Security Expert

About the team

Magnum is an automated underwriting solution built by Swiss Re and helps 70+ insurers across the globe to automate the risk assessment in their Life and Health insurance transactions. Magnum is a market-leading software for automated underwriting worldwide, recognized by The Forrester Wave™ as a leader in Automated Life Insurance Underwriting Engines. Magnum is catering to a fast-growing base of installed clients with dedicated teams across the world, from the US to Europe and Asia. Our ambition is to best serve our clients and achieve balanced growth of Magnum products.

About role

To maintain ground-breaking propositions for Magnum and support the next wave of innovations, we are looking for a Security Expert. We are looking for a strategic, detail-oriented individual to join our team as a security expert. Your responsibilities will include assessing potential security threats or breaches and creating contingency plans for when breaches occur.

To be successful as a security expert, you should have excellent attention to detail as well as strong strategic planning skills. Outstanding security expert displays great communication and interpersonal skills, as well as top-notch technical skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining security protocols, policies, plans, and systems to cover all possible security threats to meet the client's needs.
• Testing and analyzing assets for potential security threats.
• Identifying possible security threats and determining the best security measures.
• Meeting with clients to discuss security measures, provide information, and explained the designed system.
• Running risk assessment and security tests and designing countermeasures to eliminate as many potential risks as possible.
• Compiling and presenting reports on the test results.
• Suggesting improvements to existing security systems.
• Remaining up to date with the latest security systems, tools, trends, and technology.
• Training staff to recognize and defend against security breaches and risks.
• To implement a company's encryption management tools to effectively keep the information safe.
• Establishing disaster recovery procedures and conducting security breach drills.
• Responding quickly and effectively to all security incidents and providing post-event analyses.
• Monitoring and guiding the security team, cultivating a sense of security awareness, and arranging for continuous education.
• Remaining up to date with the latest security systems, standards, authentication protocols, and products.

Your Qualifications

• 8-10 years' experience in information security and IT risk management.
• A strong working knowledge of current IT risks, security implementations, and computer operating and software programs.
• Excellent technical skills for building security architecture aligned with the business's requirements.
• Analytical thinking with the ability to discern risks and solutions in multi-layered web systems
• To be able to build solutions that address the multiple points of risk entry at a rapidly changing pace
• Strong computer coding and endpoint security skills.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Good teamwork and time management skills.