Risk Advisory – Cyber Risk - Cloud Security – Senior Consultant

  • Full-time

Company Description

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About the Division

The value that Deloitte Risk Advisory Africa creates for organisations is synonymous with operational excellence. Our five business areas work in unison to provide integrated solutions unique to the organisational requirements of any business.

In a world that is constantly changing, organisations need to adapt quickly to respond to new risks and take advantage of new opportunities. Deloitte's Risk Advisory practice advises organisations on how to effectively mitigate risk and make informed and intelligent risk decisions around business processes, technology and operations.

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What impact will you make?

Every day, your work will make an impact that matters, while you thrive in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration and high performance. As the undisputed leader in professional services, Deloitte is where you’ll find unrivalled opportunities to succeed and realise your full potential.

Job Description

The main purpose of the job is to support the Engagement Manager in delivery of services remotely or at client premises on delegated engagements.

Focus on the delivery of client engagements and shares knowledge and experience with others

Ability to produce high quality deliverables and support junior team members.

Specialised Technical Capabilities:

Supports the Development and Implementation on of Cyber Risk Solutions:

·  Ability to develop and execute strategies, architectures, and roadmaps to provide client with need-based, value-adding, and cost-effective Cyber risk solutions

   o  Ability to analyse the client’s cyber security infrastructures to enable targeted and data-driven enhancements

   o  Keeps in mind the client’s business needs when developing assessment frameworks to ensure effective, targeted, and actionable analyses

   o  Applies multiple security testing methodologies and techniques to assess client’s security infrastructures and identify / evaluate vulnerabilities

   o  Gathers data and determines priority criteria to build an integrated roadmap that addresses all facets of an Cyber Assessment or implementation

   o  Assesses cyber security policies and procedures to analyse compliance with regulatory requirements and evaluate overall operational efficiency; provides clients with mitigating solutions

   o  Is proficient with multiple domain-specific cyber security technology solutions and is able to effectively integrate them to meet and exceed client’s needs

   o  Enables sustainability and continuous improvement of cyber security solutions by assessing and enhancing client’s cyber security governance infrastructures

   o  Understands and applies cyber threat intelligence and profiling to the design and assessment of client systems

   o  Tests the effectiveness of client’s cyber security technologies to identify and articulate opportunities for improvement across the digital, physical, and social elements of the client

   o  Conducts complex business process assessments to help clients identify, analyse, and prioritize gaps and risks; applies findings to make recommended upgrades aligned to the overall strategy

   o  Develops effective and sustainable technology and Cyber risk management strategies by tailoring leading Cyber frameworks on key clients’ business and technology needs

   o  Understands the interaction of business and technology processes / risks and can explain it in business terms to both technical and non-technical audiences

Technical competencies:

·  Technical expert in one or more specific Cyber sub-offering area

·  Demonstrated project management skill

·  Consulting skills

·  Experience in drafting and presenting to clients

·  Good report writing skills

·  Sound financial knowledge and understanding

·  Business acumen

·  Bring technical and industry experience in the Cyber Cloud sub offering (domain) to engage with clients and key stakeholders pragmatically.

·  Understands technical complexity at Network, Application, Database, Infrastructure and Cloud level.

·  Understand and interpret complex security-related business challenges and ability to respond by conceiving innovative information security/cyber solutions for clients.

·  Knowledge and appreciation of the wider Cyber Security issues and opportunities beyond the specific domain specialisation.

·  Able to scope Cyber engagements effectively and assign and manage an appropriate team to deliver against the engagement requirements.

·  Applying Cloud Security Reference Architecture to deliver consistent, standardized solutions for Identity & Access Management, Data Protection, Secure DevOps, Security Operations, and other security domains.

·  Delivering solutions for integration between Cloud and on-premises security solutions.

·  Solutions Architect experience.

·  Demonstrated ability to manage engagements that encompass the wider RA services and collaborating and coordinating solution design work with other Cyber sub Solution Architects in Infrastructure, IT Strategy, Service Delivery, etc.

·  Utilizing and applying knowledge of Cloud solutions across IaaS, PaaS & SaaS into projects, such as AWS, Azure, OpenStack, Cloud Foundry, Salesforce, Microsoft Office 365, Box etc.

·  Utilizing and applying knowledge of enterprise security and Cloud security specific solutions into projects such as: IAM/IDaaS, CASB, Identity Governance, Cloud SOC/SIEM, Key Management & Encryption.

·  Laws and regulations related to Information Security, Cyber Security, Data Protection and/or Privacy especially where relevant to the Cloud.

Behavioural Competencies:

·  Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

·  Effective engagement management

·  Able to deliver engagements on time and within budget

·  Proven ability to make decisions and the right judgement calls

·  Ability to provide leadership and guidance/coaching to junior member of the team

·  Ability to inspire and enthuse others to commitment and involvement taking accountability for larger engagements

· Manages large engagement / multiple engagement deadlines holistically, identifying risks and escalating. 

· Able to work under pressure

· Ownership of deliverables driving team quality and risk management.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

Relevant Degree, Honours or post graduate diploma, professional qualifications e.g. B.Sc, BCom, or B.Ing/Eng or M.Sc.

Desired qualifications:

Advanced certifications, diplomas, professional certifications, advanced degrees in Cyber or information security - examples include:

·  CISM (Certified Information Security Manager)

·  CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)

·  ISMP (Information Security Management Principles)

·  Cloud engineering Cloud Security

·  CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) for AWS + Azure + GCP

·  Working knowledge in Palo Alto, Prisma., Netskope

·  Amazon and/or Microsoft certified Solutions Architect.

Experience:

5+ years of progressive experience with 1 or more years of Cloud specific experience, with role(s) in a professional, consulting services (including Boutique Security Firm), public and/or private sector organizations is required. Demonstrate strong understanding and experience in delivery of Cyber engagements across key industries

·  Experience in translating clients' risk, security, and compliance requirements into specific Cloud security solutions and design patterns.

·  Applying Cloud Security Reference Architecture to deliver consistent, standardized solutions.

·  Delivering solutions for integration between Cloud and on-premises security solutions.

·  Experience delivering complex security solutions,

·  Collaborating and coordinating solution design work with other Cyber sub Solution Architects in Infrastructure, IT Strategy, Service Delivery, etc.

·  Managing/operating public, private and hybrid cloud solutions.

·  Utilizing and applying knowledge of Cloud solutions across IaaS, PaaS & SaaS into projects, such as AWS, Azure, OpenStack, Cloud Foundry, Salesforce, Microsoft Office 365, Box etc.

·  Utilizing and applying knowledge of enterprise security and Cloud security specific solutions into projects such as: IAM/IDaaS, CASB, Identity Governance, Cloud SOC/SIEM, Key Management & Encryption.

·  Solutions Architect experience; and

·  Experience designing and/or delivering complex security solutions, such as Identity & Access Management, Data Protection and DLP, SIEM, and IDS/IPS.

Additional Information

How you’ll grow

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Benefits

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