COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Kaplan is one of the worlds largest and most diverse education providers with over one million students globally. Headquartered in US, Kaplan is part of Graham Holdings (formerly The Washington Post Company) and is its largest subsidiary.
Kaplan in Singapore has students from over 35 countries and regions. As a Lifelong Integrated Learning Partner, we offer over 450 academic programmes for higher learning and professional certification courses for skills development, providing opportunities for individuals to always stay relevant. To date, these opportunities have benefitted over 95,000 graduates.
We have a diverse team of individuals dedicated to our mission to help individuals achieve their educational and career goals, and build futures, one success story at a time. Our core values Opportunity, Knowledge, Support, Integrity and Results help guide the way we work.
At Kaplan, we provide a stimulating and professional working atmosphere with plenty of room for initiatives and growth.
If you are seeking for challenges and enrichment, we welcome you to write to us at : [email protected]
RESPONSIBILITIES
Part of Kaplan Inc.,a US-owned business, Kaplan International is a world-leading education business providing English courses for international students (Kaplan International English) and preparation programmes for international students wishing to enter UK universities (Kaplan International Pathways). We are a premium brand with a reputation for high-quality tuition and excellent levels of pastoral support.
About the role
Information technology at Kaplan International (KI) is a key enabler of business transformation and growth. KI is going through a multi-year digital transformation programme across the student journey. As part of this transformation, we are enhancing and expanding our Security Operations team to meet increasing cyber threats.
Responsibilities:
- Manage Kaplan security operations solutions, resolve identified threats, or work with other teams to ensure issues are resolved.
- Monitoring and analysing security events and alerts, identifying potential threats, and taking necessary actions to mitigate risks.
- Proactively searching for advanced threats, zero-day vulnerabilities, and sophisticated attacks.
- Ensure the configuration of Cloud Solutions and SaaS solutions meet security requirements.
- Stakeholder engagement; promoting a mind-set of developing secure systems, transferring knowledge of security standards / processes and acting as a subject matter expert (SME).
- Documenting security incidents, their analysis, and remediation measures, and providing regular updates and reports.
- Identifying, prioritizing, and managing vulnerabilities in systems and applications.
- Managing and maintaining security systems and tools, such as firewalls, IPS, antivirus solutions, and log management tools.
- Contributing to the development, enforcement, and compliance of security policies, procedures, and standards.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams, sharing knowledge, providing guidance.
- Evaluating, selecting, and implementing security tools and technologies to improve security operations.
- Investigate, recommend, and implement security solutions to protect against new and developing threats.
Requirements:
- Expertise across the whole IT security spectrum (Software, Servers, Infrastructure, Networks)
- AWS Security Specialist certification
- MS SC-200, SC-300, MS SC-900 certifications
- Strong IT Security knowledge and ability to balance business objectives with information security best practices
- Advanced scripting and automation experience.
- Documenting security incidents, their analysis, and remediation measures, and providing regular updates and reports.
- Identifying, prioritizing, and managing vulnerabilities in systems and applications
- Strong understanding of vulnerability management, EDR, XDR, DLP, SOC management tooling and other security tools.
- Experience in securing Office 365 and configuring Microsoft security tools.
- Working knowledge of public cloud security and protecting SaaS solutions
- An inquiring mind, can-do, positive attitude, and initiative-taking approach
- Good organisational and planning skills and the ability to make decisions independently
