Senior ICT Officer - Network Security and Infrastructure - 2 Posts at The Open University of Kenya

Duties & Responsibilities

Duties

• Design and manage SD-WAN, LAN, and Wireless mesh networks (Cisco/Huawei/Ubiquiti), ensuring 99.9% uptime.
• Deploy and manage Next-Gen Firewalls (NGFW) with IDS/IPS, implementing Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and Network Access Control (NAC) policies.
• Manage secure authentication protocols (SSO, MFA, SAML, LDAP) across Active Directory and Azure AD.
• Utilise SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk, AlienVault) for real-time log analysis and incident response, while conducting regular vulnerability assessments.
• Secure edge connectivity between the campus and cloud services (Direct Connect/Express Route, VPNs).

Required Qualifications and Competencies

For appointment to this grade, one MUST have:

Must Have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field from an accredited and recognised University is required.
• Minimum of six (3) years of proven hands-on experience in Network Engineering and Information Security is essential.
• Network infrastructure skills are necessary, including Internet Services, LAN & WAN (Cisco, Huawei, HP, Juniper Networking), Advanced routing and switching, Enterprise Wireless Management, and Infrastructure monitoring tools.
• Experience is an added advantage with Next Generation Firewalls and IPS/IDS, FortiGATE firewalls, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Remote Access (VPN), Virtualisation (VMware, Proxmox, Docker), Linux and Windows Server Systems.

Essential Professional Certifications

• Relevant Professional Certifications including: 
• CCNP Enterprise (Cisco) qualification OR JNCIP-ENT (Juniper) qualification;
• CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) qualification; 
• CompTIA Security+ qualification OR SSCP qualification; 
• Cisco Certified CyberOps Professional qualification; 
• Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) qualification OR Fortinet NSE 4/5 qualification or CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) qualification.