Application Security Architect

APPLICATION SECURITY ARCHITECT

APPLICATION SECURITY ARCHITECT FOR A MARKET LEADING, AWARD WINNING ORGANISATION SEEKING DYNAMIC CONSULTANT TO WORK WITHIN AN EXCITING, INNOVATIVE TEAM WORKING FROM THEIR NEW OFFICES IN BRUSSELS

THE APPLICATION SECURITY ARCHITECT RESPONSIBILITIES ARE:

1) ACCURATELY IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL WEAKNESSES IN OUR EMAIL SECURITY CONFIGURATION.
2) DEVELOP A FRAMEWORK TO MONITORING THE SECURITY LEVEL OF OUTGOING EMAIL TRAFFIC.
3) INTEGRATE DATA FROM EMAIL SECURITY REPORTS (DMARC) WITH EXISTING THREAT INTELLIGENCE SOURCES.
4) PROVIDE DASH BOARDING AND ALERTING FUNCTIONALITIES TO CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR AND WARN FOR ATTEMPTS OF EMAIL SPOOFING AND WHALING.
5) OPTIONAL: INTEGRATE OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE TO TRACK SECURITY OF EXTERNAL (CLOUD) MAIL SERVERS IN USE.
6) OPTIONAL: INTEGRATE WITH THE BELFIUS PHISHING TOOL TO CORRELATE PHISHING INCIDENTS WITH DMARC DATA.

SOFT SKILLS:

- WORK INDEPENDENTLY
- PRO-ACTIVE/CAN-DO ATTITUDE
- GOOD ANALYTICAL AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
- PROPER DOCUMENTATION AND COMMUNICATION SKILL

HARD SKILLS:

- GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF IT SECURITY TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSES
- EXPERIENCED WITH EMAIL SECURITY STANDARDS AND TYPICAL PHISHING MODUS OPERANDI.
- ABILITY TO DEVELOP (SCRIPT) AN END-TO-END SOLUTION (FROM DESIGN TO IMPLEMENTATION)
- EXPERIENCE IN WRITING TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION

EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING IS A PLUS;

- EMAIL SECURITY STANDARDS (DKIM, SPF AND DMARC)
- THREAT INTELLIGENCE FEEDS AND PROTOCOLS (STIX & TAXII)
- AUTOMATICALLY INGESTING CONTENT OF AN EXCHANGE MAILBOX.
- PHISHING MODUS OPERANDI
- CEO FRAUD

EXPERIENCE:

- 1+ YEARS OF RELEVANT EXPERIENCE IN ONE OR MORE OF THE ABOVE DOMAINS