Job Title: Specialist – IT Security
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Reports To: Manager- IT Security
Organisation: Etisalat Nigeria
Job Summary:
Analyze the Etisalat Nigeria information security environment and recommend measures to safeguard valuable enterprise information assets
Principal Functions:
• Work with business units and other risk management/ assurance functions to identify security requirements, using methods such as risk and business impact assessments
• Implement strategies and plans to achieve security requirements and address identified risks
• Perform control and vulnerability assessments to identify control weaknesses and assess the effectiveness of existing controls, as well as recommend remedial action
• Report to management concerning residual risks, vulnerabilities and other security exposures, including misuse of information assets and non-compliance
• Ensure the development, documentation and implementation of agile disaster recovery and business continuity plans
• Play an advisory role in application development or acquisition projects in order to assess security requirements and controls, as well as ensure that approved controls are implemented
• Collaborate on critical IT projects to ensure that security issues are addressed throughout the project life cycle
• Assist in the development of IT security architecture and policies, principles and standards
• Develop processes, procedures and supporting service-level agreements (SLAs) to ensure that security controls are effectively managed and maintained
• Define security configuration and operations standards for security systems and applications, including policy assessment and compliance tools, network security appliances and host-based security systems
• Develop and validate baseline security configurations for operating systems, applications, networking and telecommunications equipment
• Assist with the resolution of negative audit findings reported by Etisalat Nigeria internal and external auditors
• Assist system administrators (and other IT personnel) in the resolution of reported security incidents
• Participate in security investigations and compliance reviews as requested by internal and external auditors
• Research, evaluate, design, test, recommend and plan the implementation of new and/ or updated information security technologies
Educational Requirements:
First degree or equivalent in Electrical/ Electronic or Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, and/ or any other relevant discipline
Experience & Skills:
Between two (2) and five (5) years directly relevant post-NYSC work experience
Relevant Enterprise Information Security and Architecture Certifications required, e.g CISA, CISSP, CCNA, CCSP, ITIL, CoBIT, etc
Ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate:
• Expert-level experience and/ or knowledge of at least two IT disciplines, including technical infrastructure, application development, middleware, database management and operations
• High-level exposure to multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies and processing environments
• High-level exposure to IT consulting and understanding of rules of professional engagement
• Familiarity with renowned Information Security standards, e.g ISO27000:2005
• Excellent project/ programme and business process management skills
Deadline: 19th September 2012.
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