Security Engineer (Project Management) at Paramo Technologies

We are...

a cutting-edge e-commerce company developing products for our technological platform. Our creative, smart, dedicated teams pool their knowledge and experience to find the best solutions to meet project needs while maintaining sustainable and long-lasting results. How? By making sure that our teams thrive and develop professionally. Strong advocates of hiring top talent and letting them do what they do best, we strive to create a workplace that allows for an open, collaborative, and respectful culture.

What you will be doing...

This is a highly visible role! You will protect our infrastructure by managing our cybersecurity projects and monitoring the correct resolution of the tasks. The right person must have excellent engagement and communication skills and a solid customer-focused and team-oriented approach that balances security needs and user experience to provide best-in-class security for the organization.

Must also be bilingual: English/Spanish.

Key responsibilities of this Role

• Develop and manage detailed project plans, including scope, objectives, timelines, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with organizational security goals and objectives.
• Define project scope, resources, budget, and key performance indicators (KPIs) in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Coordinate project teams, ensuring effective communication and collaboration across all project phases.
• Identify, assess, and manage risks associated with security projects, implementing mitigation strategies as necessary.
• Ensure projects adhere to relevant regulatory requirements, industry standards, and internal policies.
• Monitor and report on compliance with security policies, procedures, and best practices throughout the project lifecycle.
• Act as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders, including senior management, IT teams, security professionals, and external vendors.
• Communicate project status, issues, and changes to stakeholders clearly and promptly.
• Facilitate regular project meetings, status updates, and reviews to ensure alignment and address concerns.
• Manage project resources, including personnel, equipment, and materials, ensuring they are allocated effectively and efficiently.
• Oversee the execution of information security projects, ensuring adherence to project plans, timelines, and quality standards.
• Address and resolve project issues and roadblocks promptly, adapting project plans to ensure successful delivery.
• Conduct project close-out activities, including post-implementation reviews, documentation, and lessons learned.
• Manage change requests and modifications to project scope, ensuring they are evaluated and approved following change control processes.
• Implement and communicate changes effectively to all relevant stakeholders, minimizing the impact on project objectives and timelines.
• Evaluate project outcomes and performance, identifying areas for improvement and implementing best practices for future projects.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging threats, and advancements in information security to enhance project management practices.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including plans, schedules, reports, and communication records.
• Prepare and present regular project reports to senior management, highlighting progress, risks, issues, and recommendations.
• Adhere to different policies set out by the organization.
• Follow and improve existing procedures.
• Keep your work organized based on tickets (Jira) and document management platforms (Confluence).
• Prepare and provide different reports (weekly/monthly/ad-hoc) to the Top Management as necessary.
• Maintain appropriate knowledge required for successful and efficient delivery of the responsibilities.

Knowledge and skills you need to have

• Five years of a university degree or four-year college diploma, preferably in computer science, telecommunications, or other related academic fields, or equivalent work experience, are required.
• At least 5 years of work experience in similar roles.
• Working and hands-on experience in running and handling security operations center tasks.
• Experience in working collaboratively with cross-functional/transverse IT teams.
• Ability to apply a risk-based approach while working on assigned responsibilities.
• Good understanding of reporting needs at various organizational levels and ability to design, create, and present them.
• Experience in working with any BI tools to prepare dashboards.
• Troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and documentation skills.
• Ability to organize work and prioritize work as per the operation's needs.
• Ability to work independently and as part of the Information Security Team, and can work under minimal supervision.
• Should have time management skills and manage work in a fast-moving environment.

Competencies:

• Reading comprehension: You must be able to read and understand the existing procedures and the tasks assigned with tickets. This is crucial for you to work under minimal supervision and excel. If you are a technical guru but don't understand the assigned tasks in writing or don't clarify doubts, this is not your job.
• Organization: This position requires 50% perseverance and persistence (as you will be monitoring the status of the tasks and chasing updates on them from diverse teams and members), 20% organization (as you will have to schedule meetings with the involved members in the projects to align and clarify the tasks), 20% planning (as you will be setting the tasks of the projects in agreement with the engineers assigned to them), and 10% procedures (as you will be helping improve existing procedures and develop new ones).
• Prioritization: You must attend to the priorities of the assigned tasks and assign the right priority to the discovered vulnerabilities.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Ability to present ideas in a user-friendly language.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, activities, and tasks simultaneously.
• Facilitation and change management skills.

Bonus points for the following

Additional requirements, not essential but "nice to have":

• Any Project Management or Agile certification.
• Any other Cybersecurity certification.

Why choose us?

We will allow you to be the best version of yourself, develop professionally, and create strong working relationships remotely or on-site. While offering a competitive salary, we also invest in our people's professional development and want to see you grow and love what you do. We are dedicated to listening to our team's needs and constantly working on creating an environment where you can feel at home. If this sounds like the place for you, contact us now!