Application Functional Specialist (Physical Security)

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Facilitate workshops independently and consult with business owners and stakeholders in respect of problem definition and identification of business requirements/needs.

• Identify and register risks within the application and configure security settings according to the design specifications and align with established standards and baselines.

• Provide subject matter expert input into the software functional testing plans for security systems, including unit integration, system and acceptance testing to ensure business and specification requirements are met and identify any vulnerabilities or gaps that need to be addressed.

• Test all security systems prior to the production implementation to ensure proper functionality of the system.

• Take responsibility for driving analysis initiatives from initiation to implementation on projects of low/medium risk, with a cycle of up to 18 months.

• Review business processes and procedures, analyse business needs and related data, evaluate potential solutions, and define the associated requirements.

• Elaborate the scope and feasibility of solutions and develop the supporting business case.

• Manage change requirements and supporting specifications, provide the functional specification and manage acceptance testing.

• Investigate problems and propose solutions by interacting with users, developers and other stakeholders and ensure security functional software improvements and measures.

• Configure complex business processes and tasks, where appropriate, to improve operations and meet business requirements.

• Integrate security testing and validation processes into the development cycle to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.

• Provide input into the development of system training manuals and training plans in support of new implementation.

• Define and implement plan of physical electronic security functional configurations for systems and applications (new and old).