Cyber Security Specialist - Security Lead

As a Security Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of security measures to protect your organization's digital assets, infrastructure, data, and systems from cyber threats. Your role will involve leading security strategy, managing risk, responding to incidents, and ensuring regulatory compliance across IT operations. Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, CompTIA Security+, or AWS/Azure Security are highly desirable. With a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in cybersecurity, including at least 2-3 years in a leadership role, you should have proven experience in managing enterprise security for networks, applications, and cloud infrastructure. Your strong knowledge of network security, application security, cloud security, and identity management will be crucial. Hands-on experience with security tools like SIEM (e.g., Splunk, QRadar), firewalls, endpoint protection, vulnerability scanners, etc., is required. Additionally, you should have an understanding of encryption, threat modeling, penetration testing, and incident response, along with familiarity with cloud security frameworks and DevSecOps practices. Your main responsibilities will include defining, implementing, and maintaining the organization's cybersecurity policies, standards, and procedures, as well as developing and managing the overall security roadmap aligned with business goals. You will lead risk assessments and security audits across systems and infrastructure. Monitoring for threats, vulnerabilities, and incidents using SIEM and security tools, leading investigations and responses to security incidents and breaches, and coordinating incident response plans and disaster recovery exercises will also be part of your role. Ensuring adherence to relevant security standards and regulations, identifying security risks, defining mitigation strategies, and working with auditors and regulatory bodies during security assessments are key aspects. You will also be responsible for managing firewall rules, IDS/IPS systems, endpoint protection, VPNs, and IAM solutions, overseeing secure configuration of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and reviewing and approving architecture changes from a security standpoint. Collaboration with IT, DevOps, legal, and compliance teams, leading and mentoring a team of security analysts or engineers, and conducting training and awareness programs for employees on cybersecurity best practices are important components of your role. Ideally, you should have a Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, or a related field.,