IT Security Planning & Architecture Resources

Job summary

IT Security Planning & Architecture Resources (Level 3)

Min Qualification: Degree Experience Level: Senior level Experience Length: 6 years Language Requirement: English Work Type: Full Time Working Hours: 8 to 5 Applicant Location: Nigeria

Job descriptions & requirements

Responsibilities:

• Lead investigations and proactively assist Senior Management in defining strategies to protect Organization’s data from attack.
• Lead cybersecurity initiatives in conjunction with Group Cybersecurity team.
• Design and implement security controls to safeguard and monitor events for information systems, enterprise applications and data.
• Lead the implementation of information security projects.
• Define and enforce security requirements for applications in development.
• Design, document, and deploy secure infrastructure solutions to enhance and evaluate the security posture of the business to ensure integrity, availability, and confidentiality of all critical enterprise data.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate security best practices into the software development lifecycle.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with security requirements throughout the development process.
• Liaise with stakeholders in respect of operational implementation of security policies and best practices.
• Collaborate with the Client Server Team to ensure that technical plans are practical, controls are sustainable, and implementations are managed to minimize risk and adverse impact to servers, workstations, and user productivity.
• Implement the infrastructure, configurations, and processes to monitor security-related events.
• Prevent data loss and service interruptions by researching new technologies that will effectively protect the enterprise network.
• Document and operationalize information security.
• Ensure all security documentation is up to date.
• Ensure conformance to Cybersecurity Blueprint/Roadmap
• Provide inputs to the company strategic plan on all initiatives to ensure that security gaps/vulnerabilities are identified & closed.
• End-to-end planning and execution of the program.
• Communicate and engage with stakeholders.
• Anticipate problems and complications, and formulate solutions so as not to impede the progress of the project
• Ensure processes, procedures, and policies defined with the it division is understood and adhered to.
• Develop and deliver security awareness training programs on a quarterly, annual, and on-demand basis.
• Create and distribute security awareness materials, such as presentations, posters, and email alerts.
• Measure the effectiveness of security awareness programs through surveys, tests, and other metrics.

Requirements:

• Minimum of six to eight 6-8 years’ work experience, of which includes four (4) years’ experience integrating applications and technology into a complex environment.
• Experience in the following Identity Management technologies. Vulnerability assessment and treatment, Systems Auditing, Policy, Database Security, Security Architecture and Models, Network, wireless Security.
• Minimum of 3 years of security compliance & threat modeling
• Proven experience in the full Secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) - project vision through project implementation - for both small and large enterprise projects
• Proven experience in Security Architecture Governance and standards