07-4547 OFFICE(07)/68 
22 October 2007 
 
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
 
WTO  
 
Geneva  
 
Vacancy Notice No. 621  
 
  The Secretariat of WTO is seeking to fill the po sition of IT Security Officer in the Informatics 
Division.  Serving staff me mbers interested in this position are al so invited to apply. The WTO is an 
Equal Opportunities Employer. 
 TITLE AND GRADE: IT Security Officer  – Grade 9
1 
 STARTING SALARY: Approximately
 Swiss francs 136,097 net p.a. 
 
OTHER CONDITIONS: In accordance with WTO Staff Regulations and Staff Rules and 
WTO Pension Plan Regulations.   
   A package of expatriate benefits is available to staff recruited 
internationally. 
 
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Fixed-term contract fo r two years, with possibility of extension. 
 GENERAL FUNCTIONS: Under the direct superv ision of the Director of the Informatics 
Division, the incumbent will perform the following duties:   
(a) Review, maintain and enhance the current IT security 
policies, including the setup of policies for the proper use of personal computers, e-mail and Internet; 
(b) Define procedures for the security management, the 
security requirements of all operating systems, network components and applications, the access control principles 
and promote the security awareness principles; 
(c) Initiate the reporting and handling of incidents and define 
the security audit policy; 
(d) Maintain close relations with other specialists in the 
Informatics Division to discuss the technical requirements 
to implement the policies and to install and maintain the 
necessary system tools to detect and protect against security intrusions;  
(e) Fully participate in the evolution of the design of the 
network and telecommunications infrastructure and complex information systems to ensure that the security 
components are adequately tested and implemented;   
(f) Identify security alerts, analyze their relevancy to the 
Organization's infrastructure, inform and ensure their timely deployment;  
                                                     
 
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(g) Prepare an annual report to Senior Management as well as 
ad-hoc reports covering security breaches and hacking and any other issue relating to the compromise of confidentiality and integrity of the Organization's electronic information; 
(h) Define and coordinate the requi red training for IT staff and 
users. Build security awareness among staff through 
workshops and publishing articles on the Intranet; 
(i) Maintain close relations with counterparts in other 
organizations and vendors to discuss IT security solutions; 
(j) Perform such other tasks as may be assigned by the 
Director. 
REQUIRED  QUALIFICATIONS: A University degree in Computer Information Science, 
Mathematics or related field.  Good working knowledge and 
practical training in IT Security concepts, hacking techniques 
and advanced enterprise IT protection systems. Eight years 
minimum with distributed systems, networking and telecommunications technology with at least 2 years more specifically focused on IT security related issues (policy-making, implementation of security solutions, monitoring, contingency planning, recovery from attacks, evaluation of 
vulnerability, damage assessment, compromise and trace 
analysis,  etc). Good working knowledge of LAN/WAN technology (routers, switches, VLANs, etc.), Windows 2000 and XP, TCP/IP and Internet technologies (Web, DNS, FTP, Mail relays, VPN, Firewalls, etc.) and Intrusion detection 
systems. Good knowledge of authentication systems, use of 
certificates, digital signatures, data encryption for secure communication and Internet access to production systems. Well informed with the techniques u sed to compromise the integrity 
of IT infrastructures and systems. 
 
LANGUAGES: Good knowledge of Englis h, including an ability to write 
accurately and concisely, conduct workshops and make 
presentations.  Knowledge of Fren ch or Spanish would be an 
asset. 
APPLICATIONS:
2 Please use the online application form which may be 
downloaded from the WTO website – www.wto.org  - under 
"vacancies".  If you are unable to  download the application 
form, please send an e-mail or fax to the Human Resources Division requesting the form.  A completed form may also be submitted to the following address: 
  Director, Human Resources Division 
  WTO 
  Centre William Rappard   154, rue de Lausanne   1211 Geneva 21   Switzerland 
  E-mail:  humanresources@wto.org
        Fax::  +41-22-739 5772 
                                                      
2 Only applications from nationals  of WTO Members will be accepted. 
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  Please do not send your application via multiple routes.  It is 
not necessary to follow your application up with copies of qualifications, previous employment contracts, entire publications etc. 
  Candidates must  indicate clearly in section 15 of the 
application form the Vacancy Notice No. 621. 
  Applications will not be acknowledged.  Only applicants 
possessing the required qualifica tions will be taken into 
consideration.  Only the successf ul candidate will be notified of 
the outcome of the competition. 
  Candidates are kindly requested  to refrain from enquiring about 
progress of their application. 
 CLOSING DATE OF THIS  VACANCY NOTICE:  19 November 2007 
 
  No applications will be considered after this date. 
 The WTO is a non smoking environment.