Security Analyst at Jubilee Insurance

Job Ref. No: JLIL126

Role Purpose

The job holder will be primarily responsible for front-line cybersecurity defense focusing on monitoring, detection & responding to cyber security incidents in real time.

Main Responsibilities

• Monitor user, system, and network activity to identify suspicious activities and investigate anomalous events and traffic trends.
• Conduct periodic security reviews and vulnerability assessments across all of Company’s systems/infrastructure and initiate remedies on noted gaps.
• Ensure all new and existing systems/products/services comply with Company's security policies & standards and other industry best practices.
• Administer security monitoring tools ensuring optimal uptime and resource utilization.
• Use the security monitoring tools to monitor alerts and alarms and initiate corrective actions.
• Configure and finetune security monitoring systems to make sure Jubilee Insurance is sufficiently protected.
• Mitigate intrusion attempts through proactive response to incidents.
• Do regular follow ups with system custodians/owners to ensure any security risks identified are addressed within the agreed timelines.
• Provide timely and quality security assurance reports and advice to the business when required.
• Define Cyber Security metrics and report periodically on security compliance across all networks/systems.
• Research on new cyber security threats, technologies, vulnerabilities, security design principles.
• Develop a monthly scorecard for each department on how well they are performing in terms of Cyber Security compliance.

Functional Skills

• Knowledge of security policy standard development, secure infrastructure design & reviews
• Working knowledge and experience with virtualization, remote access, and secure mobile technologies.
• Business continuity Planning (BCP) and Data Recovery (DR) planning and management.
• Vulnerability, Access control and privileged access management (PAM).

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science or other Computer related field from a recognized University
• Information Security Qualification: Certified SOC Analyst/ Certified Incident Handler/ CISSP/ Security +/CISA/CISM
• Networking Competencies: MCSE, CCNA/CCNP

Relevant Experience

• 3 years of working experience in Cybersecurity in a large or medium sized organization