JOB TITLE: Chief Information Security Officer (Cryptocurrency / Fintech)
JOB LOCATION: Remote
Job Type: Full Time
JOB DETAILS
- Are you an experienced Chief Information Security Officer with a strong understanding of cloud architecture environment?
- Are you passionate about cryptocurrency?
- Then we have the opportunity for you!
- A top candidate is someone who is a clear communicator, highly self-motivated, eager to collaborate, exchange knowledge and who apply new skills to proactively seek out weaknesses in the environment.
Responsibilities
- Keep up to date with the latest security and technology developments.
- Research / evaluate emerging security threats and ways to manage them.
- Plan for disaster recovery and create contingency plans in the event of any security breaches.
- Ensure monitoring for attacks, intrusions and unusual, unauthorised or illegal activity.
- Drive the testing and evaluation of security products.
- Design new security systems or upgrade existing ones.
- Use advanced analytic tools to determine emerging threat patterns and vulnerabilities.
- Engage in ‘ethical hacking’, for example, simulating security breaches.
- Identify potential weaknesses and implement measures, such as firewalls and encryption.
- Investigate security alerts and provide incident response.
- Monitor identity and access management, including monitoring for abuse of permissions by authorized system users.
- Liaise with stakeholders in relation to cyber security issues and provide future recommendations.
- Generate reports for both technical and non-technical staff and stakeholders.
- Maintain an information security risk register and assist with internal and external audits relating to information security.
- Monitor and respond to ‘phishing’ emails and ‘pharming’ activity.
- Assist with the creation, maintenance and delivery of cyber security awareness training for colleagues.
- Analysis and Monitoring of entry points, activity logs, internal environments, and databases.
- Data Security and Fraud Prevention.
- Ensuring security on all platform infrastructure and external integrations.
- Identity and Access Management.
- Security Investigations, Digital Forensics.
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity.
- Leading auditing and security compliance initiatives.
- Security education and training
Requirements
- Interested candidates should possess relevant qualifications and work experience.
- Demonstrated track record of building a successful security function in a recognized financial technology company.
- Experience working in a cloud architecture environment such as AWS or Azure is essential.
- Comfort with driving the implementation of security compliance projects.
- Demonstrated skills of hiring and growing a team.
- Supplier selection and management in procuring security software and contracting in penetration testing services.
- On the ground knowledge of computer vulnerability assessment, threat modelling, networks, operating systems and software security.
- A good working knowledge of various security technologies such as network and application firewalls, host intrusion prevention and anti-virus.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and assess risks, threats, patterns and trends.
Key Soft Skills:
- Verbal communication skills, including presentation skills, with an ability to communicate with a range of technical and non-technical team members and other relevant individuals.
- Time-management and organizational skills to manage a variety of tasks and meet deadlines.
- The ability to multitask and prioritize your workload.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- An ability to work under pressure, particularly when dealing with threats and at times of high demand.
Team:
- Exude your upbeat energy and enthusiasm each and every day to motivate your team to be the best they can in every aspect of what they do
- Celebrate the success of others by recognizing the contributions of committed team members and their achievements
- Communicate in a fashion that is respectful and well understood
- Collaborate with your peers to collectively think of innovative ideas that drive business through technology
- Build and utilize working relationships with internal business partners across the organization and external business contacts.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
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Note: Only CV submitted in English will be considered.
Job Features
Job Category | Information Technology / ICT |