Senior Associate at Ernst & Young

Job description

As an Information Security Consultant, you'll contribute technical insights to client engagements and internal projects. An important part of your role will be to actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships. You'll also identify potential business opportunities for EY within existing engagements and the market. The more senior the role the higher the expectation around winning market opportunities.

Experience:

• Ideally you'll have experience with a globally recognised professional services firm or large corporations with industry experience in a number of the following areas:
• Experience in assessing an implementing security and risk standards including ISO 2700X, NIST, ITIL, COBIT
• Systems security skills in assessment, design, architecture, management and reporting
• Conduct Information Security Assessment against EY Methodology and leading practice frameworks and common standards.
• Conduct attack and penetration on infrastructure, network, web application and source code review.
• Assist client in managing and transforming their Information Security Programs.
• Assist client in managing their Business continuity and disaster recovery.
• Assist clients in designing and implementing their identify and access management solutions
• Assist client in managing their information protection and data privacy.
• Evaluate and analyze threat, vulnerability, impact and risk to security issues discovered from security assessments.
• Advise clients on the IT security issues, including explanation on the technical details and how they can remediate the vulnerabilities in the systems.
• Application control and security implementation, program and project delivery design, architecture and solution design

Desired Skills and Experience

To qualify all applicants must have:

• At least 4 years of professional experience in either a technical IT Risk or an IT Security role
• Industry related certification required (e.g.CISSP, CISM, CISA, CIA, CIA)
• Strong project management skills and interpersonal skills
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills, Strong analytical, interpersonal.
• Strong interest in the field of information security
• Creative, independent with good problem solving skills ,
• Be willing to travel as required
• Client service delivery and able to manage multiple engagement teams and projects
• Experience in coaching and supervising junior team members
• Demonstrated integrity within a professional environment
• Have a drive to build a team and grow your technical information security career to the next level
• You may also have a Bachelor's and/or post graduate degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related major (such as accounting).
• The successful candidate must hold or be willing to pursue related professional certifications such as the CISSP, CISM, and/or CISA
• CA / CIA advantageous
• Sector specific experience in key sectors such as financial services, oil and gas, mining, retail, telecoms and technology would be considered advantageous

Who we are:

At EY we support you in achieving your unique potential both personally and professionally. We give you stretching and rewarding experiences that keep you motivated, working in an atmosphere of integrity and teaming with some of the world's most successful companies. And while we encourage you to take personal responsibility for your career, we support you in your professional development in every way we can. You enjoy the flexibility to devote time to what matters to you, in your business and personal lives. At EY you can be who you are and express your point of view, energy and enthusiasm, wherever you are in the world. It's how you make a difference.