Security Officer

Sword Services Greece is an IT Services and Software Solutions provider company, driving EU Institutions and Global Leaders in their Digital & IT transformation. As part of the Sword Services Greece team, you'll leverage your expert IT competency to drive critical projects, ensuring rapid, precise delivery that consistently meets, and often exceeds, the expectations of our global clients.

About the role...

We are currently seeking an experienced Security Officer to join our team. The successful candidate will work in a multinational environment on a multitude of tasks supporting our business in implementing and developing solutions for large EU and international institutions and private sector companies in Greece and abroad.

What you will do...

• Develop, implement and monitor a strategic, comprehensive enterprise information security and IT risk management program;
• Advise the Contracting Authority on planning and developing policy and relevant guidelines to define security, resilience and operational requirements, aligning application security strategy with business goals, on the security building blocks design and implementation;
• Translate business objectives and risk management strategies into specific security processes enabled by security technologies and services;
• Manage and executes strategies to increase application security knowledge throughout the enterprise;
• Define IT governance, risk and compliance program elements and the plan to monitor active IT compliance;
• Conduct risk assessments and draft security and business continuity plans based on predefined templates
• Develop and maintain policies, procedures, baselines and standards working closely with other managers/leaders/coordinators within IT and across the business;
• Develop, implement, and enhance audit and compliance tracking processes to ensure adherence to IT policies and guidelines as well as regulatory compliance
• Ability to identify and resolve technical security-related issues across multiple project boundaries;
• Provide recommendations for proper controls and counter-measures based on the discovered vulnerabilities that are in compliance with Federal policies / mandates, standards, and guidelines, and best business practices for information assurance;
• Develop and maintain documentation supporting the processes and work instructions related to information technology security related functions;
• Collaborate and contribute in the periodic security risk assessments, IT security audits, and management reporting;
• Review and coordinate changes to information security policies, procedures, standards, and audit work programs in a continuous improvement model;
• Work directly with the Contracting Authority in development and enhancement of an information security management framework, and facilitate risk assessment and risk management processes;
• Understand and interact with related disciplines through committees to ensure the consistent application of policies and standards across all technology projects, systems and services;
• Provide leadership to the enterprise's information security organization;
• Be responsible for the management of industrial security and personnel security clearances as required and act as a first point of contact on that matter with the relevant Agency security services;
• Partner with business stakeholders across the company to raise awareness of risk management concerns;
• Assist with the overall business technology planning, providing a current knowledge and future vision of technology and system.

Technical Skills required...

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in a combination of risk management, information security and IT jobs
• Knowledge of common information security and business continuity management frameworks, such as ISO/IEC 27001, etc.;
• Innovative thinking and leadership with an ability to lead and motivate cross-functional, interdisciplinary teams;
• Experience with contract and vendor negotiations and management including managed services;
• Experience with Cloud computing/Elastic computing across virtualized environments;
• Experience of working in an agile software development environment;
• Knowledge of security best practices and tools;
• Capacity in writing and presenting documents;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Experience and willingness of working in an international/multicultural environment.
• Professional security management certification will be a plus

Behavioral Attributes...

• Self Development: Shows eagerness to grow and achieve more in respective area of expertise;
• Adaptability / Flexibility: Shows ability to cope with fast changing technologies and requirements;
• Solution focused mindset: Focus on work quality results with attention to detail and delivery of tasks within agreed deadlines;
• Focus on Customer either internal or external;
• Creativity & Initiative: Proposes ideas and solutions to existing ways of working, takes initiatives, identifies risks and works proactively;
• Teamwork: Collaborates effectively & efficiently with various diverse and geographically distributed work teams;
• Accountability: Shows strong sense of responsibility and ownership of the activities assigned.

Our Culture...

At Sword, our values define how we behave towards our colleagues and clients, and that is Respect and Collaboration. We believe that together we achieve more! Grasp a taste of our daily life at our Sword Services Greece Experience page on .

Please submit your CV in English. All applications will be treated as strictly confidential.

At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and we ensure that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement. Discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation or marital status, physical or mental disability, or any other factor protected by applicable laws and regulations is prohibited. As part of our culture, we respect human rights and focus on creating a positive workplace, where all employees are valued, and where diversity and inclusion are a vital part of our everyday working experience.

If you don't tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience, we're looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience. If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments.