About the Hiring Company:

Libya tech is a company operates in a dynamic enterprise environment where technology supports critical business operations, integrations, reporting, and digital transformation. The company values clean code, reliable systems, continuous improvement, and practical solutions that help teams work more efficiently.

Your Mission as an Information Security Specialist:

As an Information Security Specialist, your mission is to lead and manage end-to-end cybersecurity operations across the organization. You will be responsible for monitoring, protecting, responding to, and improving the security posture of critical systems, networks, data, and infrastructure.

This role requires a strong combination of technical expertise, incident response capability, governance knowledge, and strategic security thinking to ensure organizational resilience against current and emerging cyber threats.

You Will Be Handling These Duties and Responsibilities as an Information Security Specialist:

• Monitor SIEM and XDR platforms, analyze logs, investigate alerts, detect threats, conduct threat hunting, and escalate incidents when required.

• Manage the full incident response lifecycle, including detection, containment, eradication, recovery, forensic analysis, root cause identification, and incident reporting.

• Design, implement, and maintain secure network and system infrastructure, including firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, endpoint protection, hardening controls, and zero-trust security principles.

• Conduct vulnerability scans, risk assessments, penetration testing activities, remediation follow-ups, and patch management processes.

• Manage Identity and Access Management controls, including Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, MFA, conditional access, permissions reviews, and least privilege enforcement.

• Support Governance, Risk, and Compliance activities, including audits, internal security policy enforcement, risk assessments, and alignment with standards such as ISO 27001 and NIST.

• Develop and support cybersecurity strategies, advise management on security risks, and align security initiatives with business objectives.

• Implement and maintain data protection controls, including DLP, encryption, email security, and measures that ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.

• Monitor emerging cyber threats, maintain indicators of compromise, analyze attack trends, and map threats to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.

• Conduct cybersecurity awareness activities, including user training, phishing awareness, and promotion of security best practices across the organization.

• Ensure continuous system security maintenance through patching, updates, endpoint protection, and improvement of the organization’s overall security posture.

Qualifications and Skills That Will Allow You to Thrive as an Information Security Specialist:

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in cybersecurity, information security, or IT security operations.

• Hands-on experience with SIEM and XDR platforms, especially Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel.

• Strong knowledge of firewalls, network security, Windows Server, Active Directory, and endpoint protection technologies.

• Experience with Microsoft 365 and Azure cloud security environments.

• Practical experience using vulnerability management tools such as Nessus or similar platforms.

• Ability to use scripting to support automation, investigation, and security operations tasks.

• Preferred certifications include CISSP, CEH, Security+, SC-200, SC-300, or OSCP.

• Strong analytical thinking and the ability to investigate complex security issues.

• Ability to handle incidents under pressure while maintaining professionalism, accuracy, and sound judgment.

• Skilled in preparing both technical and executive-level security reports.

• High level of confidentiality, integrity, accountability, and responsibility when working with sensitive systems and data.

Additional Information

• Location: Tripoli, Libya.