Package Description
Full details on application
Relocation assistance provided, (if applicable).
Job Introduction
Serco is a specialist at delivering vital services on behalf of European, National and Local Governments.
Serco Europe employ’s a large workforce in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy and the UK.
Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions throughout Europe.
Serco’s space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies - We work alongside EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency, where we are the largest on-site service provider with ca. 300 staff.
What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service – To keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play here.
Serco provide the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action.
If you share our values then join with over 60,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you.
Main Responsibilities
- Design and develop the requirements and technical specifications for the ECB IT security monitoring framework;
- Produce and maintain accurate and up-to-date technical documentation related to security incidents / and preventive maintenance procedures, including the identification and proposal of diagnostic tools associated with user (including process and system) accounting, access and identity management in UNIX and Windows-based system;
- Elaborate plans, preparation and document releases and maintenance activities (such as patches and software upgrades) which are required to keep system running at optimised security condition;
- Investigate, diagnose and resolve system security-related problems using available tools and referring to external suppliers if required, as well as assisting 1st and 2nd-level support staff;
- Lead-role in security improvements and/or initiatives in UNIX and Windows-based systems;
- Involvement in security incident management and intrusion detection;
- Contribute to assess and propose efficiency/effectiveness gains in the current Operational Security processes;
- Patiticipate in IT secuirty projects during the complete project lifecycle for the development of IT services and systems (in particular in co-operation with business analysis) , such as technical specifications, evaluation and selection of new products, activity planning and reporting with a focus on security;
- Contribution to IT projects in the implementation phase of IT services and systems (in particular in co-operation with business analysis), such as analysis, development, integration and testing (i.e. performing Operational Security testing and acceptance), maintenance, release, documentation with a focus on security;
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date technical documentation related to security based systems/components including operational requirement and release management plan, transfer knowledge to colleagues and ensure sufficient documentation is available for tasks to be assigned to 1st and 2nd-level support staff. In particular:
- Maintain, improve and document the current user management application (e.g. Java, tomcat, LDAP, AD, and SUN Identity Manager);
- Maintain, improve and document the current identity and access provisioning system (Java, SUN JSIM, AD, LDAP).
Successful Candidate
Education and qualifications:
- Advanced university degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science;
- Technical security and IT certifications.
Knowledge and skills:
- Excellent Knowledge of IT security processes, features, issues and solutions associated with UNIX (in particular Solaris and Linux) and Windows-based operating systems;
- Excellent knowledge of Oracle Identity Manager;
- Good knowledge of J2EE technologies, XML, Java, Tomcat, LDAP and Oracle database;
- Experience in performing security testing related to identity and access management;
- Good knowledge in ethical penetration test methodologies (OSSTMM, OWASP) and best practices;
- Strong knowledge in, data recovery and forensic techniques, encryption, computer and Internet networking protocols, computer privacy and security, common operating systems and file systems;
- Knowledge and experience with commercial testing tools (Nessus, Core Impact, WebInspect, etc) as well as open source tools such as Metasploit, Nmap, Nikto, Paros, Burp, etc.;
- Knowledge and experience with software development and scripting languages such as Perl and Python, C/C++, Java programming experience would be an advantage;
- Experience in process analysis including definition of Standard Operating Procedures;
- Ability to research security topics and produce briefing notes (technical and non-technical);
- Strong interpersonal skills and result-oriented approach;
- Good writing skill and ability to explain complex ideas clearly and concisely;
- Teaching and technical training experience is an advantage.
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Important
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About the Company
Serco Services GmbH, part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multi-national Service Provider with over 60,000 employees worldwide.
