The Senior IT Security Engineer collaborates closely with various teams to develop and enforce security policies, conduct security audits, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
Responsibilities: * Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining IT security infrastructures to prevent, detect, and manage cyber threats. * A profound knowledge of network and software security vulnerabilities, along with skills in incident response and risk management is required. * Configure, finetune 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 SOC team during incident response efforts, ensuring rapid containment and mitigation of threats. * Proactively search for undetected threats within the environment, using knowledge of the latest attacker techniques and tools. * Aggregate logs from different sources into a centralized SIEM system. * Develop and implement correlation rules to identify complex threats and customize alerts for specific events that warrant immediate action. * Periodically review and update security policies, especially after an incident or major change in the environment. * Analyse and recommend security controls and procedures in acquisition, development, and change management lifecycle of information systems, and monitor for compliance. * Contribute to the creation, review, and updating of IT security policies, procedures, and protocols to ensure they are aligned with current industry best practices and regulatory requirements. * Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for all incident response activities. * Conduct in-depth root cause analyses for security incidents and system compromises. * Collaborate with IT and network teams to develop and implement fixes and long-term solutions to security challenges.