Senior IT Security Engineer, Iits

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together - building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities - all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

DESIGNATION : Senior IT Security Engineer, IITS

RESPONSIBILITIES
- This position is for Office of Integrated Information Technology Services (IITS)
- IT Security Management
- Plan, implement and maintenance of enterprise security infrastructure in SMU as well as relevant hardware to meet SMU’s needs for teaching, learning & the various research areas
- Plan, formulate and architect the growth of security infrastructure to cater to the needs of SMU community so as to provide a boost for staff productivity
- Manage and operate installed security infrastructure to maintain high availability and performance of all IT systems while also driving projects for improvements and enhancements
- Continually seek improvement within the security infrastructure
- Responsible for implementing IT security policies and related procedures to protect SMU enterprise security infrastructure
- Educate, demonstrate and create awareness to both IT and Non-IT staff on the security arena such as ongoing IT Security Awareness Programme - Security talks, Periodic IT security advisory to SMU community, Phishing test, IT Security Quizzes and IT security work-about
- Maintain security operation procedures (e.g. IT Incident Response and Disaster Recovery) to achieve improved service availability, reliability and redundancy
- Consultancy and Support
- Provide support and consultancy to user in the areas of core enterprise IT services such as security assessment. Communicate technology limitations or features and sets expectations
- Responsible for smooth operations of SMU’s enterprise security infrastructure; ensuring the continuous high availability and performance of the communications and connection within and outside of SMU
- Identify, evaluate operations and support of core security services as well as related infrastructure hardware
- Provide technical security consultation and integrate standard security practices such as COBIT, ITIL, and ISO27001 into operations and development environment
- Projects and Operations
- Manage IT project for existing Security Infrastructure enhancement and new system implementation such as preventive monitoring, maintenance and proactive analysis of network traffics and systems
- Establish project plans, milestones and deliverables in consultation with immediate supervisor
- Provide leadership to project team to ensure that proposals, plans and projects (technical) are evaluated and successfully executed
- Responsible for managing and handling of all IT security incidents and responses
- Perform daily IT Security related operations support for IT security systems as well as liaising with vendors on all IT Security related Infrastructure matters
- Monitor user requirements to keep up-to-date with latest technology developments in order to plan and improve the quality of use of enterprise Infrastructure resources
- Analyze enterprise infrastructure implementations and make changes as required; particularly with the increase usage and higher capacity demand from users
- Responsible for managing security operation and related administrative tasks
- Ensure and improve the operations of the university’s enterprise security infrastructure within allocated budget

QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree Computer Science, Electronic/ Electrical Engineering or related disciplines or relevant practical hands-on experience
- Experience in IT security operation support and administration with relevant IT Security certifications will be highly advantaged
- At least 5 to 7 years of relevant working experience in IT environment/Security management
- In-depth knowledge & experience in User Entity and Behavioral Analytics as well as APT Sandboxing Technologies
- Familiar with operation of NG/Web Application/Database Firewall, VPN, Anti-Virus, Anti[1]Spam, SIEM, Intrusion Prevention/Detection, Data Leakage Prevention System, Cloud Security, UEBA, EDR, Desktop Security & Vulnerabilities Assessment
- Good Knowledge of security standards, best practices and risk assessment with analytical skill
- Strong technology and common business acumen
- A self-starter, always striving for excellence, innovative with service oriented mindsets and initiative to improve processes
- Attention to details, sound decision-making abilities, Independent, with initiative, positive a