M-Pesa Africa - Evergreen Requisition Specialist – Cyber Security Prevent at Safaricom Kenya

JOB DESCRIPTION

 Reporting to Manager Cyber Security Prevent & Defense (M-Pesa Africa), the Specialist – Cyber Security Prevent, will be responsible for supporting L1 and L2 activities for Privilege Access Management Solution ranging from User Access issues, switchovers, patching and troubleshooting, being a SPOC in Cyber Security for one African Market and backup SPOC for another, assisting with remediation of vulnerabilities, patching and systems hardening, maintenance and support of various cybersecurity systems including (but not limited to) Firewalls, WAF, Antivirus, Logging Solutions, Network and Host IDS/IPS among other responsibilities

Additionally, the Specialist – Cyber Security Prevent will; 

• Design, Support and Configure Identity Access Management Solution.
• Troubleshoot and remediate Level 1/2/3 issues impacting Cybersecurity operations
• Facilitate implementation, management and optimization of Cyber Security policies, standards and procedures;
• Provide support for cyber incident detection and response;
• Drive standards of excellence to achieve the Cyber Security strategy
• Implement actions to close MPA risks, Audit & Reviews (Internal and External) and will be responsible for Improvement of the Cyber security posture of the company through several initiatives, including but not limited to Cyber Security Baselines.

*Please note that we are building pipelines for this role, and it is not an active recruitment. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

The key responsibilities include to;

•  Coordinate optimization of the Operational & Monitoring Defense cyber security baselines (CSB) controls across all M-Pesa Africa relevant business areas and processes
• Optimize and maintain respective Monitoring Cyber Security controls and requirements across M-Pesa Africa environments
• Ensure all M-Pesa and third-party systems’ products, services and projects are compliant to the M-Pesa Africa minimum security Monitoring requirements and Cyber defense Cyber Security Baselines (CSBs) 
• Be responsible for the set-up, execution and maintenance of the security incident management and coordination process in conjunction with incident management capabilities
•  Support all internal and external audits around Technology systems and processes, ensure these systems are free from known Technology audit findings and ensure all audit findings in these systems are closed within agreed timelines.
• Support compliance with Legal, Regulatory and key stakeholders’ requirements across the Technology domains
• Ensure proper monitoring implementation and change management processes compliance for all planned and emergency changes in Technology systems
• Set-up analytics framework and tools and drive simplification of key cyber security processes 
•  Drive internal and third-party service review meetings covering performance, service improvements, quality and processes
• Support information security awareness and training to all MPA users and third-party vendors
• Coordinate incident planned and emergency communication processes to both internal and external audience.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, Electrical Engineering, Telecommuncations or related IT field
• At least one professional Information Security Qualification: ComptiaSecurity+/CCNA Security
• Intermediary competencies in Network Security
• Intermediary competencies in Microsoft, Linux or Unix Operating Systems administration
• Intermediary competencies experience in Information Security Technologies
• Minimum of 3 years Network Security experience with with Intrusion Prevention Systems, Web Application Firewalls, VPN administration, Content Filters, Security Scanning tools.
• Minimum of 1-year focused Security experience in Privilege User Access Management solutions;
• Experience in design, delivery and support of Information Security solutions to customers will be and added advantage
• Experience in the use of security tools.
• Project management skills, and proven task execution (getting things done). 
• Superior Report writing skills and good communication skills.
• Good communication and collaborative skills.