Company Overview

Zeus Fire & Security was formed in 2021 as a platform business to partner with leading fire safety and security operators in premier U.S. and Canadian markets across North America. In partnership with private equity firm Access Holdings (“Access”), Zeus will conduct a high velocity buy-and-build and value creation strategy to support and create a leader in the fire safety and security market. In 2022, Zeus acquired Alert Alarm Holdings (“Alert”) and Universal Atlantic Systems (“UAS”). Alert operates under Alert Alarm (based out of Hawaii) and SMG Security (based out of Chicago) brands. These two operating subsidiaries provide integration, monitoring, managed services, inspections, and maintenance & repairs for fire systems including fire alarms, sprinklers, and suppression and security systems including intrusion alarms, CCTV cameras, and access control for commercial, high-end residential and gov’t and military clients. UAS is based out of Paoli, PA (just outside Philadelphia) and is a premier provider of Video Surveillance-as-a-Service focused on national accounts. They also provide managed services, monitoring and verification for low-voltage fire and intrusion systems, and access control, serving the Quick-Serve Restaurant, Big-Box-Retail and Outdoor Protection Industries. UAS protects $15B of assets for a customer base that is 100% commercial and includes businesses such as McDonalds, Panera, Five Guys, United Rentals, and Pizza Hut.

Role Overview

Zeus is looking for an IT security analyst to become a key member of our growing IT team in Philadelphia, PA. You will closely work with the CIO to identify and implement off the shelf security solutions and work with vendor-partners to implement our cybersecurity roadmap. You will be responsible for security monitoring, responding to alerts and events, vulnerability assessments, oversight of remediations, developer security program and network security initiatives, and system security programs.

You will also create, tune, and compile metrics for security reporting, along with maintaining documentation for security related processes and procedures. There will be a focus on the firm’s cyber security preparation to improve our ability to identify threats in the environment and to sustainably protect and manage them.

Key Responsibilities

Provide reporting, oversight, and documentation for application security projects. Coordinate with all portfolio companies to strengthen the program around application security, vulnerability assessments and remediation, oversee updates, strengthen compliance around the use of approved tools and best practices, and secure coding guides.
Develop and maintain relationships with external support groups such as the Cyber incident response team/penetration testers and other security vendors.
Off-hour availability during security incidents and relevant emergent conditions
Oversee the enforcement of security policy with respect to engineering tasks, duties like firewall rules, gateway configurations, NAC configuration, IDS/IPS, endpoint security tools, EDR and CASB etc.
Develop and manage metrics and performance through tracking, reporting and active engagement with management for continuous improvement of our security landscape. Develop horizontal view of risk posture across multiple technology domains.
Provide support and guidance for cyber security incidents, action plans, and findings.
Develop BCDR plan and oversee regular testing across all portfolio companies.

Qualifications

BA/BS in Information Security/ Computer Science
At least eight years of experience in systems, network, and/or application security with a focus on network and application security
Good communication and presentation skills
Organizational and time management skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage priorities
Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the ability to unit test remediations with exploits tools
Familiarity with security and IT Risk frameworks (COBIT, ISO, NIST as well as FFIEC handbooks)
Familiarity with incident response and crisis management processes
Knowledge of network and web-related protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, UDP, IPSEC, HTTP, BGP etc.)
Strong network security architecture skills are required
Experience with computer network penetration testing and techniques
Understanding of firewalls, proxies, SIEM, antivirus, and IDPS concepts
Understanding of patch management with the ability to deploy patches in a timely manner while understanding business impact

Work Requirements

Position is considered sedentary and requires extended periods of telephone and PC exposure.
Willingness to travel to other offices and locations as necessary.

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