Cybersecurity Specialist

techcarrot; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 268,000 - 402,000; Full time

Job summary

techcarrot is seeking a cybersecurity specialist to implement IT risk management and security controls in our Abu Dhabi environment.

You will conduct internal audits, support external audits, and operate security operations for threat prevention, detection, and remediation in a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or advanced diploma in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / IT or related field.
• Certifications in security (CISSP, CISA, CISM) or cloud security (SC-900/SC-500/SC-300).
• 3+ years of cybersecurity experience with hands-on security operations.

Responsibilities

• Implements IT risk management and security controls.
• Fulfill and implements the requirements of IT security standards,policies and procedures.
• Conducts internal security audits, prepares for and facilitates external audits.
• Conducts IT security operations in threat prevention, detection and remediation.
• Assesses security gaps of technology landscape and processes to shape security solutions roadmap.
• Perform related duties as assigned by the Direct Manager

Skills

Risk management

Threat hunting

Project management

Virtualization

Office365

Education

Bachelor degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / IT

CompTIA CySA/Security+ / SSCP / CISSP / CISA / CISM

SC-900 / SC-500 / SC-300 cloud security certifications

Tools

FortiGate

Palo Alto firewalls

WAF

VPN

PKI

SIEM

SOAR

UEBA

Job description

Job Description:

• Implements IT risk management and security controls.
• Fulfill and implements the requirements of IT security standards,policies and procedures.
• Conducts internal security audits, prepares for and facilitates externalones.
• Conducts IT security operations in threat prevention, detection andremediation.
• Assesses security gaps of technology landscape and processes to shapesecurity solutions roadmap.
• Perform relatedduties as assigned by the Direct Manager

Requirements

Education/ Qualification

• Bachelor Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science /Computer Engineering/IT or relevant field.
• Certification in one or more of the following CompTIA CySA/Security+, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, CISM, OSCP, CEH and related.
• Other certification in Microsoft Azure cloud security such as Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900), Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate (SC-500), Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300), vendor security solutions, ITIL and cybersecurity standards are advantageous.

Work Experience

Over 3 years in cybersecurity with hands-on experience implementing and operating as many areas as possible in the following order of preference:

• Information classification and Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Identity and Privileged Access Management (IAM/PAM)
• Advanced hands-on experience with FortiGate and Palo Alto firewalls
• WAF, network segmentation, VPN, PKI, and NAC
• SIEM, SOAR, UEBA, and SOC operations
• Cloud and email security
• Vulnerability management
• Ethical hacking
• Security standards and compliance

Knowledge

• LAN/WLAN/WAN/SDWAN
• Microsoft Active Directory and group policy
• Cloud technology
• Windows server, endpoint OS, Android, iOS and MacOS
• OWASP Security Knowledge Framework, Mitre Att&Ck® Matrix, CIS Benchmarks
• ISO27001, NIST, NESA

Skills

• Risk management
• Threat hunting
• Project management
• Virtualization
• Office365