Chief Information Security Officer

7 days ago


Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan FINCA Impact Finance Full time

As a Global Cybersecurity/SOC Manager at FINCA Impact Finance, you will play a key role in maintaining and continuously improving our cybersecurity, monitoring and control framework.

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You will be responsible for ensuring that effective security risk, threat, vulnerability and incident management practices are incorporated into IT and business practices within our organization and subsidiaries.

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The position requires developing and facilitating security logs and incident management, analytics and reporting capacities.

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Working closely with global, regional and local Information Security and IT resources to design, test, implement effective security controls is another key responsibility of the position.

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The following are key responsibilities:

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  1. Communicate and collaborate with internal clients to contribute to security direction, and provide influence and technical guidance on current and future technical security directions
  2. Act as a cybersecurity subject matter expert throughout projects lifecycle, including functional requirements, design specifications, testing and quality assurance, implementation and support
  3. Provide input to the annual Information Security strategy cycle
  4. Ensure that security requirements are identified early on and are being incorporated into all projects/applications:
    1. Investigate, recommend, evaluate, deploy and integrate security tools and techniques to improve our ability to protect corporate assets and infrastructure
    2. Develop and maintain documentation of relevant IT systems and security controls
    3. Assess and capture security requirements within context of enterprise application architecture
    4. Ensure that application development and deployment meet FINCA security standards
    5. Provides security input to design and application architectural reviews
  5. Report on risks, risk mitigations, and residual business risks
  6. Develop comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences
  7. Develop recommendations for improvements
  8. Monitor appropriate sources for newly identified threats and vulnerabilities
  9. Effectively communicate findings and strategy to client stakeholders including technical staff, executive leadership, and legal counsel
  10. Recognize and safely utilize attacker tools, tactics, and procedures
  11. Develop methodologies to enhance red teaming processes
  12. Assist with scoping prospective engagements, leading engagements from kickoff through remediation, and mentoring less experienced staff
  13. Execute and/or lead (when required) red team assessments to highlight gaps impacting organization security posture
  14. Researching new/emerging security threats, vulnerabilities and exploit techniques
  15. Responding to new attack surfaces and help implement new requirements as needed
  16. Develop, manage, and maintain security testing industry frameworks and best practices: Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), NIST, SANS, CIS
  17. Partner with Global Information Security and Business Continuity team members across the network to drive secure outcomes based on industry best practices
  18. Play a key role in Global Cybersecurity Team on developing threat modeling and new detection techniques, based on trending attack surfaces
  19. Provide support to business digital projects through entire project lifecycle (threat modeling, requirements definition, verification and validation)
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The ideal candidate will have:

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Qualifications:

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  • Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline or equivalent work experience
  • Certifications are not required, but will be considered in the evaluation process. Applicable certifications include: SANS, Splunk, CISSP
  • Knowledge of security and control frameworks (such as ISO 27001, CobiT, NIST)
  • Security certifications (CISSP, GIAC, CEH, CISM, OSCP) will be an asset

Experience:

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  • Minimum 4-6 years of experience in a Security Manager/Analyst Role;
  • Experience in a financial institution will be considered as a plus;
  • Experience working in a large international organization or network will be considered as a plus;
  • Experience with IT security assessments
  • Experience with common assessment tools (examples Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7)
  • Experience communicating assessment results to audiences with diverse technical proficiency
  • Experience constructively articulating business impact of vulnerabilities to various stakeholders
  • Experience with correlating and analyzing logs and events from various sources (e.g. Vulnerability Scanning, Virus Protection, SIEM)
  • Experience with producing and customizing security queries, reports and dashboards from various sources (e.g. Vulnerability Scanning, SIEM, Virus Protection)
  • Experience conducting application security reviews preferred
  • Experience with scripting languages desired

Skills:

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  • Able to explain and deliver technical solutions in a practical way
  • Able to manage simultaneously multiple projects involving various stakeholders and to deliver results within deadlines
  • Work well in a team environment including cross-functional and cross-organizational teams maintaining composure in difficult situations with a professional attitude and ownership mindset
  • Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills
  • Proven ability to delegate and to empower teams
  • Ability to be a strongly credible ambassador for the FIF brand, including making presentations, and able to establish respect and credibility with media outlets
  • Strong skills in analysis, problem-solving, and resolving disputes
  • Strong technical reporting skills
  • High degree of initiative and ability to work with little supervision
  • Knowledge of Windows, Linux, and Unix operating systems. Hands-on experience a plus
  • High level of personal integrity, and the ability to professionally handle confidential matters with appropriate judgment and maturity
  • Penetration testing skills are considered a plus
  • Eager to learn and expand cybersecurity knowledge

Language Skills:

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  • Fluency in English
  • Fluency in other FINCA working languages, such as Spanish, French, or Russian is a plus
  • Availability to travel up to 50% of the time


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