At PwC, our people in cybersecurity focus on protecting organisations from cyber threats through advanced technologies and strategies. They work to identify vulnerabilities, develop secure systems, and provide proactive solutions to safeguard sensitive data.
As a cybersecurity generalist at PwC, you will focus on providing comprehensive security solutions and experience across various domains, maintaining the protection of client systems and data. You will apply a broad understanding of cybersecurity principles and practices to address diverse security challenges effectively.
Leadership and CollaborationEnhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.
Responsibilities- Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
- Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
- Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
- Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
- Effectively mentor others.
- Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
- Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
- Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards, the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
A career in our Cyber Security practice, within Risk Assurance, helps business leaders protect and manage their risk related to information regarding technology, people, systems, processes, culture, and physical surroundings. We help clients understand their current capability and develop a plan to build cyber security resilience to identify, protect, detect and respond to cybersecurity threats, including advising on regulatory and data privacy issues.
You will be involved in the following tasks:
- Perform assessment / design / implementation related to cyber security, including governance using standards such as NIST, ISO 27000 family, PCI-DSS, COBIT, CIS, and other established standards; or various application security and infrastructure security (e.g., operating system, database, firewall, switches, API and other security devices). This includes security assessment on web applications / infrastructures / clouds / mobile applications; or cloud security; or red teaming; or cyber incident response, threat hunting and incident analysis; or operation technology security (preferably in energy, mining, utilities and oil & gas).
- Provide recommendations/ advice to the clients.
- Train, coach and upskill team members’ capabilities.
- Perform active business development, marketing, proposal preparation processes, and lead pursuit of IT-related security projects.
- Interact with clients on solutions and executing projects on client engagements, forming client relationships and demonstrating an understanding of the client’s business.
- Prepare concise and accurate documents / reports, leveraging MS Office tools.
- Provide candid, meaningful feedback in a timely manner to the group.
- Keep leadership informed of progress and issues.
To stand out and help PwC stay future-ready in a changing world, we seek purpose-led and values-driven leaders at every level. PwC Professional provides a single set of expectations across lines, geographies and career paths, outlining the skills needed to be successful and progress in your career.
General Requirements- A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related area, preferably Information Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or other IT-related degree.
- Relevant experience in Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Security, or Data Protection, Identity and Access Management.
- Related professional certifications are preferred but not mandatory (e.g., CISSP, CEH, CCSP, GIAC, CIAM, CIST, CIMP, CISA, SABSA, etc.).
- Knowledge and understanding of risks and their impact to the business, with the ability to articulate the need and value of security solutions.
- Strong analytical, creative problem-solving and negotiation skills, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills for technical and business audiences.
Experience required: Manager level with a solid background, minimum 7-10 years as a Cyber Security Risk Assurance and/or Cyber Security System Implementor.
Other Details- Travel Requirements: Up to 60%
- Available for Work Visa Sponsorship: No
- Government Clearance Required: No
Job Posting End Date: Not specified
Seniority level- Mid-Senior level
- Full-time
- Accounting/Auditing and Finance
- Industries: Professional Services