What You Will Do:
- Vulnerability management monitoring, review and follow-up
- Supervise current and trending remediation efforts
- Report to customers on security status of the environment including, trend analysis, remediation efforts, and newly discovered vulnerabilities
- Frequently document and communicate product security risks, collaborating with internal and external partners
- Serve as a technical specialist for analysing and identifying security vulnerabilities in web applications, operating systems, and networks
- Review security events that are populated in a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system to develop accurate remediation actions
- Review, respond, and build alerts
- Independently follow procedures to contain, analyse, and eradicate malicious activity
- Conduct proactive threat research using real-world security data and systems automation
Required Job Qualifications
- Proficient in scripting(any): Python, Ruby, Pearl, PowerShell
- Experience with SPL (Search Processing Language by Splunk)
- Understanding of Application Security and the OWASP top 10 principles
- A solid grasp and experience assessing vulnerabilities and identifying weaknesses in various operating systems, platforms, databases, servers, etc
- Understanding of the current threat and vulnerability landscape
- Experience with and understanding of database systems, web servers, application servers, firewalls, routers, load balancers, switches, etc
- Experience with enterprise endpoint detection tools
- Dependability: Meet commitments, work independently, accept accountability, be adaptable to change, set personal standards
- Ability to effectively report trends regular reporting
- An Understanding of industry standard methodologies in application & operations security
- Knowledge of emerging threats, mitigations and industry trends
- Business savvy and an eye for detail with timely execution
- Able to deal with high priority, time-sensitive issues
- Ability to multitask and switch between multiple high priority projects
- Organisation and multi-tasking skills
- A college degree or equivalent experience in cyber security
- Verbal communications skills and concise written communication skills
- Solid grasp of Windows and Linux operating systems