Information Security Specialist

Minimum Technical Qualifications/Experience:  Six years of experience in defining, implementing and maintaining the Information Security of firms. Must have strong know-how of Encryption, Intrusion Detection, Network Security and Ethical Hacking.

Functional Responsibility:  Responsible for defining/ameliorating the IS Policy, including Disaster Recovery Policy for client organizations. Also responsible for ensuring that the organization networks as well as information is secure at all times by constantly monitoring intrusion detection, data encryption, and taking quick and effective corrective measures in the event of a breach. Provides technical knowledge and analysis of information assurance, to include applications; operating systems; Internet and Intranet; physical security; networks; risk assessment; critical infrastructure continuity and contingency planning; emergency preparedness; security awareness and training. Provides analysis of existing system's vulnerability to possible intrusions, resource manipulation, resource denial and destruction of resources. Provides technical support and analysis to document organizational information protection framework, and supports policy and procedures preparation and implementation. Monitors firewall logs. Provides system administration of Network, Web, and/or communications systems, including Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN). Maintains servers, creates monitoring reports and logs and ensures functionality of links.

Minimum Education:  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences, Information Systems, Mathematics or Engineering (Electrical, Computer, Mechanical). Candidates having Bachelors Degree in disciplines other than those listed above will also be considered if and only if they have atleast 10 years of experience in defining, implementing and maintaining the Information Security of firms.