Security Operations Officer – Security Assessment & Assurance
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About the Role
Edison Smart seeks an experienced Security Assurance professional to lead enterprise security assessments across applications, infrastructure, cloud, and third-party services. The role involves validating security controls, defining secure configuration standards, and driving continuous security improvement.
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Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise security assessments across technology platforms
- Perform architecture reviews, vulnerability assessments, and security control validation
- Develop and maintain a structured security assurance framework
- Track remediation activities from identification through validation
- Assess web applications, APIs, mobile platforms, cloud environments, infrastructure, and container technologies
- Develop secure configuration baselines across operating systems, network infrastructure, databases, cloud services, identity platforms, and security technologies
- Conduct security design and architecture reviews and perform threat modelling exercises
- Assess third party suppliers and externally hosted services
- Support security audits and compliance activities, produce security metrics, KPIs, and executive reporting
Requirements
- 8+ years of Information Security experience
- Extensive experience performing security assessments and assurance activities
- Strong knowledge of application, cloud, infrastructure, and identity security
- Hands on experience with vulnerability management and security architecture reviews
- Experience implementing secure configuration baselines and system hardening
- Excellent communication skills with both technical and business stakeholders
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Role Overview
- An opportunity for an experienced Security Assurance professional responsible for leading enterprise security assessments across applications, infrastructure, cloud environments, identity platforms, and third party services.
- The successful candidate will validate security controls, drive continuous security improvement, define secure configuration standards, and ensure security is embedded throughout technology delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise security assessments across technology platforms.
- Perform architecture reviews, vulnerability assessments, and security control validation.
- Develop and maintain a structured security assurance framework.
- Track remediation activities from identification through validation.
- Present technical findings in clear business risk terms.
- Assess web applications, APIs, mobile platforms, cloud environments, infrastructure, and container technologies.
- Identify authentication weaknesses, privilege escalation risks, business logic flaws, and other advanced attack vectors.
- Validate secure architectures and cloud security controls.
- Support Secure SDLC and DevSecOps initiatives.
- Develop secure configuration baselines across operating systems, network infrastructure, databases, cloud services, identity platforms, and security technologies.
- Align hardening standards with recognised industry best practices.
- Implement continuous configuration compliance monitoring.
Required Experience
- 8+ years of Information Security experience.
- Extensive experience performing security assessments and assurance activities.
- Strong knowledge of application, cloud, infrastructure, and identity security.
- Hands on experience with vulnerability management and security architecture reviews.
- Experience implementing secure configuration baselines and system hardening.
- Excellent communication skills with both technical and business stakeholders.
Technical Skills
- Security assessments, Application Security, API Security, Mobile Security, Cloud Security, Vulnerability Management, Penetration Testing, Security Architecture, Threat Modelling, DevSecOps, Secure Configuration Management, Zero Trust, Identity & Access Management, Third Party Risk Assessment
Preferred Certifications
- Offensive Security certifications, CISSP, Cloud Security certifications, Industrial Cyber Security certifications (desirable)
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