Senior Information Security Specialist

Chedid Capital

Responsibilities

• Develop, support, and advance strategies, policies, programs, and projects designed to continually improve and enhance cyber and information security posture and resiliency.
• Oversee compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations related to cyber and information security.
• Collaborate with the compliance team to define and implement policies, standards, and guidelines that ensure proper logging of user activities and access to sensitive data, supporting insider risk management initiatives.
• Regularly review the operation of security controls and recommend changes designed to improve effectiveness and/or counter emerging risks.
• Make appropriate recommendations for security enhancements to the line manager or any external vendor providing services including tools, technologies, services, policies, procedures, and other areas as needed.
• Lead efforts to evaluate and select vendors for security assessments, penetration testing, and other similar security services.
• Work with multiple stakeholders (Internal and External) to identify areas for cyber risk reduction in the IT Infrastructure.
• Serve as a subject matter expert during internal and external security audits.
• Lead and manage the response to security incidents, including investigation, containment, eradication, and post-mortem analysis.
• Oversee and enhance security monitoring systems, ensuring appropriate alerts and timely analysis of security events.
• Manage the vulnerability remediation lifecycle, coordinating patching and configuration changes with IT and development teams.