We are urgently looking for a freelance IT Security Consultant, with experience in cloud computing, for one of our clients in Brussels. Candidates need to be fluent in English, Dutch and/or French.
Tasks and responsibilties:
- Define the cloud outsourcing security policies to be enforced on the new DC provider;
- Define and drive local's identity and access management strategy and associated policies and processes aligned with Group Information security to deliver against this;
- Maintain a current understanding of the security threat landscape for the Insurance industry ensuring any changes are appropriately and effectively communicated to management;
- Maintain an understanding of changing laws and regulations which may impact the local entity;
- Develop a dashboard for senior management which effectively depicts the client Belgium's security position;
- Provide technical support and guidance to project teams and other business areas in relation to Information Security;
- Work with IT teams and business to assess existing control maturity, identify risks and implement appropriate mitigating controls;
- Manage security compliance activities to ensure the client meets internal audit, legal and regulatory requirements;
- Ensure disaster recovery and business continuity plans are appropriate and sufficiently tested;
- Aligned with group for defining Vulnerability management scope and Patching response;
- Be accountable for having critical assets attributes in CMDB accurate in order to define the security activities scope;
- Contributing as Subject Matter expert (Audit, risk, Compliance, KRI, pen testing);
Profile:
- Bachelor or Master degree;
- 5+ years of relevant experience required at a senior level within an IT Enterprise Organization with proven knowledge of security architecture design, network security, mobile security, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence/analysis;
- Experience on Cloud computing is expected and knowledge on risk outsourcing framework (ENISA 2009) is a strong advantage;
- Active directory request command line is a plus;
- Prior extensive and demonstrable experience in a Senior level role within financial Services with significant Compliance and risk exposure;
- Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, or related discipline;
- Knowledge of common information security management frameworks, such as ISO 27001, COBIT, NIST or PCI DSS;
- Can demonstrate a deep knowledge of security policies, regulations, and compliance issues.;
- Relevant industry-accepted security certifications (CISSP, CISM, CISA, CPT, CSX, SANS, etc.) are a plus;
- Proven expertise with performing security assessments and recommending security solutions to assist with improvement of security infrastructure;
- Awareness of systems management and operational support tools;
- Experience on Disaster recovery planning and testing is a plus;
- Strong understanding of Perimeter security controls: firewall, IDS/IPS, network access control and network segmentation; Router, switch and VLAN security; wireless security;
- You have extensive experience with MS Excel and large data volume matrix (pivot table and Vlookup);
- Programmation/automation script: DOS, VB script, power shell, MSQL is a strong advantage;
- Knowing Linux / UNIX is a plus;
- Fluent (C1) in English, Dutch and/or French;
Interested: