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.
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.