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Information Systems Security Engineer

Cairo, Egypt
Posted 6 years ago
57Applicants for1 open position
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Job Description

  • Develop and carry out information security plans and policies
  • Develop strategies to respond to and recover from a security breach
  • Develop or implement open-source/third-party tools to assist in detection, prevention and analysis of security threats
  • Awareness training of the workforce on information security standards, policies and best practices
  • Implement protections
  • Installation and use of firewalls, data encryption and other security products and procedures
  • Conduct periodic network scans to find any vulnerability
  • Conduct penetration testing, simulating an attack on the system to find exploitable weaknesses
  • Monitor networks and systems for security breaches, through the use of software that detects intrusions and anomalous system behavior
  • Investigate security breaches
  • Lead incident response, including steps to minimize the impact and then conducting a technical and forensic investigation into how the breach happened and the extent of the damage

Job Requirements

This section outlines the technical and general skills required as well as any certificates or degrees that a company might expect an information security engineer to have. Key technical skills include:

  • Expertise in anti-virus software, intrusion detection, firewalls and content filtering
  • Knowledge of risk assessment tools, technologies and methods
  • Expertise in designing secure networks, systems and application architectures
  • Disaster recovery, computer forensic tools, technologies and methods
  • Planning, researching and developing security policies, standards and procedures
  • System administration, supporting multiple platforms and applications
  • Expertise with mobile code, malicious code, and anti-virus software
  • The IT security engineer should also have experience with and knowledge of:
  • Endpoint security solutions, including file integrity monitoring and data loss prevention
  • AWS and cloud platform as a service (PaaS) security
  • Automating security testing tools
  • Chef – a configuration management tool
  • Git – a tool that helps track anomalous changes to files

General skills include:

  • The ability to multi-task
  • A keen eye for detail
  • Strong organizational skills
  • The ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-stress situations
  • The ability to communicate network security issues to peers and management
  • A B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
  • One to three years of industry experience in an information security function.
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  • CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
  • CEH – Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
  • CISM – Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
  • ISSAP – Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP)

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