Technical Security Officer at Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC, KenGen

Ref: HR/S & I/03/12/2017

Reporting to Chief Technical Security Officer, the job holder will be responsible for implementing Technical Security component in KenGen within the Corporate Integrated Security Management setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/ ICT from a recognized institution
• Relevant professional qualification will be an added advantage
• At least three (3) years’ relevant work experience in ICT focusing on Access Control System & CCTV.

Responsibilities

Managerial / Supervisory Responsibilities

• Maintain technical security systems, Monitor systems reports on daily basis, analyze and summarize them before forwarding to the manager.
• Ensure effective functioning of CCTV, Access Control System and all ICT software and hardware security and can access any other systems within the company as and when required.
• Ensure ICT systems and hardware within the company is safe and secure.
• Implementation of processes, and procedures to ensure that the desired level of security is achieved.

Operational Responsibilities / Tasks

• Implement systems to ensure identification and prioritization of new security Risks Areas, Cyber Crime, Computer Crime among others.
• Avail Investigation reports from technical security aspect as and when required.
• Qualification/Quantification of Projects to identify benefits/Return On Investment & justification
  Prepare, upload and analyze collated reports for the department on daily, weekly, monthly, annual and need basis
• Monitor CCTV and Access Control Systems and generate regular reports.
• Assisting with certification and accreditation (C&A) testing of ICT Systems/Hardware security, to include the writing of test plans and the proper documentation of all test results, in order to verify and validate that the systems conform to all applicable policies, regulations, and standards.
• Provide technical liaison for systems with audit department and other departments as may be requested from time to time.
• Develop and apply broad regulatory standards and technical specifications to investigation assignments and follow up.
• Monitor staff activities/safety by use of technical security systems and recommend for more systems controls.
• Ensures all security issues are recorded in the system and that there is proper use of the system.
• Research on contemporary and relevant technical Security systems and advise on system upgrade or acquisition
• Conducting evaluations of system acquisition, design, development, maintenance, operation processes, and resulting products in order to verify and validate that each process, activity, and task is performed in accordance with established plans, policies, standards and procedures.
• Ensure successful implementation of Integrated Security Management System project.

Competences

• Supervisory and Managerial skills
• Communication Skills
• Investigative Skills
• Report Writing Skills