Mobile Money Security Consultant Kenya

While reporting to the Reporting to Hub Lead, the candidate will be responsible for planning, implementation, deployment and Project Management VAS/IN Infrastructure / services. The ideal candidate must come from VAS Telecom & Banking. Required By : Immediate
Position Requirements  

Essential:
• Holding a bachelor degree/ Master Degree in Tech preferable BE/B-Tech/MCA
• Preferably minimum experience of 1 year on detailed knowledge of banking compliance and maintain mobile money security and auditing of same in mixed environment like Intelligent Network/Charging Systems, and Value added system, as well as associated services and services deployment. and total exp should 3+ year
• Working experience of protocol domains of Mobile Money Network/Environment is required, such as knowledge of mobile money protocols ISO, HTTP get/post, HTTPS as well as other known standard protocols like SMPP, Diameter, SNMP, SOAP etc.
• Sound Knowledge of Mobile Banking Systems , M-Commerce and Etop-up Systems
• Security Audit on Integration to Security servers on an encrypted channel , Mobile voucher solutions, IN Interface for Airtime top-up , to the Postpaid Billing system for bill payment & to KYC system for eligibility criteria
• Excellent oral and written communication and inter-personal skills

Preferred:
• Must Have ITIL V3 certification
• CCNA / CCNP Certification would be preferred
• Must be PMP / Prince2 Certified/ Trained
• Good Knowledge on IT Network & BSS Systems
Role & Responsibilities  The candidate will be responsible to:
• Policy Deployment / Hardening
o Understanding the Airtel Africa’s firewall / IDS setup and fine tuning the firewall policy after getting policy sign-off from Airtel Africa
o Make policy changes as per guidelines given by Airtel Africa.
o Patch updating and signature pattern updating required for firewall / IDS
o Password Policy Enforcement
o Server and Database hardening, as applicable
o Application of Security patches for OS / DB and other Applications
o Rigorous Change Management with respect changes to the Firewall and IDS.
• Security Incident Response
o Respond promptly and quickly once the alert is validated and a threat is identified
o Notify the key resources in Airtel Africa on the threat or the Intrusion
o Fault & Recovery Management
o Corrective actions for notified incidents.

Additional Security Works
o Development of the annual/Bi annual/quarterly/Monthly/Weekly Information Systems audit plan;
o Assessing the risks inherent in the Mobile Money information systems and recommending measures to mitigate them;
o Executing information systems audit reviews based on the Information Systems audit plan;
o Providing support to other assurance processes such as Revenue Assurance, Network and Commercial Fraud, Business Continuity, Enterprise and Information Security Risk to ensure the overall opinion incorporates the risks identified in the underlying information systems
o Monitoring the implementation & operation of defined controls and recommendations on an ongoing basis via Opso Team
o Detection and prevention of systems related fraud
Competences  

Functional:
• Strong written/verbal communication skills
• Positive and flexible attitude
• Ability to think clearly, identify risks, anticipate eventualities and resolve problems under pressure
• Ability to understand and comply with business processes and procedures
• Ability to interact with users / partners / vendors / sub-contractors effectively
• Ability to understand and comply with methods, standards, guidelines, tools, techniques and procedures

Managerial:
• Good team player with ability to manage, appraise and groom team(s) of highly skilled resources
• Ability to complete tasks within agreed budget, timeframe and quality requirements
• Ability to produce and monitor effective plans and take responsibility for achieving them – by co-coordinating resources, expediting progress and escalating problem issues.

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