Ready to join our exciting transformation at the biggest bank in the Middle East? Now is your chance! By being part of our journey here at FAB, you can make a real impact on customers, employees, shareholders and communities. In return, you’ll have everything you need to be part of the #growstronger movement. If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, kindly apply.

The selected candidate will assist AVP, IT GRC Infrastructure & Security to:

a)   Provide advisory services to Infrastructure and Security IT Service Lines with regards to best practices, compliance requirements and risk mitigation controls

b)  Monitor the timely and appropriate remediation of IT risks and issues;

c)  Maintain oversight of regulations, circulars and notifications relevant to IT operations and controls, and accordingly advise IT project and technical teams.

d)  Prepare monthly reports covering risk findings, vulnerabilities, KPIs and KRIs across IT Infrastructure & Security Domains, to be communicated to Senior/Executive Management, while tracking related actions and decisions.

e)  Create IT Control Governance & Compliance self-assessment checklists, share with infrastructure and security teams, and regularly track related results and trends.

f)  Ensure that appropriate risk and compliance inputs are shared timely with relevant parties when drafting Risk Acceptance Forms, Project Business Cases and Plans etc.

g)   Support the analysis of vulnerability trends, conduct action plan reviews and provide overall remediation oversight

Governance

•  Support activities related to the development, implementation and compliance oversight of IT Policy and processes, particularly those relating to security and infrastructure components and services.
• Review and provide advice on the creation of IT Infrastructure and Security SOPs.
• Provide sound IT-GRC advisory services to Infrastructure and Security Operations teams, while demonstrating a strong understanding of various related IT standards, frameworks and good practices.
•  Establish checklists to carry out gap assessments of IT infrastructure and Security processes and controls against industry standards, and IT-related regulations applicable to the financial sector.
• Prepare regular dashboards and reports for various working group and committee meetings
• Regularly review local IT Service Level performance of IT Infrastructure and Security services, collaborating with relevant teams on continuous improvement.
• Prepare content for regular technology governance and risk committees.
•  Actively participate in relevant technology project committees to ensure adequate and timely governance and risk reviews
• Maintain oversight of infrastructure and security IT Incidents, ensuring timely root-cause-analysis reporting to risk and management functions.

Risk management and control

• Understand the overall risk profile and ensure that the risks are managed and prioritized properly
• Act as a subject matter expert and create a first line of defense environment for the Bank’s IT Infrastructure & Security domains with regards to IT risks and remediation's.
• Update and maintain the risk and vulnerability registers on designated system or records.
• Facilitate and manage infrastructure technology risk control self assessments.
• Regularly evaluate IT risks, and maintain continued awareness of the business and risk profiles and changes in the operating environment and financial markets that may give rise to emerging risks.
• Report promptly any excesses or exceptions to risk limit to line management for necessary action
•  Ensure completion and rectification of internal and external audit comments within target dates
• Assist in IT risk mitigation efforts, including the submission of relevant evidences to internal and external control/regulating bodies.
• Draft reports for an executive audience with regards to the mitigation, transfer and/or acceptance of IT risks
•  Support in preparing risk and vulnerability management dashboards.
• Collaborate with internal technology and security teams to fine tune asset inventory and vulnerability management tools, to reduce false positive alerts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Information Technology, Engineering/Computing
• Professional IT Audit Certification - E.g. CISA, ISO 20000 LA/LI, 27000 LA/LI
• Professional IT Infrastructure and Enterprise Architecture Certification
• Professional IT Security Certification – E.g. CISSP, CISM, ISO 27000 series LA/LI
• Professional IT Service Management Certification – E.g. ITIL v3 Expert, ISO20000 LA
• Professional IT-Governance Certification – E.g. COBIT5 Implementer, ISO like CISA and COBIT5 implementer

 Experience

• 8+ years of experience in IT risk management, Security Operations and Infrastructure management roles
• Strong understanding of IT Infrastructure technologies and architecture, incl. network management, system administration, database administration and security operations.
• Strong understanding of Cloud platforms and deployment models
• Strong track record in IT Assurance, IT Audit, IT Process Management
• Prior experience of vulnerability management methodologies and remediation methods
• Strong understanding of application, system and database hardening techniques and practices
• Prior experience in the banking sector
• Prior experience of working with systems such as Archer, Jira, Service Now, or any other IT-GRC and Service Management platform.