Senior Specialist, Security Monitoring at IHS Towers

Job Description

• In this role, you will contribute towards overall reduction of information security (IS) - related incidents by coordinating internal and third - party resources for continuous monitoring and identification of threats to end - user applications, networks, systems, and other access routes to other assets (including prevention / detection, email / spam filtering, web filtering).

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Ensure intelligent reporting and fine-tuning of file integrity monitor, Network Access Control (NAC), firewall and Security Operations Centre (SOC) rules.
• Create scenario-based risk intelligent rules.
• Ensure that sufficient trails are maintained, retained and retrievable for forensic analysis and investigation.
• Implement logging policies across different layers of systems and across enterprise platforms.
• Create intelligent alerting based on risk scenarios.
• Implement and manage log retention policy across multiple platform and systems.
• Review logs / alerts (closed-opened) and reports of all in-place security and infrastructural devices.
• Direct scheduling and ad-hoc security and compliance reporting.
• Monitor team members for alerts tracking.
• Network with other internal organizations to ensure coordination of compliance efforts.
• Participate in the creation of enterprise security policies, standards, and baselines.
• Provide support for the monitoring team as well as security incident and events management solution logging requirements and integration.
• Keep abreast of new / revised or improved security solutions, processes and development of new threats and attack vectors.
• Keep abreast of SOC regulatory standards.
• Participate in the deployment of tested security patches and updates.
• Conduct security tool selection, pilot and implementation.
• Maintain SOC awareness program.
• Communicate SOC action plans and security bulletins.
• Identify, investigate and resolve security breaches detected by installed security solutions.
• Make suggestions to implement projects that increase security and ensure the highest quality of service.

Organizational Competencies:

• Be Bold
• Customer Focus
• Innovation
• Integrity

Functional Competencies:

• IT Operations
• Incident Management
• Security Assessments
• Security Monitoring & Reporting
• Vulnerability Lifecycle Management
• Continuity & Disaster Recovery
• Business Communication
• Security Solutions Deployment

Behavioural Competencies:

• Collaboration & Teamwork

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or any related disciplines.
• +7 years’ relevant experience in IS, with at least 4 years in security monitoring and solutions deployment.
• Hands-on experience in security systems, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus software, authentication systems, log management, content filtering, etc.
• Demonstrable experience with network security and networking technologies as well with systems, security, and network monitoring tools.
• Demonstrable familiarity with web-related technologies (web applications, web services, service-oriented architectures), and network / web-related protocols.
• Thorough understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols
• Problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure