Senior Specialist, Risk & Security Monitoring at IHS Towers

Job Description

• 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 
• Perform other functions as assigned by the Senior Manager, IT Security Operations.

Qualifications

Functional: 

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

Behavioral: 

• Collaboration & Teamwork 
• Be Bold 
• Customer Focus 
• Innovation 
• Integrity 

Qualification

• Bachelor’s and/or Advanced 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.