Senior Security Consultant

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The Senior Security Consultant is an expert level role, responsible for translating clients’ cybersecurity requirements and customising and implementing security solutions into specific systems, applications and product designs. This role identifies and develops the security solutions for clients using company products, outsourced technology solutions and technical tools. This role consults with clients regarding secure product configuration, deployment, and security patches to minimise security vulnerabilities.

In addition, this role provides comprehensive scanning, penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, monitoring services and source code analysis and delivers detailed results to clients. This role guides and supports clients in the development and implementation of product security controls.

Working at NTT

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Proactively react to security breaches to mitigate immediate and potential threats.
• Use mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery approaches to minimise business disruptions & commercial consequences.
• Support investigation and analysis response activities and evaluate the effectiveness of and improvements to existing practices.
• Conduct regular threat and vulnerability assessments and determine deviations from acceptable configurations or policies.
• Assess the level of risk and support the development of appropriate mitigation countermeasures in operational and non-operational situations.
• Collect, process, preserve, analyse, and present digital-related evidence to support network vulnerability mitigation and/or civil, workplace, counterintelligence, or law enforcement (e.g., criminal, fraud) investigations.
• Apply tactics, techniques, and procedures to a full range of tools and processes related to administrative, criminal, and counterintelligence gathering (e.g., in-depth case analyses, continuous monitoring, malware analysis, clear documentation).
• Proactively search through our critical infrastructure, systems and networks to detect and isolate advanced threats that may cause harm to our organisation.
• Use both manual approaches and automated tools to identify, analyse, and report events and support the development of countermeasures to proactively protect against these threats in the future.

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:

• Applies advanced wide-ranging experience and in-depth professional knowledge to develop and resolve complex models and procedures in creative ways
• Directs the application of existing principles and guides development of new policies and ideas
• Robust knowledge and understanding of IT industry environment and business needs
• Strong understanding of information technology and information security
• Solid understanding of security risks and preventative controls
• excellent understanding of security operational processes and controls
• Service consulting aptitude, focusing on the business, service and sales aspects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrate impeccable attention to detail are able to translate internal customer requirements into solutions
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of security threats, countermeasures, security tools, and network technologies
• High level of drive and ability to work under pressure
• Ability to build and maintain cross-functional relationships with a variety of stakeholders

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Information Technology or Computer Science or Engineering or related
• Industry relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, GSEC or CompTIA Security+

Required Experience:

• Advanced level of experience in the Information Technology Security Industry or relevant experience in similar role within a related environment
• Advanced experience with security architecture design principles
• Advanced experience with industry compliance and standards such as ISO 27000, PCI:DSS, NIST, HIPAA or others
• Advanced experience with security tools and techniques to cover SANS Top 25, OWASP or others
• Advanced experience working in a multi-team environment across multiple geographies

Skills Summary

IT Security Assessments, Security Compliance, Security Consulting, Security Strategy, Security Tools, Writing Technical Documents

Workplace type:

Hybrid Working

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