IT Security Lead: Threat Prevention & Incident Response

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

Job summary

P&A Grant Thornton is seeking a diligent IT Security Officer to assess and strengthen organizational security. You will evaluate existing measures, identify vulnerabilities, and recommend improvements to protect data and infrastructure.

You will assist junior security staff, train peers, and research security technologies to prevent, detect, and respond to threats. Travel may be required as part of the role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• Experience in IT security, data protection, audits or breach handling.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Good teamwork to develop security solutions.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Communication

Teamwork

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Web content filtering

Endpoint protection

Data loss prevention

SIEM

Job description

P&A Grant Thornton is seeking a diligent IT Security Officer to assess and strengthen organizational security. You will evaluate existing measures, identify vulnerabilities, and recommend improvements to protect data and infrastructure.

You will assist junior security staff, train peers, and research security technologies to prevent, detect, and respond to threats. Travel may be required as part of the role.