Application Security Specialist

Manama, Bahrain

Key responsibilities, accountabilities and activities

Perform security analysis, develop robust security architecture, and ingrain security solutions into the company environment ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the company’s information.
Develop security architecture for various Information Security control systems.
Perform Information Security Risk Assessments of new IT systems, design and recommend security controls to mitigate risks, reassess and enhance security architecture as needed.
Review security architecture of new technology solutions and business applications, assess security, and recommend controls to address risks and enhance the architecture as needed.

Research and recommend/implement the security standards, systems, and best practices.

Review system security, recommend security controls, and implement enhancements.
Manage information security projects/assignments.
Collaborating with team to develop and implement information security architecture frameworks and strategies. This includes developing security architecture for applications, cloud technologies and various Information Security control systems.
Review technical service request and technical changes raised by IT users for Information Security risks.
Follow Security by Design methodology to assure the end-to-end security.
Conduct security reviews of business applications to identify weaknesses, recommend mitigation controls, perform thorough security testing, ensure secure design and architecture, and implement secure coding practices for input validation.
Conduct security reviews of business applications to identify weaknesses, recommend mitigation controls, perform thorough security testing, ensure secure design and architecture, and implement secure coding practices for input validation.
Provide security architectural guidance to IT.
Understand the risk and weakness in applications and providing expert guidance and recommendations.
Secure application design and architecture, and application security testing.
Developing security baselines for all critical applications and ensuring their efficacy.

Background, Qualifications & Experience