- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification Matric
- Experience
- Location Gauteng
- City Johannesburg
- Job Field Safety and Environment / HSE , Security / Intelligence
QHSSE Security Specialist – Risk & Auditing at Thales
QHSSE Security Specialist – Risk & Auditing
Missions and responsibilities
Logical Security
- Assist with audits relating to Card certification authority requirements, namely Visa, MasterCard, Diners, and Amex for banking related activities.
- Assist with audits relating to non-secure activities, namely GSM.
- Assist with security induction training when requested.
- Maintain a level of understanding of computer systems and threats each type of system can occur.
- Assist with monthly reports to corporate security
Physical Security
- Assist with audits, investigations, crime trends and system detection.
- Conduct daily/Weekly, and Monthly vault auditing.
- Define risk areas on an ongoing basis using site and process evaluation, system reports and video audits to identify high risk areas, suspicious trends, suspects and incidents.
- Implement audit criteria and audit security system for realisation of system potential, integrity and adherence to specified standards.
- Analyse alarm events and logs to assess adherence to standard procedure and identify follow up requirements.
- Follow up and manage the completion of audit trails on the shop floor to ensure correctness;
- Creation of procedural documentation, daily report on issues, challenges etc in terms of process/ vault concerns, challenges, event, etc.
- Formulate, plan and initiate investigations and information gathering strategies and involve relevant personnel and agencies where necessary;
- Manage the development of crime profiles and specify priorities and targets for surveillance and investigation.
- Interpret system data to establish trends and questionable combinations of events as indicators of suspicious activities.
- Assist with the management of the guarding.
HSE
- Conducting HSE Inspections.
- Assist with Risk Assessments.
- Complying with Occupational Health, Safety, and Environment Standards.
- Conducting HSE Training to all employees and contractors.
Impact
- Candidate must be prepared to under the integrity checks every six months (criminal, credit, and polygraph examinations).
- Signing of Corporate Code of Conduct and Non-Disclosure Agreement. The job holder shall at all times during the employment with the company, respect and comply with the Gemalto security requirements during the performance of his/her duties.
Education Requirements
- Matric certificate
- Registered with the Private Security Regulatory Authority of South Africa (at least to Grade B);
- Possession of qualifications in investigations, auditing and risk assessments will be reviewed favourably
- Engagement in further studies (Security risk management) will be view favourably
- Exposure to MasterCard/Visa security requirements will viewed favourably.
- Must have experience/knowledge in Investigations, Audits, Risk Assessments.
Skills Requirements
- MS Office, Computer BMS (Building Management Systems) and Electronic Stock Tracking systems.
- Principles and application of information system concepts and technology in the security environment.
- Information security related certificates or diplomas optional, Network +, and Security+.
- Understanding of CISSP book of knowledge.
Personality requirements
- Assertive
- Attention to detail
- Conscientious
- Goal orientated
- Initiative
- Integrity
- Methodical
- Objective
- Persevering
- Precise
- Questioning
Knowledge
- Risk auditing and analysis, investigation techniques and practical exposure to criminal investigation cases
Technical Skills:
- Signing of Corporate Code of Conduct and Non-Disclosure Agreement.
- The jobholder shall at all times during the employment with the company, respect and comply with the Gemalto security requirements during the performance of his/her duties.
- Adhere to the rules, HSEQ procedures, applicable legislation, and other requirements to which Gemalto Southern Africa Subscribe.
- Ensure that the requirements to the ISO IMS system is implemented, maintained and continually improved in your area of responsibility.
- Subject to a clear criminal and credit record check.
- Compliance to the GSMA SAS Standards
- Participate in WCE initiatives and projects
- Compliance to the PCI Standards.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to Thales on careers.thalesgroup.com to apply

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