Assistant Manager, Security Technology Roadmap & COE Specialist, Current IT Jobs Kenya,



Job Purpose:  Security Technology Specialist provides a demonstrated mastery and in-depth understanding of existing and emerging system, database, infrastructure and network security technologies in a complex network environment


Job Responsibilities/ Accountabilities:



  • Measure the effectiveness of the Advanced Cyber Security & Emerging technologies / controls capabilities to ensure appropriate plans are in place to address lower performance and ineffective practices

  • Support the delivery of the 3 year Cyber security roadmap to maintain and optimize the Advanced Cyber Security & Emerging technologies / controls capability

  • Lead the enhancement and optimization of implemented reporting mechanisms to demonstrate the value of the Advanced Cyber Security & Emerging technologies / controls function with tangible benefits

  • Identifies technical and business opportunities to take advantage of cross project knowledge, best practices and reusability to expedite projects

  • Manage the security posture of IT infrastructure for overseas locations

  • Provide deployment services on enabling new infrastructure capability

  • Follow information security policies, methods, standards, National Institutes of Standard and Technology (NIST) standards and practices to organizational information systems, IT reference materials and interpret regulations

  • Implement security controls, perform ongoing maintenance and prevent, detect, analyze and respond to security incidents

  • Communicate with Information Security Officer, and other IT personnel within the organization and organizational staff

  • Help coordinate the implementation of security programs across all agency platforms

  • Assist with Active Directory access and Group Policies, Internet intrusion detection, Internet filtering, and monitoring of employee access, virtual private networking (LAN/WAN) security

  • Assist and participate with the Senior IT Specialist as an advisor in projects to enhance or develop new IT systems, or to study the feasibility of acquiring new technology


Strategy:



  • Understand information security trends

  • Document and communicate security solution roadmap to the Head of secueity technology roadmap and COE team

  • Document security product and services for each information security domain  

  • Understand all security domain, application, implementation and objectives to the business


Budgets/ Financial Input



  • Provide budget input and recommendations

  • Provide knowledge business services and product to the security team

  • Consolidate and translate business security needs into finical measurable matrix


 Qualifications



  •  A Degree or its equivalent in Information Technology, Network Security, Enterprise Network Management, Information Security, Management Information System Computing, Engineering or similar area of study

  • Relevant industry certifications in information security program and governance as well as PMP will be an added advantage

  • Minimum of Two (2) years of computer information technology experience.

  • Minimum of Two (2) years of experience engineering and designing IT security solutions

  • Minimum of 1 year working as a business analyst in technical security and IT

  • Good understanding all the information security domains

  • Experience of identifying and managing technology security risk

  • Certification like CISSP, CCSP, CISA, CCISO, SABSA, ISO27001/22301 will be of advantage


Key Critical Competencies





    • Ability to know when to implement solutions with consideration to the wider impacts i.e. risk, cost, customer impact, timescales, etc.

    • Excellent negotiation, and written and verbal presentation skills

    • Ability to handle high-pressure situations with key stakeholders

    • Good Analytical skills, Problem-solving and Interpersonal skills

    • Deep knowledge of enterprise application development security controls

    • Good knowledge of Telco convergence business, FinTech network traffic consumption and OpenAPI




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