Information Security Specialist

3 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, Saudi Arabia TransUnion Full time

What You'll Bring:

  • Role Responsibilities:
  • Provide oversight, guidance and subject matter expertise to technology, project and business teams.
  • Engage product and business owners to ensure they understand and deliver security requirements, comply with audit expectations and support risk remediation activities.
  • Identify and implement controls throughout each stage of product development and enterprise change.
  • Manage security risks through mitigation and oversight.
  • Offer training and mentoring to team members along with technical workshops for key stakeholders within the technology and security teams.
  • Conduct awareness activities to enhance the security culture within the organization.
  • Review application security scans and provide remediation advice to product owners and developers.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness and coverage of security products and tools for continuous monitoring and protection of company assets.
  • Assist in ISO27001, PCI DSS and other relevant audit programmes.
  • Contribute to the enhancement of security policies and standards.
  • Support clients with security-related queries.

Key Tasks:

  • Collaborate with project and product teams to ensure compliance with security policies and standards.
  • Perform security assessments and provide recommendations to mitigate risks.
  • Drive initiatives such as vulnerability assessment and penetration testing workstreams with technology and security teams.
  • Enhance technical processes to establish efficient and secure methodologies.
  • Manage and investigate security events, including post-incident reviews in partnership with other security teams.

Impact You'll Make:

Essential Skills & Experience:

  • Development background in Java or Dot Net.
  • Proficiency in security/SAS tools, static application.
  • Experience in manual and automatic code reviews.
  • CISSP qualification or similar, OSCP, GWAPT experience would be beneficial.
  • Proven track record in an IT Security role.
  • Comprehensive understanding of technical security risk, threat, and vulnerability management.
  • Capability to manage workload effectively, identifying risks and requirements, and adaptability to work flexibly when necessary.
  • Openness to learning and engaging in formal and informal training as needed.

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