IT Network Security Analyst

Job description

**The Company**:
A large multinational Oil and Gas firm based in Sharjah
• *The Role**:
• *Major Responsibilities**:

– Provide mitigation for the identified vulnerabilities and assist internal teams to implement the mitigations.
– Conduct periodic infrastructure architecture review to identify security issues and recommend measures to improve security.
– Research security enhancements and make recommendations to management.
– Provide periodic reports of security status and vulnerability assessments.
– Develop security standards and practices
– Develop automation scripts to handle and track incidents
– Educate staff members on information security through training and awareness
– Recommend modifications in legal, technical and regulatory areas
– Provide input to the information security strategy
– Harden on-premises and cloud infrastructure
• *Qualifications & Desired Skills**:

– Bachelors/master’s in computer science
– Excellent understanding of firewalls, antivirus, EDR, SIEM and IDS/IPS concepts.
– Knowledge of Windows, Linux, Network OS, mobile OS configurations
– Proficient in pentest tools like Kali Linux, Metasploit
– Knowledge of Apache, PHP, scripting tools like Python, Powershell
– Ability to develop testing scripts and procedures
– Ability to leverage exploits
– Knowledge of cloud security and experience in cloud security testing
– Ability to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and ability to provide practical recommendations
– Critical thinking skills and the ability to solve problems as they arise
– Excellent reporting and presentation skills
– Cloud infrastructure security management
– An understanding of best practices and how to implement them at a business-wide level
• *Certifications**
– Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
– SANS Penetration Testing
– EC-CE