Senior Information Security Officer

LearnUpon is looking for a Senior Information Security Officer to join our team in Dublin. This is a hybrid role working 3 days per week from LearnUpons Dublin office.

LearnUpon LMS helps organizations train their employees partners and customers. Businesses can manage track and achieve their unique learning goals all through a single powerful solution.

With offices in Dublin (our HQ) Belgrade Philadelphia Salt Lake City and Sydney we are a global team with lots of diverse cultures backgrounds and experiences that puts our customers experience at the heart of everything we do. Our culture fosters an open collaborative and supportive environment where our accomplishments are celebrated and encouraged. Were always striving for the best solution (not the easy one). Were proud of our success and were humble and hungry to achieve more.

The Security team is responsible for the overall security and privacy posture at LearnUpon. You will be part of a vibrant and growing team that engages with all parts of LearnUpon (including our customers) maintains our strong security culture and works on new and exciting initiatives. We deliver security improvements that not only protect LearnUpon and our customers but also enable our business to ensure that we can continue to grow at scale.. Our mission is to safeguard LearnUpon Luppers our services and our customers data providing a competitive advantage that enables us to meet our business objectives.

What will I be doing

• Managing and enhancing our Cloud SIEM including pipeline configuration alerting and sensitive data scanning maintain and improve security dashboards explore AI-powered alerting and automation within security tooling and maintenance of essential operational documentation
• Support our Cloud security posture management and collaborate with SRE on infrastructure security improvements
• Participate in incident response activities and adhoc security events including containment and investigation.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant laws regulations and industry standards related to information security (including GDPR ISO 27001 ISO 27701 and SOC2) including maintenance of associated policies procedures and guidelines.
• Identifying assessing and managing information security risks within the organization and developing risk mitigation strategies to address same
• Working with prospects and customers to provide assurance as to how we protect their data and assisting in the completion of prospective customer RFPs RFIs and due diligence documentation
• Working closely with our internal Legal team to ensure that customer contractual obligations can be met.
• Performing third-party security risk assessments and providing guidance on how to securely implement new solutions
• Working with stakeholders across the organisation to ensure that security requirements are incorporated into new initiatives
• Act as a security champion and support other teams in their delivery of strong security and privacy practices

What skills do I need

• 5 years professional experience in a relevant information security role (with at least 2 of these in a governance risk and/or compliance related role)
• Strong understanding of security frameworks and compliance standards such as SOC 2 ISO 27001 and GDPR.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms (Datadog cloud SIEM splunk etc.)
• Familiarity with cloud security (AWS preferred) - SecurityHub IAM S3 security VPC etc
• Proven experience completing / automating customer security questionnaires RFPs and RFIs at volume
• A strong understanding of technical security concepts and the application of these in real-world environments.
• Experience working in a security incident management vulnerability management and/or threat intelligence role.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and collaborate cross-functionally and effectively manage stakeholders

Dont worry if you dont tick every box in order to apply were always happy to review applications and take all experience into consideration. We do our best to provide feedback where we can!

Not required but considered a big plus

• A Bachelors Degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. computer science information technology etc.)
• Experience with security automation - scripting workflow automation or building security bots/agents
• Experience with data privacy and subprocessor management (GDPR DPA reviews)
• Experience designing and implementing security controls in cloud environments e.g. AWS
• Relevant certifications: CISSP CISM CompTIA Security or equivalent
• Understanding of AWS cloud security and SaaS security best practices
• Experience in the design and implementation of cross-functional security measures

Why work with us

• Competitive salary and company ESOP.
• Comprehensive private health insurance scheme and Company pension scheme.
• 25 days annual leave 1 annual company wellness day off.
• Work in a fun and supportive environment with regular team events.
• Excellent career progression - take LearnUpon where you think it can go.

What is the Hiring Process

Our typical process generally works as follows:

• Qualified applicants will be invited to schedule a screening call.
• Successful candidates will then be invited to a series of practical interviews.
• Finally candidates will have a short interview with our COO.
• The successful candidate will be contacted with an offer to join our team.

LearnUpon is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

We do not discriminate on the basis of gender marital status family status age disability sexual orientation race religion membership of the Traveller community or any other legally protected status.

By applying for this job you agree to LearnUpons Privacy Policy. Find out more about our privacy policy hereVisit ourCareers site to find out more about working for LearnUpon and check us out on Instagram.