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A new opportunity has arisen with a leading European organization based in Malta, for a highly skilled Information Security Specialist. This role is critical to enhancing and maintaining the organization’s cybersecurity posture across on-premises and cloud-based infrastructures. The successful candidate will work with cutting-edge security technologies, perform threat hunting, and contribute to automation and policy development to defend against evolving cyber threats.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyse and respond to evolving security threats using various security platforms and technologies, ensuring accurate event ingestion, correlation, and timely alerting.

• Respond to configuration, maintenance, and incident requests within defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

• Conduct proactive threat hunting using network and endpoint logs across hybrid environments (on-premises, Azure, AWS), requiring advanced skills in both Windows and Linux operating systems.

• Increase automation through the development and optimization of security playbooks and use of machine learning heuristics to enhance alert and incident response processes.

• Create and maintain SOC/Protective Monitoring documentation, including operational procedures, ensuring accuracy, relevance, and compliance with current standards.

• Perform vulnerability assessments on systems and applications. Identify gaps and implement mitigation strategies informed by threat intelligence and root cause analysis.

• Support the application of Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) practices by providing input on security requirements, threat modelling, and secure coding guidance.

• Offer informed recommendations for hardening systems and infrastructure based on best practices, current threats, and internal assessments.

• Install, configure, and standardise cybersecurity tools and systems across Linux and Windows environments, with responsibility for regular performance monitoring and compliance checks.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Solid experience in Information Security Management across enterprise IT environments.

• Hands-on expertise with Palo Alto Cortex XDR, including advanced incident response and querying using XQL.

• Experience developing and managing playbooks in Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) platforms such as Palo Alto XSOAR or Microsoft Sentinel.

• Ability to propose and manage ingestion, parsing, and correlation of security events into data lakes (e.g., Palo Alto Cortex, Splunk).

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to deliver detailed security reports tailored to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Advanced knowledge of Windows OS in hybrid enterprise environments, including Windows Enterprise and Server editions.

• Proficiency in drafting security policies, procedures, and technical guidelines.

• Experience using sandbox environments for security testing and malware analysis.

• Strong communication skills and a proactive, solutions-focused approach.

Freelancers are welcome

Benefits:

• Competitive remuneration package
• Private Insurance
• Unlimited free access to wellness workplace support platform
• A dynamic challenging environment resulting continuous learning / education / progression
• Ability to work with cutting edge technologies
• Pleasant working environment
• Ability to expand knowledge and responsibilities

UpcoMinds is a dynamic IT company with 25 years of experience that provides end-to-end web and mobile solutions helping businesses to reinvent themselves in the digital world. Our team’s skills and expertise will ensure the holistic digital transformation of any organization, which will considerably improve both business operations and customer’s experience.

Our goal is to always have our end products and services reflect our deep engineering skills and elegant progressive design aesthetic. We fundamentally believe deeply in developing long term strategic partnerships with our clients by exceeding expectations and maintaining a high level of transparency.

Find out more about us at www.upcominds.com

We commit to promote Inclusion & Diversity by creating a working environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect and where individual differences are valued. We offer equal opportunity in all aspects of employment.

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