Security Assurance Analyst

About the position

The main purpose of this position is to assess and advise on the quality and effectiveness/ efficiency of physical security systems and designs, infrastructure and processes across the company.
JOB DESCRIPTION 

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Execute a physical security assurance programme and related services to ensure that the company's security system readiness and quality is appropriately assessed.
• Review the configuration and design of electronic security systems to identify and address risks and vulnerabilities.
• Support the development of security system configurations and standards.
• Support research and benchmarking exercises in the latest security technologies and operating standards.
• Provide guidance and advice on security system, infrastructure and process designs.
• Assess conformance and compliance to relevant policies, standards and good practices.
• Analyse and provide management with information on overall security readiness, governance and compliance.
• Provide a quality assurance service for security system projects.
• Lead the development of standards and guidelines to remediate deficiencies.

 
JOB REQUIREMENTS
To be considered for this position, candidates must have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Security, Security Risk Management (NQF 7) or an equivalent qualification/certification;
• Eight years’ working experience in security, compliance and security risk management (preferably with experience in the financial services and cash management sector), of which at least five years should be in a security design or assessment/assurance capacity;
• A proven track record in systems quality assurance and evaluation;
• Good working knowledge of enterprise security architecture and security design;
• A strong grounding in modern security technology and practices;
• Project management experience or exposure, ideally in both technology projects and construction projects;
• A strong ability to do both qualitative and quantitative analysis and synthesise metrics from various data sources;
• Advanced report-writing and product quality management skills (Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel);
• Ability to lead both operational interactions and operational/technical processes;
• Ability to evaluate threats, vulnerabilities and their impact on security infrastructure and systems; and
• Ability to function independently and develop creative solutions leveraging knowledge and experience from multiple disciplines.

 
The following will be an added advantage:

• A Certified Protection Professional (CPP) certification or similar professional accreditation; and
• Certification or proven experience on key enterprise security technology platforms.

Desired Skills:

• • Quality assurance knowledge and skills
• • Good communication and collaboration skills
• • Infrastructure design and development skills