Cyber Security Specialist

P&A Grant Thornton; Makati; On-site; PHP 800,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

P&A Grant Thornton in Makati is seeking an IT Security Officer to assess the organization’s infrastructure and data, identify vulnerabilities, and strengthen defenses against threats. You will evaluate existing security controls, recommend improvements, and support incident response, including root cause analysis and training for junior colleagues.

The role requires a degree in computer science or a related field, plus experience in IT security, data protection, audits, and handling security

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, programming, or a related field.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities to identify and fix security risks.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Good team working skills to develop security solutions with IT professionals.

Responsibilities

• Assess the organization’s infrastructure and data to identify vulnerabilities.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of existing security measures (firewalls, policies, IDS).
• Make recommendations to improve security based on assessments and threats.
• Assist and serve as escalation point for Junior IT Security Officer for incidents and root cause analysis.
• Train and assist Junior IT Security Officers.
• Research and implement security technologies to prevent, detect and respond to threats.
• Tune and calibrate security monitoring tools to improve effectiveness.
• Ensure incident reports are submitted timely and factual.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer science or related field

Job description

• Assess the organization’s infrastructure and data to identify vulnerabilities caused by weaknesses or flaws in software and hardware that could expose the infrastructure to a security breach.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of existing security measures, such as firewalls, password policies and intrusion-detection systems.
• Make recommendations to improve security based on their assessments and knowledge of current and emerging threats.
• Assists and serves as escalation point for Junior IT Security Officer for security incidents and perform root cause analysis.
• Train and assist Junior IT Security Officers.
• Performs research and implementations of security technologies such as web content filtering systems, endpoint protection systems, data loss prevention systems and security incident event management systems to prevent, detect ad respond appropriately to threats.
• Tunes and calibrates security monitoring tools to improve effectiveness.
• Ensure that the incident reports are submitted in a timely manner and are factual.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Programming, or a related field
• Relevant experience in IT Security/Data protection, Systems Audit or IT Process Review and handling breaches/security incidents
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities to identify and fix security risks.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Good team working skills to develop security solutions in collaboration with other information technology professionals.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced communication, interpersonal, report writing and presentation skills.
• Ability to self-prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
• Willingness to travel on short notice and for extended periods of time.
• Positive and energetic attitude
• Motivation to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Drive to work independently while being an effective team member.