UNICEF works in over 190 nations and territories to save lots of youngsters’s lives, to defend their rights, and to assist them fulfil their potential, from early childhood by way of adolescence.
At UNICEF, we’re dedicated, passionate and pleased with what we do. Promoting the rights of each little one isn’t just a job – it’s a calling.
UNICEF is a spot the place careers are constructed – we provide our employees various alternatives for private {and professional} improvement that may assist them develop a satisfying profession, whereas delivering on a rewarding mission. We pleasure ourselves on a tradition that helps employees thrive, coupled with a beautiful compensation and advantages bundle.
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For each little one, a digital future
How are you able to make a distinction?
The Senior Application Security Associate will probably be accountable for assessing the safety and integrity of our purposes and techniques. This function will help initiatives and Digital Product house owners throughout ICTD and Field Offices configuring and utilizing instruments and platforms for conducting varied forms of Application Security Tests, together with dynamic application safety testing (DAST) and static application safety testing (SAST), and penetration testing, in addition to monitoring and offering help to operationalize the group’s Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) system. It will contribute to inventorying, documenting, creating roadmaps, and help inner improvement and IT groups to align with Global IT companies for compliance and alignment.
This Temporary Appointment relies at UNICEF ICTD, Digital Core, Valencia, Spain, and studies to the ICT Specialist (Cybersecurity structure and engineering). The employees will straight have interaction with and help different groups in ICTD, specifically SCS and TAO on assigned duties associated to Applications Migrations.
To qualify as a champion for each little one you should have…
Minimum necessities
Education: Completion of secondary schooling (highschool diploma) is a minimal requirement, supplemented with college-stage programs in Computer Science, Information Technology or associated subject as an asset.
A bachelor’s diploma from a acknowledged tutorial establishment in a subject related to the place could exchange three years of associated work expertise. A grasp’s diploma could exchange an extra two years.
Work Experience:
At least 7 years of related work expertise in application safety, vulnerability administration, collaboration with improvement groups, and safety testing methodologies.
Out of which a minimal of three years of labor expertise in application safety testing, working safety instruments, conducting penetration testing, vulnerability scans and cybersecurity assessments, responding to safety incidents and performing root trigger evaluation, or associated fields.
Proven expertise in conducting vulnerability scans, penetration testing, third-celebration threat assessments, and forensic evaluation.
Skills:
• Proficiency in utilizing safety evaluation instruments and applied sciences (e.g., OpenVAS, OWAPS ZAP, Metasploit, Burp Suite).
• Proficiency with SAST, DASN and IAST instruments, comparable to Github Advanced Security and Veracode.
• In-depth information of application safety ideas, menace modeling, and threat administration.
• Strong information of cloud application safety and cloud internet hosting environments (e.g. Azure, AWS).
• Good interpersonal abilities and skill to work collaboratively inside a dynamic surroundings, together with potential to develop relationships and construct belief with a various vary of stakeholders.
• Ability to deal with a number of assignments with competing deadlines. Able to work underneath strain, meet tight deadlines, and capability to work lengthy hours when required.
Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.
Desirables
Language: Knowledge of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish)
Strong understanding of safety frameworks, requirements, and finest practices (e.g., OWASP, NIST, ISO 27001).
Strong understanding of DevSecOps and safety in SDLC.
Knowledge of programming languages, net application applied sciences, present theories and practices in viewers engagement, expertise working in a digitized and digitalized surroundings utilizing workplace purposes, SharePoint and/or different content material administration techniques.
For each little one, you exhibit ․․․
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin the whole lot we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this put up are ․․․
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self consciousness and moral consciousness
(3) Drives to attain impactful outcomes
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others
Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges
UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our world workforce should replicate the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-financial background, or some other private attribute.
We supply a wide range of measures to include a more diverse workforce, comparable to paid parental go away, break day for breastfeeding functions, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.
As an advocate for each little one you’ll obtain:
- A aggressive wage that’s tax-exempted in Spain
- You can entry here the UN Salary Scale for Spain, and here a wage calculator for simulation. (Medical insurance coverage and pension premiums will probably be deducted from web wage).
- Holidays and go away, together with 1.5 days for TA of annual go away accrual per 30 days
- Parental go away
- Dependency allowance
- United Nations-sponsored medical insurance coverage plan, pension plan, and optionally available life insurance coverage plan
- Access to skilled improvement and studying applications, on-line studying, and studying path
- Access to employees properly-being and profession improvement help
Please go to the Compensation and Benefits web site on UNICEF Career page
Remarks:
UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station is required for IP positions and will probably be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments can also be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both have to be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice will probably be canceled.
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the employees is the need of securing the best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF’s energetic dedication to variety and inclusion is vital to ship the very best outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine candidates are inspired to apply.
Government workers who’re thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking on an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the fitting to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance isn’t obtained, or needed inoculation necessities usually are not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any cause.
UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing payment at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF is not going to ask for candidates’ checking account data.
Visa residence necessities: i.e. UNICEF shall not facilitate the issuance of a visa and dealing authorization for candidates into consideration for positions on the nationwide officer and basic service class.
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. An inner candidate performing on the stage of the put up within the related purposeful space, or an inner/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the put up, with out evaluation of different candidates.
Additional details about working for UNICEF might be discovered here.
Senior ICT Associate (Application Security), G-7, Temporary Appointment, ICTD Digital Core – Valencia, Spain, #00130546 – 364 days
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