implementation and execution of Data-Loss strategies
• Ensure the enforcement of enterprise security documents
• Manage connection security for local area networks, the company Web site, the company intranet, and e-mail communications
• Design, perform, and/or oversee penetration testing of all systems in order to identify system vulnerabilities
• Design, implement, and report on security system and end user activity audits
•Supervise all investigations into problematic activity and provide on-going communication with senior management
• Recommend, schedule (where appropriate), and apply fixes, security patches, disaster recovery procedures, and any other measures
required in the event of a security breach
• Plan and execute vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, security audits and respond to SIEM incidents
 

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