Job Opportunities at GVA PARTNERS

Apigee + Microservice Developer

Our client requires the service of a highly skilled Apigee+ Microservice Developer. The successful candidate will work with technical lead to create technical design docs, participate in UX design and understand user flows and data consumption requirements. This individual will coordinate effort across teams to identify and define API needs driven by mobile app consumption.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Define REST API/JSON specification.
• Socialize and collaborate API spec across teams.
• Design Apigee flows based on API spec
• Define test cases for API
• Communicate API spec and Apigee flow design to off shore development team.
• Works with other development teams to develop standardized APIs
• Participates in Define phase for scoping, and Design phase for detailed technical requirements and design specifications and will be responsible for development of complex solutions.
• Work with other developers to ensure best practices are followed for integration and event processing solutions.

SKILLS/EXPRIENCE

• 4+ years of experiences, preferably Apigee Certified Engineer.
• 3 years of experiences of implementation knowledge of Open API specification and Swagger 2.0.
• Experience on Java, Spring/Spring Boot.
• Experience on Microservices development and implementation.
• 3 to 4 years of experiences in API design/modelling using Swagger 2.0 or Open API specification.
• Experience in using Apigee Edge and Micro-gateway for development of API proxies.
• Knowledge of authentication, authorization of services via OAuth 2, different types of OAuth 2 implementation.
• OAuth implementation with Open Group ID.
• Define APIs in APIGEE, configure API endpoints, declare access policies,
• Integrate with Authentication service provider,
• Implement protocol/format conversion (if necessary)
• Configure developer portal components where applicable
• Installation & Configuration of Microgateway.
• Test capability SOAUPUI, Selenium, Cucumber, Postman
• Awareness of software design principles and integration patterns in general and of consuming and creating REST and SOAP web services in particular

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Job Description

• Our client requires the service of a highly skilled Azure Platform Engineer. The successful will assist architects in the planning and design of Azure solutions for enterprise customers, as well as deployment, testing and cutover of enterprise-scale Microsoft Azure cloud IaaS and PaaS solutions.

Job Responsibilities

• Design and deploy enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Key resource for hands-on delivery of enterprise Azure solutions.
• Review and manage technical requirements and business functional requirements to establish new cloud platforms
• Assist in designing Microsoft Azure solutions to meet our clients’ technical, security, and business needs.
• Execute on implementation plans to deploy Azure infrastructure and move workloads to Azure.
• Assist in internal Service Delivery Framework and IP development.

Qualifications / Skills / Experience

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree qualification.
• Should have 8 -10 years working experience with 3 to 5 years in Azure Cloud.
• Should have hands-on knowledge in container orchestrator services like Kubernetes.
• Should have worked on Azure Kubernetes Services(AKS) and experience in handling AKS cluster creation, maintenance etc.
• Should have created Application solutions using Cloud Services on Azure.
• Hands-on experience on TF, CI/CD,ARM templates and infra automations.
• Any scripting language like Python/PowerShell/Shell will be added advantage
• Certification in Azure Cloud will be an added advantage.

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Overview

• We require the service of a highly skilled Data analyst.
• The successful candidate will process, inspect, cleanse, transform, and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and supporting decision-making.
• This individual plays a role in making decisions more scientific and helping businesses operate more effectively.

Responsibilities

• Understand any new data set requirement and discuss with the BI team to extract the same
• Must have knowledge in Telco domain knowledge
• Create data extraction logic from the source systems based on the KPI requirement for
• Understand the process of Automation of data extracts and feeds to establish dashboards and reports.
• Capture reporting UI requirements by interacting with the business user
• Understand schema in the data mart for reports and dashboard development
• Perform “Show & Tell” of the said areas for purpose of analysis
• Document the steps needed for data analysis
• Understand SQL integration/query
• Responds to routine and ad hoc inquiries.

Job Requirements

• B.Sc in Computer Science, Mathematics or any related discipline
• 7 years relevant work experience.
• Proven working experience as a Data Analyst or Business Data Analyst
• Strong knowledge of and experience with reporting packages (Business Objects etc), databases (SQL etc), programming (XML, Javascript, or ETL frameworks)
• Knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analyzing datasets (Excel, SPSS, SAS etc)
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings.

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Job Summary

• Our client requires the service of a highly skilled Business Analyst to join a dynamic team. The successful candidate will conduct business analysis for new product releases and new projects. This individual will be involved in requirement analysis, documentation, scope validation, coordination and assessment of requests from stakeholders.

Job Description
The business analyst is expected to perform the following tasks:

• Evaluate business requirements and serve as internal consultant to the business during product and project initiation requiring new or modified applications.
• Identify and/or audit product proposals, business requirements, existing policies and technologies
• Articulate various aspects of CLIENT’s business and business drivers to other divisions
• Monitor business process improvement initiatives especially with regards to product development and continually find ways to streamline PPP’s and align them to international best practice.
• Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, and task and workflow analysis.
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyse information needs and functional requirements and deliver functional requirements and business requirements documentation.
• Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language.
• Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyse tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
• Be the liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams.

Requirements
The Business Analyst is expected to have the following educational qualification and experience:

• First Degree in Computer Science or related with at least 3 - 5 years work experience.
• Proven experience in solution delivery within a complex environment.
• Extensive experience in gathering and documenting systems and products requirements for information technology environments.
• Ability to thoroughly think out and evaluate alternatives, innovative problem resolution, pro-active approach and initiative to resolve problems.
• Ability to work with little direction and supervision, timely completion of projects, makes time for unplanned assignments, adapts to changing priorities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to relate to diverse groups of internal and external clients to include vendors, consultants, designers and developers.
• Certifications include : ITIL, PMP, PRINCE 2, Professional Scrum Product Owner, Professional Scrum Master, ISO 21500.

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Overview

• We require the service of a highly skilled Azure DevOps engineer.
• The successful individual will work in multi-disciplinary teams to provide a broad range of information technology-related services, such as IT strategy and architecture, IT implementation support, and software development.

Responsibilities

• Building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure
• Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers
• Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes
• Testing and examining code written by others and analysing the result
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Identifying technical problems and developing software updates and ‘fixes’
• Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
• Planning out projects and being involved in project management decisions.

Job Requirements

• Interested candidates should possess a First Degree in any relevant field with at least 7 years of relevant work experience.
• Azure (IaaS and PaaS) experience in managing configuration for Azure cloud-based Application Development and Implementation
• Well Versed in PowerShell Scripting, ARM Templates, Azure AD, App Service Plans, Azure Service Environments (Isolated Plans)
• Experienced with Azure PaaS Configuration and Administration of Azure Resources.
• Strong understanding of commonly used Azure PaaS Services viz. SQL PaaS, Azure Functions, Web Jobs, Bots, Redis, ServiceBus, etc.
• Experienced with Azure SDK / API experience.
• Knowledge with Azure Key Vault and Azure Storage
• Experience with Application Code Deployment and Configuration on Azure Environment.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with Code Debugging experience in Azure PaaS Hosted Environment.
• Knowledge and experience with working on PowerShell, JSON, XML, or similar scripting language.
• Experienced with VM Build & Management from VHD, establishes policy and ability to create policy.
• Experience in the process of Incident/Change/Problem management.
• Hand on experience in handling high-priority Incidents and troubleshooting.
• Responsible to implement automation where needed, creating/improving monitoring strategies, and maintenance and optimization of Azure-based infrastructure.
• Be the point of escalation for troubleshooting and remediating Azure cloud issues.
• Hands-on client project support, minimizing service outages, supervises and produce documentation for issue tracking.
• Create and manage best practice documents and procedures to provide a uniform, compliant cloud environment for production implementation, Update Knowledge base, and Standard Operating Procedures.

Comprehensive Understanding of the Following:

• GCP – Google Cloud Platform
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• GraphQL
• CICD: Spinnaker
• GitHub
• YAML Script
• Automated build pipeline
• Infrastructure as a Code.

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Job Description

• We requires the service a highly skilled enterprise architect/solution architect with Fin-Tech experience. The successful candidate will be expected to catalogue, develop, coordinate, communicate, maintain and enforce the overall enterprise architectural models to adequately perform the organizations business.

Responsibilities

• Assess over all alignment between business and technology roadmaps
• Evaluate solutions alignment with the end user experience
• Create, own and maintain the Technologies Architectural Artifacts (building blocks, models, governance, architecture and unified roadmaps, etc.).
• Collaborate on the creation and maintenance of the enterprise business capability model.
• Form cross-functional teams (Network, Operations, Development, Data Warehouse, Quality, etc.) to facilitate the creation of optimal architectures which align to the architecture plan
• Provide technical leadership for various business units and technology groups
• Apply analytical thought processes to quickly understand technical challenges discovered during the life-cycle of the initiative
• Evaluate how security impacts the design & development process of various solutions
• Communicate often with the business units and explain the value of technical architectures, solutions, and strategies
• Lead the documentation and analysis of the current state of all of the IT environments and technology landscape
• Collaborate on defining future state architectures and develop gap plans
• Collaborate extensively with IT Leaders , Product Managers and technical delivery teams to ensure alignment of best practices and standards
• Mentor and guide other Engineers(software,data,network,etc.)
• Presenting architecture and strategy to all layer of the company from executives to individual contributors

Qualifications&Skills required

• First Degree in Computer Science,or related discipline preferred
• At least 3 years’ experience working as an enterprise or solution architect designing and implementing large-scale systems and databases
• At least 5 years’ experience as a developer
• Strong communication skills with both technical and business professionals
• Teamwork & collaboration skills to work across organizations and lead cross-functional teams
• Expert knowledge of enterprise application integration, including SOA, Micro services, ETL environments and an understanding of integration considerations such as process orchestration, custom data integration, and master data management
• Thorough knowledge of business function and in-depth knowledge of business operations, objectives, and strategies
• Working knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, EACOE, etc.)
• Previous development experience in multiple disciplines (Java, C#, JavaScript, Go, Java, HTML, AJAX, JSON, DDL, SQL, NoSQL, or relevant open source platforms)
• Deep understanding of designp at terns,principles,and frame works
• Working knowledge of UI/UIX design principles
• Strong understanding on network architecture, designs, and protocols
• Extensive experience integration with 3rd party products (both business and technical)
• Experience with mobile applications and how they interact with various back end architectures
• A good understanding of the architectural principals of cloud-based platforms including SaaS, PaaS, multi-tenancy, multi-tiered Strong knowledge of the security operations, standards & issues involved in multi-tier, multi-tenant web applications
• Track record of being proactive, identifying gaps, making constructive suggestions and follow through to resolution
• Proven ability to creatively problem-solve for various types of issue in multiple disciplines
• Experience presenting to senior leadership.

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Overview

• An exciting opportunity exists for a Back-End Developer to join a dynamic project team.
• The role would suit someone with proven experience building production, commercial-quality web-based applications that also have proven in-depth SQL-Server development experience.
• Applicants must be comfortable with advanced SQL syntax, SQL Server Business Intelligence development and SQL Server (additional experience with Oracle is highly desirable).
• The job holder needs to be flexible and open to new ideas or change with the passion and drive to excel in their career.
• The job holder must be self-directed, organized, and extremely attentive to details.

Job Requirements
The Back-end developer will be expected to have aptitudes, skills, knowledge and experience on the following areas:

• Golang
• 3+ years of backend development experience
• BSc in Computer Science
• Must have experience with Golang, Java Spring Boot
• Extensive hands on Golang, JAVA
• API focus preferred (REST, SOAP, Web API)
• Full understanding of microservices and Event streaming platforms like Apache Pulsar and Kafka
• Backend processing experience: SQL, Oracle, MYSQL, MongoDB, POSTGRESS
• GCP
• Golang (Rest API / Soap / Web API)
• MongoDB / Redis Cache
• Good understanding and working knowledge of Docker/Kubernetes
• GraphQL
• Java Spring boot, Spring Framework.

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Job Description

• Our client  requires the service of a highly skilled IT service delivery officer who will act as the first point of contact for Managed Service customers.
• The primary objective of the role is to provide first time resolution.
• This will be achieved by troubleshooting, diagnosing and resolved problems at the first point of contact and/or escalating the fault to the specialist teams to investigate and resolve.
• This is a demanding support position which calls for excellent customer service skills, the ability to articulate solutions clearly and confidently to end users and a high degree of technical knowledge across a broad range of technologies and products including; Hosting (Linux and Windows), firewalls and/or WAN (wide area networks) technologies.

Responsibilities

• Correctly logging incidents and faults, categorising and prioritising them in line with team procedures
• Conducting full and thorough diagnostics with end users to enable first point of contact fault resolution
• Ensuring all faults are progressed & cleared within SLA – escalating to other internal and external teams as appropriate
• Managing faults through their entire lifecycle from the first point of contact through to resolution, proactively keeping the customer informed of progress
• Diagnosing and resolving problems to the customers satisfaction
• Maintain and develop own knowledge and skills to assist with first time fault resolution
• Identify and escalate repeat issues or service risks into service management teams
• Sharing knowledge with team colleagues
• Manage a number of scheduled tasks for customers, designed to ensure that the customers systems remain operational

Skills / Experience

• First Degree in Computer Science or any related discipline
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in area of specialization
• Practitioner certificate in ITIL is a must
• Experience in IT service support and delivery experience
• Provides understanding of service delivery and service support environment
• Must be able to demonstrate a customer first approach to support
• The ability to liaise and communicate confidently and professionally with customer representatives at all levels
• Natural aptitude for trouble shooting & problem solving
• Have solid experience in a helpdesk or technical support environment
• Highly organised and able to work on own initiative to complete the range of tasks required
• Flexible and willing to work outside core business hours as required

Technical Knowledge:

• Be qualified to at least one of the following levels
• Cisco certified network associate (CCNA)
• Microsoft certified solutions associate (MCSA)
• Fortinet certified network security administrator (FCNSA).

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Overview

• To manage the Bank’s database to ensure optimal uptime and system integrity which delivers support to the business strategy of the Bank that is achieved through Information Technology.
• The Job Profile indicates that the job holder should be capable of collecting information and imparting it to others. The job occupant whilst being adaptable by nature will need to ensure strict conformity with rules, systems and protocol.
• The area of work is likely to have some administrative, specialist or technical aspects and the person fulfilling the role should have the persistence to see a job through to conclusion.
• The incumbent should be dependable, loyal, a good listener and enjoy working in a logical and systematic manner.
• Standard operating procedures are important aspects of this role and as such, it will require an individual who is organized, structured, self-controlled and capable of communicating facts within the required area of knowledge and expertise.
• The person fulfilling this role should be consistent in approach, analytical, sensitive, precise and compliant.
• The environment wherever possible should be free of confrontation and the person occupying the role should be non-aggressive by nature.

Job Functions

• Ensure 100% availability and effective usability of the database by end users concurrently.
• Responsible for non-corruption, performance, integrity and the security of the database.
• Ensure strict compliance to backup and recovery procedures to ensure data is available at all times.
• Deliver adequate support to application development teams on server/storage requirements.
• Make recommendations and carry out necessary tests when there is a need to commission/ install new applications as well as customize/tune existing applications in order to make them fit for purpose.

Qualifications
Education:

• First Degree in Numerate / Physical Science or Engineering.

Experience:

• 5+ years cognate experience.
• Good working knowledge of Windows, Unix and Linux operating systems. Knowledge of Oracle and MS SQL database administration.
• IBM/AIX Websphere administration.
• Storage infrastructure administration.
• The behavioural competency for the job includes the ability to:
• Remain rational when dealing with others, work within organizational requirements, be systematic and factual when dealing with colleagues, and handle conflict adopting a logical and unemotional approach until a solution becomes achievable.
• Introduce monitoring systems that identify whether individuals or the organization are achieving their objectives, as well as any variances in terms of goals and timescales. Ensure that corrective action plans are formulated and implemented.
• Work within a technical or specialist area of expertise in order to continuously improve the quality of the service and/or product provided.
• Evaluate situations, calculate and reduce risk, justify and defend accuracy, give reasons for views and generally provide shrewd judgment in any situation.
• Be persistent in problem-solving, seeking solutions through the expertise of both self and others. Research all the facts with care and resolve problems in a timely and thorough manner.
• Remain self-controlled when opposed and people become uncooperative or aggressive, be prepared to listen to what others say and feel, deal with conflict in an accommodating manner and use practicality as a method for reaching a solution.
• Be confident when dealing with uncooperative people and encourage them to implement imaginative solutions to challenging problems.
• Encourage people to communicate effectively and, through example and expertise, create participative attitudes.
• Seek direction and authority from others when and if appropriate, and achieve set goals in a non-assertive and efficient manner.

Professional Competencies:
Core:

• Database Administration.
• Knowledge of Oracle and MS SQL.
• Application Support.
• Knowledge of troubleshooting hardware and operational systems.
• Knowledge of relevant policies and regulations.
• Research Orientation.
• Data / Information Management.
• Stakeholder Management.
• Data / Information Management.
• Negotiation.
• Business Presentation Skills.
• Customer focus.
• Vendor management

Non Core:

• Reporting.
• Project Management.

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Summary

• An exciting opportunity exists for a dynamic and talented scrum master to join a dynamic team. As a scrum master, you will be our go-to person for applying scrum to produce high-quality work.
• You will coordinate and coach our software development team, helping the team continuously make progress on the project by making sure each person is working on the right tasks, helping to remove any obstacles to the team members’ progress, and protecting the team from distractions.

Job Description

• You will guide, coach and motivate the team with the goal of increasing productivity
• Organize and lead Scrum ceremonies
• Communicated with main stakeholders
• Oversee and manage scope, timeline, quality, goals and deliverables that support business goals
• Monitor schedule and cost performance
• Identify key KPIs
• Prepare and present reports on the progress and success

Requirements
What do you need to be considered for this role?

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
• 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or similar role in a development team
• Passionate about Scrum, Kanban , Lean Thinking, Lean Startup , eXtreme Programming, SAFe , LeSS, etc.
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) or Certified Product
• Owner (CSPO)
• Demonstrated experience with agile practices, patterns and techniques
• Demonstrated experience in Agile techniques such as User Stories, ATDD, TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games etc.
• A sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s
• success
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Team player
• Good time-management skills
• Great interpersonal and communication skills.

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Overview

• We require the service of a highly-skilled front-end developer (UI/UX) with Fin-Tech experience who will collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals and experience.

Responsibilities

• Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineering
• Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user-friendliness to complex design roadblocks
• Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas
• Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders
• Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback
• Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards

Requirements / Experience

• 3+ years of Front-End Mobile development experience
• Extensive hands on Dart & Flutter development
• B.Sc.in Computer Science
• Front-end technology: Expertise in front-end technologies, including JavaScript, CSS3 and HTML5 and third-party libraries such as React Js, Angular, jQuery and LESS
• MongoDB and MySQL and caching mechanisms such as Redis, Memcached and Varnish
• Basic design ability: Including knowledge of UI/UX and basic prototype design
• JavaScript,CSS3,HTML5,Angular,jQuery.
• Flutter and Dart Framework for mobile.
• SQLServer, Oracle, MongoDB, MySQL.
• Redis Cache
• Code Magic
• DevOps.

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Overview

• An exciting opportunity exists for a dynamic and talented IT Project Manager to join a dynamic project team.
• The resource shall be responsible for:
  • Overseeing and managing the Project-Based Services engagements.
  • Candidate must be able to proactively work to set customer expectations to assure a smooth project including project timeline, client requirements, and critical dependencies.
  • Candidate must possess strong financial skills with strong attention to detail.

Position Summary & Key Areas of Responsibilities

• Required to oversee projects. This role originates in the Plan Phase and extends through the Deployment Phase of the Project Management Governance Process; Oversight of Project from Concept Phase through Deployment via other Project Managers
• Decompose projects into time-phased elements and prioritize key deliverables; Assumes full accountability for the overall success of a project through deployment.
• Define project goals and objectives; Identify customer requirements; Identify resource requirements; Develop project budget; Track incurred and projected expenses against program plan and report to management.
• Prioritize resource allocation; Assist with resource negotiation; Manage cost/schedule/resource variances
• Produce project documentation; Establish/maintain project information system; Monitor and control project
• Develop and be accountable for the overall project plan; Ensure resources are committed and engaged for all project phases
• Primary function of the role is translating customer IT services requirements into customer solutions/contracts that secure customer loyalty, drive acceptable profit margins and are delivered with fidelity
• Role requires strong project management skills and leadership in a dynamic and deadline-driven environment
• Required to qualify and develop a solution that is mutually acceptable to the client and the company
• Liaise closely with pricing analysts to ensure operational commitments are translated accurately into cost assumptions
• Provide sales team with technical and service presales support; Prepare and deliver services presentations to current and prospective customers
• Negotiates directly with customers and contractors
• Certifications and proficiency in Technology and Telecom fields of knowledge. Cisco wireless certifications are an asset.
• Ensures the program meet established time, cost, technical and customer objectives

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in any field (Minimum 2:2)
• 10 years of related experience in customer-facing, technology deployment and support environment
• 7 years in Project Management and strong experience in working with a Financial Institution
• Ability to work under tight timelines in a demanding environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Ability to work closely with the Business Leaders, IT Partners, and peers for the project, the customer and the development/implementation team within a Project Team environment – both internal to NCR and external with the customer.
• Interface with multiple business functions and organizations, as well as multiple specialists, in defining, producing and managing plans for successful project delivery
• Ability to lead/coordinate a cross-functional team, ensuring that projects meet defined scope, time, cost and quality constraints
• Ability to deal with organizational influences, ambiguity and continuous change.

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Overview

• An exciting opportunity exists for a highly skilled IT security engineer to join a dynamic project team.
• The resource shall be responsible for the following:
  • Carry out procedural system maintenance on all IT systems.
  • Ensure all networks including but not limited to LAN, MAN, WAN, GAN meet the demand of the company.
  • Troubleshoot system and network problems, diagnosing and solving hardware or software faults and replacing parts as required.
  • Maintain all IT system workflows.
  • Maintain and update all IT Networks.
  • Maintain and contribute to the development of the IT Network.
  • Participate actively in developing, planning and implementing advanced IT systems.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Functions

• Lead cybersecurity initiatives in conjunction with the Group Cybersecurity team.
• Design and implement security controls to safeguard and monitor events for information systems, enterprise applications and data.
• Lead the implementation of Information Security projects
• Drive internal and external vulnerability assessment, penetration tests engagements and manage results to remediation.
• Respond to escalated security events and drive security incident response processes to ensure timely resolution with minimal disruption.
• Design, document, and deploy secure infrastructure solutions to enhance and evolve the security posture of the business to ensure integrity, availability and confidentiality of all critical enterprise data.
• Provide expertise on security tools, including but not limited to firewalls, Web Application firewalls, IDS/IDP, anti-malware software
• Liaise with stakeholders in respect of the operational implementation of security policies and best practices
• Collaborate with the Client-Server Team to ensure that technical plans are practical, controls are sustainable, and implementations are managed to minimize risks and adverse impact to servers, workstations and user productivity.
• Implement the infrastructure, configurations and processes to monitor security-related events
• Prevent data loss and service interruptions by researching new technologies that will effectively protect the enterprise network.

Supervisory / Managerial Responsibilities:

• EnsureconformancetoCybersecurityBlueprint/Roadmap
• Provide inputs to company strategic plan on all initiatives to ensure that Security gaps/vulnerabilities are identified & closed
• Establish and ensure credibility through strong relationships, value-add to operations and professionalism

Qualifications

• Interested candidates should possess a First Degree in any relevant field
• Minimum of 5 years experience in an area of Security specialisation; with experience working with others
• Experience working in a Large organization and preferably in the Telecommunications industry
• Strong background as an Engineer/Architect in application security infrastructure and various network technologies to include devices such as firewalls, VPN, intrusion/extrusion detection, vulnerability & risk assessment tools, encryption technologies, virus/worm/malware prevention, E-business and web application technologies, Data Loss Prevention, whole disk & device encryption solutions, two-factor authentication, common Windows (desktop & server) platforms,
• Experience with Microsoft, Solaris, Unix, Oracle and MSSQL
• Experience working in the telecommunications industry
• Managing network and/or network security
• Knowledge should be current with information security best practices and global trends
• Knowledge of security best practices such as; defence-in-depth, least privileges, need-to-know, separation of duties, access controls, encryption
• User account identity, authorization and authentication management.
• Security incident and event management
• Experience in researching new or emerging technologies and processes that may be incorporated as solutions to reoccurring security concerns.

Training:

• Penetration Testing
• Vulnerability life cycle management
• Advanced Security Incidence Response
• Systems Auditing, Database Security, Firewall Design, Intrusion detection system administration Implementation
• Security enforcement on systems-level, security audit and vulnerability management
• Telecommunications, Network, wireless & Internet Security.