Angolan Investment Bank of Cape Verde
|Senior Security Engineer
Praia, Cape Verde, Cabo Verde
Summary
Led comprehensive security initiatives across product, application, infrastructure, and compliance within a regulated banking environment, ensuring robust protection and operational efficiency.
Highlights
Spearheaded the integration of security across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), collaborating with engineering teams to conduct application security design reviews and threat modeling, reducing security risks proactively.
Designed, deployed, and managed a comprehensive vulnerability management program, encompassing discovery, risk-based prioritization, and remediation tracking, significantly improving the bank's security posture.
Developed and implemented security automation workflows that supported SSDLC processes and platform security, boosting efficiency and consistency of security controls.
Hardened critical banking systems by implementing CIS Benchmarks and applying defense-in-depth and least-privilege principles, significantly enhancing network and system architecture resilience.
Led critical incident response activities for security events, performing root cause analysis and implementing preventive controls that reduced future risk and bolstered organizational resilience.
Translated complex security frameworks (OWASP ASVS/MAVSV, ISO 27001) into practical, enforceable technical controls, ensuring regulatory compliance and strengthening the security framework.
Provided leadership and mentorship, regularly deputizing for the Security Manager to oversee day-to-day security operations, strategic decision-making, and team development.