Cybersecurity Advisory Consultant

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Job Title: CYBERSECURITY ADVISORY CONSULTANT (IAM & Endpoint Protection)

Type of contract: Consultant Level II

Unit/Division: Technology Division, Information Security

Duty station: Remote working

Duration: 11 months

Background and purpose of the role:

• Authorization to Operate and cyber security compliance
• Application security
• Definition, assessment and continuous improvement of authentication, authorization, device security and access management controls.
• Security architecture
• Securing critical applications such as beneficiary management systems
• Azure and Active Directory security
• Strengthen the organization's identity security and endpoint protection capabilities

Accountabilities/Responsibilities

1. Conduct comprehensive risk assessments and lead the Authorization to Operate (ATO) process for IT systems and services, ensuring that security risks are appropriately identified, evaluated, documented, mitigated and communicated to relevant stakeholders.
2. Design, review and oversee the security architecture of new and existing applications, platforms, cloud services and technology initiatives, ensuring that appropriate security controls are embedded by design and aligned with organizational policies, data classification requirements and industry best practices.
3. Assess and strengthen identity and access management controls across applications, cloud services and enterprise platforms, including authentication, authorization, privileged access, access lifecycle management and periodic access reviews.
4. Define and review endpoint protection requirements and security baselines for corporate endpoints, mobile devices and other managed devices, addressing device compliance, configuration hardening, threat protection, encryption and security monitoring.
5. Provide security guidance on the integration of identity and endpoint controls, ensuring that access decisions appropriately consider user identity, device security posture, privilege level and information sensitivity.
6. Lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of cybersecurity procedures, services, methodologies and governance frameworks aimed at protecting organizational information assets, systems and services.
7. Research, evaluate and propose innovative technologies, security capabilities and process improvements that strengthen the cybersecurity posture of the organization while demonstrating measurable business value and operational effectiveness.
8. Propose and maintain new security standards, procedures and guidelines to help raise the current security maturity level of the organization.
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