Principal, Cyber Prevent Engineer Lead – International Money Transfer Treasury & M-PESA Operations Analyst

JOB DESCRIPTION
We are pleased to announce the following vacancy for PRINCIPAL, CYBER PREVENT ENGINEER within our Cyber Security department in Corporate Security Division. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below.
The Cyber Security Prevent Team is responsible for implementing cyber security architecture and policies. The team is in charge of the day-to-day running of the Cyber Security Infrastructure, managing support SLAs with both internal and external customers, and running of key cyber security programs. 
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Cyber Prevent and Defense, the successful candidate will lend support in day-to-day operation and maintenance of Cyber Security solutions and services to ensure 99.999% uptime. He /she will provide technical security expertise and 2nd level support to staff and teams to ensure the efficient use of systems and tools. He or she will be responsible for managing key cyber security programs across the organization. 
RESPONSIBILITIES

Act as an operational team lead in the configuration, management and upgrade of a wide variety of cyber security technologies e.g. Intrusion Prevention systems, Web Application firewalls, Anti-DDOS protection, Web & Email content filtering, Endpoint Security, PKI & certificate management, multi-factor authentication, privileged identity management etc…
Liaise with other business leads and participate in project meetings and contribute to design reviews – from high level design/architecture to configuration of system level parameters to meet security goals.
Serve as the primary point of contact & escalation point for Security Administration tasks and coordinate provisioning, installation and troubleshooting of incidents
Lead efforts in documenting & reviewing the changes, operation and troubleshooting of Cyber Security platforms and procedures
Ensuring that controls are well fine-tuned to protect the Safaricom brand. 
Maintain up to date cyber security technologies by installation of new signatures and patches and ensure these tools cover the right scope.
Ensure agreed support SLAs are met with respective vendors and with internal customers. 
Ensure that all new threats are addressed when the need arises
Ensure that the environment is well protected from intrusions/hacks
Execution of incident management plan and forensics tasks including doing reports on root cause analysis and remediation plans
Assisting in defining, maintaining, continual improvement and weekly reporting on the Cyber Security program
Maintaining and continual improvement of Cyber Security Operations processes and procedures.
Providing 2nd level support to staff and teams to ensure the efficient use of systems and tools.
Troubleshooting and remediating issues impacting Cyber Security Operations
Assisting with key Vodafone cyber security baseline programs across the organization i.e. patch & vulnerability management, compliance management, data leakage protection, malware protection, privileged identity management, multifactor authentication etc…

QUALIFICATIONS

Degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science/information Technology
At least one professional Information Security Qualification: CISSP/CISM/CISA/Comptia Security+
Proven competencies in Network Security: CCNA or CCNP (Security)
Proven competencies in Microsoft, Linux or Unix Operating Systems administration
Proven competencies experience in Information Security Technologies
Minimum of 3 years in Cyber Security systems administration e.g. Intrusion Prevention Systems, Web Application Firewalls, Remote access, Content Filters, endpoint protection, vulnerability management solutions etc…
Expert level analytical and problem-solving skills are required.
Good report writing and communication skills 
Good at coordinating and leading teams. 
Analytical Thinking. Customer focused.

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