Information Security Officer

**Position Name: Information Security Officer**

Education:Bachelor’s degree in computer science or any other equivalent field

Experience: Minimum of 4 years of Information Security experience

Position Type: Permanent

Job Location: Doha

**Key Accountabilities**:
**Information Security Management**:
1. Identify information security vulnerabilities and threats in the company IT/OT technology network and infrastructure using various techniques e.g., penetration testing and vulnerability assessment.
2. Collate information from the conducted assessments and recommend appropriate remedial steps.
3. Develop, review, improve, and update information security policies, procedures, guidelines, and other related documents.
4. Provide support to build the organization wide information security awareness and training programs. Contribute and provide content for awareness activities.
5. Monitor, evaluate and ensure the segregation of duties on all systems to mitigate the risk of unintentional and/or deliberate system misuse.
6. Ensure compliance with the applicable internal and international information security standards (e.g. NIA, ISO27001).
7. Monitor changes or updates in any applicable law, regulation or accreditation standards pertaining to Information Security, and ensure compliance as required.
8. Ensure appropriate administrative and technical safeguards are in place to protect information assets from internal and external threats. Coordinate physical safeguards for those assets in coordination with the General Services department.
9. Liaise and maintain contact with governmental authorities, regulatory bodies, security groups and industry forums in the field of Information Security.
11. Resolve information security issues and improve the Information Security performance by providing technical consultation in system development, acquisition, procurement, implementation, change management, operation/support and architectural and other ad-hoc projects.
12. Assist all organizational units in areas related to Information Security and follow the related processes to provide support.

**Accountabilities - 2**

13. Work with the concerned parties on the Information Security incidents and vulnerability management processes from design to implementation and beyond.
14. Review technical information in the requirements statements, feasibility analysis, operating procedure manuals, and other documents produced in the process of system development.
15. Monitor and assess IT systems security, system audit trails/logs and the validity of system configurations whenever required.
16. Assist in vulnerability mitigation, e.g. through software/system patching through the IT department.
17. Assist in performing on-going security monitoring of information systems including assessing information security risk, conducting functional and gap analyses to determine the extent to which key business areas and infrastructure comply with statutory and regulatory requirements.

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or any other equivalent field.
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and Certified ISO27001 Lead implementer are preferred.
- Globally recognized credential certification is preferred in Information Security domain for example, CISM, ISO27001LA.

**Experience**:

- Minimum of 4 years of Information Security experience.
- IT background is preferred.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

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