EMEA Application Security Lead

SKF Consulting, s.r.o.

Place of work
Ireland
Contract type
full-time, trade licence
Start date
01.08.2014
Wage (gross)
upon agreement

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

FUNCTIONS:

• Management: develops and executes operational policies and strategic plans; manages hiring and Senior Management level/stakeholder engagement; is also accountable for various tasks handled by the Engineering/Architecture team members in the execution of activities supporting the strategic direction established for Group Information Security
• IT Security Consultation: strategic and tactical consulting and operations support for technology and process implementations in Group IT
• Security Architect: provides application security architectural guidance to align security services and technologies to best meet the global objectives of Group IT

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

• People (30%): manages people and team for AppSec in EMEA
• Technology Standards, Implementation and Architecture (30%): sets strategic directions and manages execution for global security initiatives
• Process Implementation (20%): manages implementation and support of processes, security supplier interactions, application security, and incident response
• Regulatory Compliance (20%): updates and delivers status of initiatives; manages plan to remediate compliance gaps, and supports audit initiatives
• Responsible for implementing and enforcing Group IT policies, stakeholder engagement, security technology implementation, security architecture, and security supplier management and engagement

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Number of years of experience

5

Personality requirements and skills

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 5 years professional experience with a Bachelor’s Degree
• Risk management and IT security skills
• Hands-on implementation experience
• Program management experience
• Experience with working across business units and geographical boundaries to engage team members

KNOWLEDGE:

• Strong communication skills
• Strong integrity and highly ethical
• Effective in influencing and persuasion
• Background in security/risk related topics and technologies
• Working knowledge of regulatory compliance drivers
• Vision and strategic foresight
• Strong management skills structuring and managing teams of more than 20 people
• Experience with financial budgetin
• Vendor management
• Broad-based understanding of security architecture and technologies

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Expertise of security concepts and architectures
• Working knowledge of IT compliance controls
• Understanding of operating system platforms and security models
• Strong understanding of holistic set of IT technologies and processes (operating systems, databases, networking, web/application, change management, SDLC, disaster recovery, monitoring, help desk)
• General knowledge of regulatory requirements relevant to the business
• Written and oral English language proficiency
• Other language skills are valued

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Brief description of the company

IT professionals for in-house and outsourcing needs.
Markets: Ireland, France, Austria and Sweden
Profile customers: Banks, software, Security systems, Insurance and Defence.

Number of employees

3-4 employees
ID: 1809227  Dátum zverejnenia: 22.7.2014  Základná zložka mzdy (brutto) a ďalšie odmeny: upon agreement