Senior Cybersecurity Specialist

About this position

Energy Exemplar is looking for an experienced security professional to perform duties related to compliance certifications, continuous monitoring of controls and operational security administration.

Candidate Requirements & Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of related experience in Compliance and information security.
• Well versed in technologies like Windows, Antivirus, Data loss prevention (DLP).
• Must have experience in Firewalls, Cloud platforms and content filtering solutions.
• Must have experience in the creating and maintaining security policy documents.
• Good to have experience with regular vulnerability and web application scanning methodologies.
• Crisis management (Incident Management) identification and reporting.
• Network and cloud-based penetration testing experience required
• Incident response experience and prepare relevant security metrics dashboards
• 2-4 years' experience with Firewall, Network, Anti-Virus, DLP, Azure, AWS, and Desktop security administration
• Proficiency with security tools and platforms (e.g., SIEMs, vulnerability scanners, and malware analyzers)
• Familiarity with IDS/IPS systems and endpoint Antivirus and EDR products
• Insider Threat Hunting and Analysis
• 2 + years of professional experience focused on ITIL standards and practices.
• Knowledge of current security standards, including ISO 27001, ISO 9001, SOC2, SOC 1, FERC, CEII, GDPR
• Ability to understand enterprise business computing operations/requirements, and cloud-based cybersecurity services.
• Working knowledge DevOps concepts (e.g., Infrastructure as Code, Deployment Pipelines)
• Must have a general hands-on IT background with the capability and enthusiasm of delving into new technologies.
• Must be willing to work in different time zones.
• Good communication, presentation, documentation skills.
• Collaborate closely with Clous Ops, IT and Other function as a first line security point of contact within the GRC team.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide compliance guidance to cloud security offering business units and product teams
• Support Internal/External ISO 27001/9001, SOC 2, SOC 1 and any new regional assessments requirements (e.g. IRAP) to support business growth.
• Work effectively as part of a geographically distributed team
• Develop and maintain security operations processes & documentation (e.g., runbooks, operating procedures, Cyber Incidence response)
• Maintain event collection environment through health monitoring and logs from Fire Walls, VPN, Email protection, Network Analytics, access control cards system and CCTV.
• Interact with various security products and platforms, including: O365, MimeCast, WorkspaceOne, Fortinet, Cloud Hosting Providers (Azure, AWS) and others.
• Provide support for implementation and maintenance of SIEM, DLP, endpoint protection, and other security tool alerts.
• Provide hands on based input of vendor proposals and emerging security technologies and systems.
• Coordinate, track and Manage CEII compliance.
• Provide technical expertise and support to IT management and staff in the implementation of security/protection technologies and network systems/applications.
• Assist with penetration testing and vulnerability management efforts.
• Participate in customer audits and respond to infosec questionnaires as part of the RFP process.
• Participate in incident management activities which include associated investigations, ticket response, communications including periodic tabletop exercises..
• Assist in Risk Management, Vendor Management, and governance of Information Security policies across the company.
• Continuously improve our security practices and processes and keep company and customer data safe across our services and infrastructure.
• Design and build metrics and dashboards to track security incidents, vulnerabilities, risks, and awareness
• Perform continuous monitoring of the controls including but not limited to:
• Track and Monitor ISO and SOC 2, SOC 1 and overall common control framework, gather and review evidences.
• Vulnerability and hardening compliance scan monitoring, reporting and reviews
• Driving vulnerability remediations within prescribed timeframes
• Inventory management and reporting
• Vulnerability deviation request processing, tracking and reviews
• Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M) updates and submissions
• System Security Status reporting
• Monthly Continuous-Monitoring Metrics reporting
• Compliance review of Significant change requests

Desired but not required (not needed for every position)

• Good to have experience with regular vulnerability and web application scanning methodologies.
• Project Management knowledge and experience are a strong plus.