IT Security Manager

Michael Page

UAE

Ref: HP350-2934

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

IT Security Manager
Professional services.

Client Details
A public services company with offices in Dubai and customers across the UAE.

Description
• Provide an oversight of program objectives, initiatives, and operations across the multi-sector and multi-sector environment operates
• Developing, implementing and monitoring security plans, policies, procedures and systems across the breadth of activities
• Develop and implement security related procedures required for day-to-day activities
• Working with Middle East contracts to develop an IT cyber security plan.
• Assess and provide guidance on a range of security issues within a technology and business environment that is undergoing significant change.
• Ensuring effective security of Middle East information systems and networks by collaborating with cross-functional teams responsible for service delivery operational management of security technologies.
• In cooperation with the Group Security Manager developing, promoting an awareness culture appropriate for, maintaining and monitoring and enforcing compliance of security policies, procedures and standards
• Identifying security requirements for new applications and other software products.
• Advising management on security issues, including legislation and adoption of new security technologies.
• Managing implementation of security and control techniques as per business requirements and reviewing periodically for on-going validity.
• Facilitation, guidance or support for high severity security incidents.
• Evaluation of the proposed Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plans for new systems implementations and major systems modifications.
• Random testing of control activities to check for possible gaps.
• Ensuring that IT staff have the required Security and Risk skills and/or knowledge to carry out their roles.
• Contribute and audit local change management processes to prevent security weaknesses being introduced into infrastructure and processes.
• Attend monthly Group Security Team meetings with the Group Security Manager.
• Support other divisions in specific areas of technical expertise where appropriate.
• Being awareness of the current policies and procedures and their responsibilities for protecting corporate and contract assets from cyber security
• Work with both internal and external parties to perform security risk assessments across Middle East and make recommendations to management on how to respond.
• Apply security appropriate security controls to all Middle East projects and perform regular reviews of projects to identify any areas of non-compliance with policy requirements.
• Working with bid team and IT solution architects to ensure the bids IT solution is compliant with Group security standards and SMS. Taking ownership for the IT security component of the solution.
• Ownership of the IT security incident management process and working with the IT leadership to mitigate IT risk
• Ownership of IT audits (internal and external) and perform due diligence with internal team to assure compliance
• Manage and perform risk assessments of third party data processing of and its customer's data against contractual security requirements.
• Work with the Contract managers to provide risk assessments of third parties providing services to contracts.
• Provide overall management of the security awareness training programme across Middle East

Job Offer
Tax free living of Dubai, great management and progression opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Has a professional security qualification (e.g. CISSP)
• ITIL V 3.0, Service Management qualification.
• At least 5+ years (min) experience as a Security Manager
• At least12+ years of relevant experience in information risk and security senior roles.
• Considerable implementation or management experience with commonly accepted industry standards and/or best practises including COBIT, ISO27000, and ITIL.
• Excellent knowledge of systems, software, technologies communication and suppliers to support business needs with particular emphasis on Microsoft based products
• Strong communication skills - Able to communicate effectively on technical and business issues with both, internal and external stakeholders
• People management and technical skills
• Innovative - able to convert stakeholder requirement into workable solutions
• Excellent time management skills
• Flexible but methodical and thorough approach - process oriented
• Skill to communicate ideas to technical staff, business users and the wider stakeholders with equal clarity

About the Company

Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal

The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.

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Security Manager salaries in UAE

Average monthly compensation
AED 12,500

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