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Vulnerability & Compliance Lead
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Grant Thornton Ireland (GT) has nearly 3,000 people in 9 offices across Ireland, The Isle of Man, Gibraltar, and Bermuda, with a presence in over 145 countries around the world, and a global network of over 68,000 people.
At GT, we work as trusted advisors, bringing local knowledge and national expertise, with a global presence, to help businesses succeed – wherever they are located. We make business more personal by investing in building relationships and empowering our clients to make the right decisions for their organisation now and for the future. Whether that is working with the public sector to build thriving communities, with regulators and financial institutions to build trust, or with a diverse range of businesses to help them achieve their goals, Grant Thornton Ireland works hard to support clients to act on the issues that matter.
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A Career at GT
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What does this mean for you?
A career in a more inclusive working environment, a more collaborative work culture, a more supported, flexible working role, more possibilities to grow, and more opportunities to help shape the future for your clients. We respect and value your experience. And we want you to bring your authentic self to work and be at your best. It is how it should be.
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Job Summary:
The Vulnerability & Compliance Lead is responsible for tracking and managing the identification, assessment, and remediation of security vulnerabilities across the organization's infrastructure and endpoints and monitoring and reporting on vulnerability and other security compliance status.
This role requires collaboration with various departments to ensure that all security patches and updates are applied promptly and effectively. Additionally, the Lead ensures that the organization's security posture remains strong and compliant with industry standards.
Key Responsibilities:
* Knowledge: Subject Matter Expert in vulnerability remediation, offering guidance and support to ensure effective remediation processes.
* Prioritization: determine remediation priorities based on vulnerability severity, exploitability, and potential business impact.
* Planning: Develop strategies to address identified vulnerabilities, including applying patches, updating configurations, and implementing software updates.
* Coordination: Work closely with vendor support, security, application teams, and others to prioritize and remediate identified vulnerabilities.
* Monitoring and Reporting: track and report on vulnerability and compliance status.
* Continuous Improvement: regularly review and analyze data and processes and implement agreed-upon improvements.
* Compliance: ensure compliance with relevant security standards and regulations.
* Exception Management: Identify, document, submit, and track instances where the implementation of security patches or configuration controls needs to be delayed for business or technical reasons.
* Risk Assessment: evaluate potential risks and impacts of granting a security exception, considering immediate needs and long-term implications.
* Exception Renewal: periodically review active exceptions to determine if they are still necessary and request extension or revoke them as appropriate.
Technical Skills:
* Proficient in using Information Technology tools such as ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, Qualys, Absolute, and CrowdStrike.
* Hands-on experience with vulnerability assessment and remediation tools.
* Knowledge of cybersecurity concepts and methods including, but not limited to, secure configuration management, data protection, security monitoring, incident response, patch management, governance, enterprise security strategies, and architecture.
* Understanding of security vulnerabilities, exploits, and mitigation techniques.
* Knowledge of risk analysis, vulnerability assessment methodologies, and security baselines.
* Clear understanding of various operating systems and versions, secure configuration, and build images.
* Experience with automation, scripting, and orchestration (Python, PowerShell, etc.).
* Strong knowledge of networking, firewalls, VPNs, cloud platforms, and security measures.
Soft Skills:
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Effective written and verbal (English) communication skills.
* Keen attention to detail.
* Strong team player with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
* Ability to adapt to changing security landscapes and emerging threats.
* Able to tailor communications of complex technical concepts to various levels of understanding.
Qualifications:
* Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
* Experience: Minimum of 3 years of experience in vulnerability management or a related field; experience as lead preferred.
* Certifications: Preferred certifications include Security+, Certified in Cybersecurity, or similar.
Life at GT
Reward and benefits:
Our reward and benefits are designed to create an environment where our people can flourish. We are committed to building a culture where our people have access to the necessary benefits to help promote a healthy lifestyle and thrive.
Equity, diversity and inclusion:
At Grant Thornton, we provide equitable opportunities for all our colleagues. We are a responsible, sustainable business where equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) is at the forefront of our workplace culture agenda, and today, we continue to build and develop on our existing ED&I structure and strategy to meet our workplace culture needs. People are at the heart of our business and teams built with varied backgrounds, racial differences, cultures, sexual orientations, religious orientations, ages, gender identities, abilities, and family types present diverse viewpoints, which need to be heard and valued.
We are all at our best when we are able to be ourselves and we view integrity and authenticity as integral values to bring to our day-to-day work-life at the firm. We are excited to see the personality and perspectives you will bring to our team because we know we will all benefit from them. Diversity of thought, background, and experience enables better decision-making, improves the quality of our delivery, and helps us to meet the needs of our clients. Our firm is built on people and their ideas, so we want to hear all the new perspectives and fresh thinking you have to offer. You form the bedrock of our firm’s best-practice principles and we will champion you as leaders from day one.
Recognition:
We want to create a culture of recognition and celebrating success, by saying thank you to people who surpass our expectations and recognising the right values and behaviours. Our Shout Out recognition scheme is our way of highlighting and promoting achievements. Whether you simply want to say thank you, celebrate a special occasion, or give an award for doing something exceptional, you can do all of this and more through the scheme.
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