General Job Information

Job Title: Cyber Security Engineer
Reports To: IT Manager

JOB PURPOSE
To provide operational support in IT Security Operations for the achievement of the organization
objectives

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Primarily responsible for security event monitoring, management and response.
• Monitoring day-to-day activities within the security unit to ensure effective operation of incident detection and response processes.
• Provides security support and service request for the end users
• Conduct security incidents investigation on complaints from users
• Undertakes the upgrade of firmware, Backups and routine maintenance of the security equipment, systems, and resources.
• Firewall configuration and management.
• Testing / Auditing/processes as required from time to time. Patch management to maintain security level.
• Understanding of all the Infra Components such as racks, Server hardware, cabling, Backups, Storage, load balancers, security appliances are must
• Co-ordination with stakeholders, build and maintain positive working relationships
with them
• Collects data for the development of technicial specification for requisitioning SOC
systems
• Collects information for the design and development of procedures, standards and
guidelines to support the implementation of SOC systems.
• Collects data on SOC operations to support the design and administration of SOC
projects for the Agency.
• Undertake the upgrades and routine mainitanence of the SOC equipments, systems
and resources
• Collects data to support technical reviews of SOC operations ,designs,plans and
deployment strategies or policies
• Conducts field visits on comlaints from clients ,organizations on the SOC operations.
• Supervises and appraises the performance of subordinate staff
• Any other duties that may be assigned.

Qualification/Work Experience
• Strong technological background, with BSC qualification in Computer Science, Information
Technology /Management Information Systems , Computer Engineering or equivalent disciplines
• More than 3 years’ experience in Incident Response Handling and Investigation, Network Security, Penetration Testing and End Point Protection System.
• Excellent knowledge in UNIX, Linux Sytems, Firewall configurarions systems ,Pentesting tools , EDR’s, MDR’s XDR’s systems and Network Security.
• Relevant professional level IT Certifications or industry competency -based certification(s).

Technical Competencies.
• Demonstrate thorough knowledge of procedures and customer related processes
• Maintain security applications development and network maintenance culture
• Experience Routine Configuration of Firewalls and maintenance
• Experience Virtual Private Server (VPS) security audit and websites security
• Excellent analysis and troubleshooting skill and ability to extract implementation
requirements from high level request descriptions.
• Ability to work with little supervision and perform well under pressure.
• Demonstrate technical leadership and execute best operational practices.
• Demonstrate thorough knowledge of procedures and customer related processes
• Experience with working with SEIM’s and SOC systems.

Managerial Competencies
• Excellent project management skills
• Excellent people management skills, including team building, team motivation, and
optimizing team skills to deliver results
• Very good interpersonal relationship and a proven ability to deal with people at all levels
of the organization

Personal Competencies/Soft Skills
• Possesses integrity and high sense of confidentiality
• Must be self-disciplined and self-motivated
• Must be assertive

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How to Apply
Email your CV with a Cover Letter with the subject boldly indicating the ROLE you are applying for and send to [email protected]

Closing Date
The deadline for submission of applications is
FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023.

mailto:[email protected]