AFL/554/2023
Job Title: Assistant Systems Security Officer
Location: Nairobi
No. of Vacancies: 1
Our Client, a deposit taking (DT) SACCO based in Nairobi with branches across the country is seeking to fill the role of an Assistant Systems Security Officer
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist in design, configure, deploy, and maintain the SACCO enterprise security infrastructure and do due-diligence of existing solution
- Proactively monitor and report the ICT security landscape of the Society
- Assist the end-user, other IT professionals, and external customers in requesting security variances and implementation of subsequent configuration change requests and change records and executing activity while adhering to SACCO processes and procedures.
- Maintain system documentation, infrastructure diagrams and configuration data for regulatory and audit purposes. Make periodic changes to the diagrams and documentation in line with CAB approved changes.
- Recommend best security practices to achieve stated business objectives, advises on risk assumptions for any variances granted, and provide alternatives to achieve desired end results
- Assist in incident response for any breaches, intrusions, or theft; implement tools and solution to detect and mitigate loss (DLP, SIEM, IPS, Antiviruses, and FDE, DAM, PAM etc)
- Actively protect SACCO’s information technology assets and infrastructure from external or internal threats and ensure that the SACCO complies with statutory and regulatory requirements regarding information access, security and privacy
- Training staff on network and information security procedures, deploy tools to help staff in learning ICT security.
- Stay up-to-date on the latest intelligence, including hackers’ methodologies, in order to anticipate security breaches
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other computer-related field.
- LAN & WAN, Cisco Networking functional knowledge
- Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) or at a minimum, a certification in a mainstream networking product.
- Hands on experience in networking and IT infrastructure role
- Knowledge of best practices around management, control, and monitoring of server infrastructure.
- Hands-on experience with PC and server hardware
- A+ certification is an added advantage
- Experience with firewalls, Internet VPN’s and virtualization.
- Keen analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
HOW TO APPLY
Interested and qualified applicants should forward their application and updated CV in PDF format, clearly indicating the job title and job reference number as the subject of email to recruit@amazonfronts.co.ke. All applications should be received on or before close of business on Thursday 24th August, 2023
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