Senior technical owner of the company s cybersecurity controls, with particular responsibility for application security and for security audit and compliance. Key Responsibilities: Application security: embed security into the SDLC, threat modelling, secure code review and remediation follow-up. Penetration testing: scope and manage internal and third-party application and infrastructure tests, and drive findings to closure. Security audit: lead internal and external audits, customer assessments and certification cycles; prepare evidence and close findings. Compliance and frameworks: maintain controls, policies and standards against ISO 27001, NIST CSF / CIS Controls and applicable regulation. Risk management: identify, assess and report information security risks and track treatment plans. Vulnerability management: run the scanning and patching cycle with risk-based prioritization and SLAs. SIEM and monitoring: maintain log coverage, correlation rules and alert tuning; ensure critical systems are monitored. EDR / endpoint security: administer and tune the EDR/XDR platform, maintain coverage and perform threat hunting. Network and perimeter security: manage Fortinet FortiGate firewall policies, IPS and web filtering, SSL inspection, VPN and rule recertification. Identity and access management: govern authentication, MFA, SSO, privileged access and periodic access reviews. Cloud security: define and verify hardening baselines and configuration for Azure. Data protection: set standards for encryption, key management, data classification and DLP. Incident response: act as senior responder; maintain and exercise playbooks and lead post-incident reviews. Third-party security: assess vendors and SaaS providers and set contractual security requirements. Awareness and reporting: deliver security training and phishing simulations; report metrics to management.
Desired Candidate Profile
Qualifications and Experience: Degree in Computer Science, Information Security or Engineering, or equivalent experience. 6 8+ years in cybersecurity, including a senior or lead role. Hands-on application security experience: secure SDLC, threat modelling, SAST/DAST/SCA, secure code review, OWASP Top 10 / ASVS. Proven experience leading security audits and compliance work (ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS or SOC 2). Solid command of cybersecurity essentials: risk, IAM, network, cloud, endpoint, cryptography, vulnerability management and incident response. Hands-on SIEM experience (e.g. Forti SIEM) log onboarding, use cases, alert tuning. Hands-on EDR/XDR experience (e.g. Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike). Hands-on Fortinet FortiGate firewall administration (policies, IPS, VPN, FortiManager / FortiAnalyzer). Experience with at least one major cloud platform and modern CI/CD toolchains. Ability to read code in at least one mainstream language and engage credibly with developers. Preferred certifications: CISSP, CISM, CISA, CSSLP, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, Fortinet NSE 4+, OSCP or SC-200.