Jobs at GVA Partners

Summary of Functions

• Tailoring the SIEM solution to unique infrastructure and business needs
• Monitor the overall performance of security systems depicted in appendix A
• Identity and Access Management Monitoring/Alerting
• Endpoint monitoring
• Constantly oversee and analyze security defenses per on-prem and cloud infrastructure
• Participate in the delivery of cybersecurity operations through vulnerability and threat identification, incident detection and response, forensic investigations, Patch and Vulnerability Management. Engage with infrastructure and applications teams in mitigation and remediation efforts.
• Maintain key metrics that are indicative of the security posture of the infrastructure.
• Keep abreast of threat intelligence feeds to stay abreast of industry reports and emerging threat that may affect.
• Produce Executive Dashboard Security reporting showing actionable insights from IT Security monitoring tools
• Engage with other IT units, where applicable, to establish and enforce security best practices, protection objectives, and process improvements.

Education, Experience, and Skills required

• Bachelor’s degree/HND in Computer Science, Information Technology or Cybersecurity related field
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in Cyber security, with at least 5 years of working as SOC Analyst
• Experience with Windows/Unix/Linux Operating systems with a focus on cybersecurity
• Relevant industry certifications (i.e. CISSP, CASP+ CEH, GCIH, GCIA, OSCP)
• Experience with SIEM (Arcsight), EDR (Falcon Crowdstrike, Packet Analysis, HIPS/NIPS, Network Monitoring tools, Service Now Ticketing, Web Security.
• Communicates clearly with diverse technical and business owners.
• Familiarity with regulations and frameworks such as NIST, PCI, ISO 27001

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• We are looking for a focused technical recruiter to be responsible for the sourcing, screening, and hiring of technical specialists to fill IT positions. The technical recruiter's responsibilities include all aspects of hiring, from meeting with hiring managers to write job descriptions to offering job positions to the most suitable candidates. You should be focused, hard-working, and able to meet deadlines to the satisfaction of all parties involved.
• To be a successful technical recruiter, you should have a good working knowledge of technology, technical roles, and technical skills, as well as knowledge of the recruitment process.

Responsibilities

• Communicating with hiring managers to identify future job openings and the technical requirements for those jobs.
• Writing job descriptions and posting to relevant media platforms.
• Screening applicants for competency with the job requirements.
• Arranging telephone, video, or in-person interviews.
• Performing background and reference checks.
• Presenting the resumes of the most suitable candidates to the hiring manager.
• Offering job positions and completing the relevant paperwork.
• Keeping track of all applicants as well as keeping applicants informed on the application process.
• Forecasting recruitment budgets.

Requirements/Experience

• A bachelor of science with minimum of 2.1 in Computer science or any engineering related field.
• Master’s degree is an added advantage.
• To be a successful technical recruiter, you should have a good working knowledge of technology, technical roles, and technical skills, as well as knowledge of the recruitment process.
• A good understanding of technology and technical skills.
• Experience in technical recruitment processes and platforms.
• Good interpersonal and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication skills
• Fast typing skills.
• Excellent problem solving skills and keen attention to details

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JOB OVERVIEW

• We are looking to hire a talented strategy consultant to assist our clients in improving their business performance. In this role, you will be identifying key areas for improvement, conducting market research, and suggesting strategies to boost company performance.

RESPONSIBILITES

• Meeting with clients to discuss business goals and objectives.
• Conducting market research and studying market trends.
• Collaborate with partners across functions including strategy, finance, analytics, marketing, digital, product management, and technology.
• Prepare briefings, talking points and business plans in support of industry engagement.
• Develop and manage project plans, status reports, management and committee updates.
• Coordinate and serve as project manager across strategic initiatives.
• Develop trust-based relationships with clients and manage client expectations.
• Use both quantitative and qualitative insights to support your recommendation.
• Present recommendations for highly complex sales opportunities and solutions when leading project teams.
• Work with cross functional teams to ensure partner implementations are on track and delivering against plan.
• Take the lead in solving the problems that arise during the execution of programs with partners.
• Ensure client goals and project timelines are being met.
• Analyzing existing company processes and workflows.
• Evaluating the practices and market behavior of industry competitors.
• Creating and presenting analysis reports.
• Devising strategies to increase revenue, cut costs, and promote growth.
• Overseeing the implementation of updated business strategies.
• Reviewing and analyzing the efficacy of revised business strategies.
• Monitoring the long-term effects of business changes.

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENT

• Bachelor’s degree in business analytics, business management or similar.
• Experience in a consulting environment as a consultant.
• 5+ years experience as a strategy consultant.
• Detailed knowledge of industry trends and market behavior.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Deep understanding of management frameworks.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Sound knowledge of financial analysis.
• Experience with project management.
• Report writing skills.

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• An exciting opportunity exists for a highly skilled Application Security Engineer to join a dynamic project team. The resource shall be responsible for the following
• Ensuring the security of the company's networks, data and applications.
• Provides technical leadership and guidance to the application security team
• Manages the application security program, defines standards, policies, and procedures, and coordinates with engineering teams to implement and maintain integrated applications.
• Maintain all IT system work flows.
• Maintain and update all IT Networks.
• Maintain and contribute to the development of IT Network.
• Participate actively in developing, planning and implementing advance IT systems.
• Other duties as assigned.

Functions:

• Conduct web application security testing to identify vulnerabilities and ensure compliance with security requirements before deployment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prioritize security issues and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Develop and maintain security test plans, procedures, and documentation.
• Communicate security risks and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Lead cybersecurity initiatives in conjunction with 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 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:

• Ensure conformance to Cybersecurity Blueprint/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

Experience:

• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in an area of Security specialisation; with experience working with others
• Experience working in a Large organization and preferably in the financial 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 MS SQL
• Experience working in 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; defense 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 concern

Training:

• Penetration Testing
• Vulnerability lifecycle management
• Advanced Security Incidence Reponse
• 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