Senior Manager, Technical Security at KCB Bank Kenya

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical expertise to the bank and its senior management team on technical security controls that address existing and evolving cyber security threats affecting the financial services industry.
• Contribute to the overall Cyber Security strategy of the bank, the budgeting cycle, and the selection of security technology within the remit of the cybersecurity department.
• Develop and enforce Information Security policies and minimum configuration baseline standards in line with industry best practices and technologies commensurate with risk and regulatory requirements and implementing the same cost effectively.
• Ensure that compliance reports and relevant metrics are defined, created, and delivered in the various technical security domains - cloud security, data security & privacy, email security, endpoint security, ATM security, and network security - to senior management.
• Lead the team in provision of technical security related support to projects from inception through to successful implementation in a bid to ensure that technical security is built in.
• Ensure effective selection, security administration, optimisation and support of the Bank’s endpoint security, ATM security, email security, cloud security, network security, and data security tools in compliance with the Bank’s policies and standards.
• Participate in the identification and reporting of information security risks, as well as non-conformance to the Bank’s Information Security policies and standards.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of appropriate technical security action plans to address material risks and open internal or external audit items or regulatory issues.

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 6 Years Total No of Experience Required 

Education  

• Bachelor’s Degree    BSc. Information Technology / Computer Science / Telecommunications / Engineering (Electrical, Electronic)    

Professional Qualifications  

•  Information Security certification such as CISA, CISM, CISSP, CompTIA Security+     At least one required     
• Certification in endpoint, network, database, system, security administration such as Cisco, Checkpoint, Fortinet, Oracle, Microsoft, SIEM     At least one required          
• Master’s Degree    MBA/MSc    Added advantage