Job Description

IT Security Operations Engineer

Role Objective

Will be responsible for operating and implementing IT security measures for the Organization's security appliances and solutions to control access and prevent unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure of confidential information, and maintain integrity and availability of systems and data.

Responsibilities

Install, set-up, configure, and maintain security appliances according to the overall objectives and policies of the Organization. Develop plans to safeguard the Organization's security appliances and components against accidental and/or unauthorized modification to data, disclosure of confidential information, and/or data corruption/loss. Develop security standards, baselines and procedures for security appliances, security devices. Monitor and review security violation SOC alerts, logs and reports on a regular basis to ensure that these are investigated, escalated to appropriate levels of management as necessary, and correctives actions are taken in a timely manner. Continuously assess security threats and vulnerabilities and provide recommendations to mitigate the same by ensuring security policies and procedures and control measures are implemented. Execute and implement the Organization's Information Technology policies and procedures, standards, and guidelines related to security of the network and communication software, hardware, and components, as well as monitor adherence to such policies and procedures, standards, and guidelines. Implement security solutions including building network & host security, file permissions, backup and disaster recovery procedures as well as system hardening requirements, access control management, system logging and auditing of security appliances. Ensure that critical data transmissions are encrypted and protected from unauthorized access and/or disruptions. Promote security awareness to employees by communicating security policies and procedures on a regular basis and monitor adherence to such policies and procedures, standards, and guidelines. Ensure the enforcement of security controls. Implement, update, maintain and monitor end point / servers protection systems. Develop, implement, monitor and maintain network security monitoring tools to help detect security threats and vulnerabilities in a timely manner. Assist in conducting vulnerability assessments, attack and penetration testing and risk assessments in relation to the Organization's security infrastructure. Ensure high standards of confidentiality to safeguard commercially sensitive information. Provide timely and accurate information to the external and internal auditors and the Compliance function as and when required.

Educational Qualifications:

University degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering with specialization in Network Engineering and/or information security from a recognized university.

Professional Certification such as CISSP, CCNP, CCSP, Paloalto, Fortinet is preferable.

Experience:

About

5 years

of related experience in a similar position / responsibility, preferably in

Banking IT security

.

The candidate for the security operations required need to have skill set in the most of the following areas:

Arbor APP DDOS / Arbor VOL DDOS

Anti-Virus / EDR

Intrusion Prevention Systems IPS

NGFW Firewalls

Email Digital Signature

Endpoint DLP

Network DLP

Global Site Selectors GTM

Load balancers

APT / FireEye

Hard Drive Encryption

Infoblox / DNS firewall

Email Security Ironport / Websesnse

Network Admission control (NAC) Cisco ISE

Mobile Device Management MDM

Privilege access management TPAM

OTP server / Vasco 2FA integration

VPN S2S / VPN SSL

Web Applications firewall WAF

Web security URL filtering / Websense (Webproxy)

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: QAR15,000.00 - QAR18,000.00 per month