Senior Security Consultant (Qsa)

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Location: Johannesburg or Cape Town, South Africa
Job type: Full-Time Permanent

About Us
Integrity is one of Europe's leading cyber security specialists operating from office locations across Europe, providing a comprehensive range of professional, support and managed cyber security services for our + clients.

Our services include Managed Security, Cyber Security Testing, Incident Response, Security Integration, PCI Compliance and Cyber Risk & Assurance services.

Job Role

The Senior QSA Consultant will lead security consultancy engagements and pre-sales processes with clients within financial services and payment card industries.

Focusing on delivery of Payment Compliance services, which include but are not limited to:

1. PCI DSS
2. Swift
3. PSD2 assessments
4. GAP Analysis
5. Policy and Procedure review

Primary Duties / Responsibilities

1. Starting from the information received from the sales team, independently carry out the estimate of the effort required to deliver a security service, reporting the result to the regional lead for approval.
2. Lead customer engagements and provide senior cyber security advice and services to a broad range of clients and industries.
3. Provide detailed analytical reporting, internal reporting metrics and program management.
4. Provide leadership and mentorship to Junior consultants.
5. Prepare, organize and support delivery by team members of engagements offsite or at customer premises including but not limited to gap analysis, security assessment, risk and/or compliance assessment using one or more industry or regulatory standard or framework.
6. Assess compliance related documentation including policies, procedures, standards and legislative directives.
7. Provide remediation support and guidance on the security aspects of the administration and maintenance of processes & documentation, infrastructure components, applications, services and security systems.
8. Deliver detailed reports following Integrity's reporting best practice and templates.
9. Ensure QA process for Payments Compliance standards is initiated and applied for relevant projects, in cooperation with QA and Backoffice team.
10. Establish new standards and review existing documentation to ensure the correct application of the processes.
11. In cooperation with Practice Lead(s), estimate, plan & monitor team budget.
12. Provide regular status updates to internal stakeholders (Practice Lead(s), PMO).
13. Participate in continuous improvement of internal processes (reporting tools, assessment automation etc.).

Communication

1. Participate in external conferences and promote Integrity by identifying important Industry events.
2. Support marketing activities related to existing Professional Service portfolio and customer acquisition working in collaboration with marketing team.
3. Act as a communication point between regional team, other professional services teams, Customer Success and other departments.
4. Support sales team in development and effort estimations for new opportunities (e.g. new and evolving industry standards).
5. Stay up-to-date on developments in the Payments Compliance realm, understanding new standards and regulations and their impact on Integrity.

Required Skills

1. Relevant Experience in Fintech industry and security standards & directives consultancy services (PCI DSS, PSD2, ISO, SWIFT, etc.).
2. Cryptography techniques including algorithms, key management, and key lifecycle.
3. Public key infrastructure (PKI) and the role and operations of a Certification Authority (CA) and Registration Authority (RA).
4. Hardware security modules (HSMs) operations, policies, and procedures.
5. POI key-injection systems and techniques including key-loading devices (KLDs) and key management methods, such as Master / Session or DUKPT.
6. Physical security techniques for high-security areas.
7. Authentication methods and techniques.
8. Security Integrity controls.
9. Computer Networking (routing, switching, firewall network filtering).
10. Operating Systems hardening and administration (Linux / Unix, Windows).

Core Competencies

1. Planning and Organization (time management, scheduling and control).
2. Networking (reinforce relationships, use emotional intelligence and personal proximity).
3. Results Orientation (delivering solutions, work under pressures).
4. Leading and Empowering People (self-confidence, establishing focus, providing motivational support and feedback, fostering teamwork and integration).
5. Economic Sensitivity (Economic variables evaluation, Profit & Loss dynamics).

Certifications / Qualifications

Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) is a must.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Information Technology
Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting