Associate Principal Specialist

As our Physical Security Advisor, you will be responsible for supporting the improvement of the organization physical security program s effectiveness, focused on our offices in India, but also at the level of other company s offices spread globally, in terms of analysing and ranking risks, threats and vulnerabilities, assessing procedures, measures and technical systems in place, proposing and advising solutions, and tracking their implementation.
You will work under the coordination of the Director of Physical Security, but (desirably) with a high degree of autonomy. You will assume the position of first point of contact and advisor in Temenos India for all aspects associated to physical security.

• You will analyse and document business processes, legal provisions, standards, certification bodies and customers specific requirements, technical designs, test cases and other deliverables in the field of physical security of the people, information, hardware and premises, as required.
  
• You will identify and gather relevant data from the perspective of the companys physical security program to support risk assessment for our offices and assist in the design of new facilities/upgrading of premises technical systems.
  
• You will assess, using a documented methodology, the effectiveness of measures, procedures, and technical systems (access control, CCTv, burglary, fire detection and extinguishing, power back-up etc.) for securing offices and subsumed spaces with a high level of security (Server/Data centre, Cloud delivery spaces, etc.), centralize the conclusions and summarize the situation by relevant categories.
  
• You will support in transposing the guidance from the central level into the operational procedures at the offices level, according to the regional/local regulations and constraints. In this endeavour, you will collaborate closely both within the security department at the central level, as well as with the management and other relevant functions at the local level (office management, IT, cloud, internal audit, BCM, etc.).
  
• You will map the risks and vulnerabilities identified/resulting from the analysis and assessment activities with countermeasures plans and implementation responsibilities, breaking down mitigation priorities and deployment stages.
  
• You will respond to and assist with answers to questionnaires received from clients/partners regarding the regulatory and procedural coverage, but also the implemented measures on the physical security at the offices level, as well as provide training and guidance to employees on best practices and procedures, both remotely and in-site as appropriate.
  
• You will monitor and analyse physical security trends and incidents to identify patterns and potential threats, identify, communicate relevant information to cross-functional partners, regional/local leadership and assist in the investigation of physical security incidents and emergencies, elaborating information, reports, action plans and follow-ups.

• You should have bachelor s or/and master s degree in low enforcement, engineering, computer or information technology and security, audit, political and administrative sciences or related fields.
  
• You should have 4+ years operational experience in corporate environment with exposure to international environment in security planning and/or execution, risk assessment and analysis or in the auditing of processes and their certifications.
  
• You should have demonstrated experience in writing and implementing protocols, policies and procedures related to physical security, incidents response, crisis or business continuity, project management, as well as a mandatory technical security acumen.
  
• You should have experience in dealing with risks matrix, progress and forecast charts, as well as in providing analysis, briefings, and presentations.
  You should have knowledge of and experience with security standards and frameworks (eg. .
  
• You should have a positive mindset, ability to communicate efficiently with peers, management, third party providers, clients, audit and certification bodies representatives.
  You should have willingness to travel inside India and even internationally (rarely).