Summary
Date Posted: Friday, September 09, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Information Systems Security Officer

Responsibilities
Network and information security administration
• Performing network Intrusion detection and prevention, vulnerability scanning, and monitoring.
• Administeringcentralizedenterpriseantivirussolutionandclientoperating update and configuration.
• Performing regular vulnerability scans to find any flaws for mitigation.
• Administeringautomatedsecuritypatchingsolutionswithup-to-datesecurity updates and hotfixes.
• Performing day-to-day operations and maintenance of both on premises and cloud data center solutions.
• Assisting in design, installation, administration and troubleshooting data and voice networks.
• Network Security Risk Assessment for Mitigation
• Performing daily health checks on systems and continuously monitors access to network services and devices.
• Ensuring that security changes and improvement actions are evaluated, validated, and enforced according to Amref Health Africa policies and procedures.

Key Areas Responsibilities
• Collecting and maintaining Security related data needed for purposes of monitoring trends.
• Tracking security audit findings, assessments and recommendations for appropriate mitigation.
• Tracking and measuring system performance and availability.
• Mitigating any existing or potential security threats.
• Creating management reports on security trends and status.

System Security Risk Assessment, Monitoring for Optimization
• Securingandoptimizingremotesitesnetworkandcommunicationtechnologies.
• Monitoring network performance,report and troubleshoot outagesresultingfromsecuritybreaches andotherfactors.
• Recommendingresourcerequirementrequiredforcybersecurityoperations.
• Implementing, managing and securing global LAN/WAN and wirelessplatforms.
• Participating in security risk assessments.
• IdentifyingandmitigatingvulnerabilitiestargetingAmrefHealthAfricanetwork and providetimelymitigatingmeasures.
• DevelopingandimplementingacomprehensiveplantosecureICTNetwork.
• Proactivelymonitoringsystemsusagetoensurecompliancewith securitypolicies.
• Technical Support, Troubleshooting and Capacity Building
• Keepinguptodatewithemergingsecuritytrendsanddevelopments in ICTsecurity standards and threats.
• Documenting any security vulnerabilities and assess extend ofbreaches.
• Transferring knowledge of security skills, guides, standard operatingprocedures and best practices for information security to staffincluding non-technicalaudience.
• Preparinganddistributingimportantsecurity alerts,oradvisories to colleagues and generalstaff.
• Troubleshooting andsupport acrosstheWANforsmoothoperations.
• General ICTsupport acrosssites andfieldoffices.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Professional Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in ICT orrelated field.
• EC-CouncilCertified EthicalHackerCertificationv8/later or related.
• Internationallyrecognizedsecuritycertificatione.g.ComptiaSecurity+,CCNASecurity,Microsoft Certified Security etc.
• InformationSystems,Audit,ComplianceandAssessmentCertification.

Required Qualifications and Experience
• 5+yearsofprogressivehands-onexperienceinalargeenterprise ICTsecurity.
• Experience in designing and implementing organization wide information security network
• architecture and framework.
• Experienceinmanagingandimplementinglargescaleinformationsecuritynetworkprojects.
• Experience in identifying and managing technology security risk.
• Up-to-date knowledge of future IP and network security technologies, equipment and their benefits.
• Systems SecurityManagement.
• Incident ManagementTools.
• LAN,WANandWirelessNetworkmanagement.
• OperatingSystem,applicationanddatabasessecurityconfigurationsandAdministrations.
• Exposure to a diverse-multicultural environment.
• Storage,virtualization,backupandrestoresolutionsforbusiness continuity.
• Solid knowledge of variousinformationsecurity frameworks.
• Cybersecurity tools and techniquesforNetwork defense.
• Brand protection including web and email.
• Routing,switching,firewall administrationona TCP/IP networking.
• Managing network services and serverroles.
• Data Loss Prevention, Protection and Encryption.
• Knowledgeofsecurityrelatedlaws,policies,procedures,orgovernancerelevanttocybersecurity.
• Threat Analysis and Vulnerabilities Assessment.

Competencies and Skills
• Confidentiality
• Ethical
• Integrity
• Reliability
• Ability to work within deadlines
• Troubleshooting and problemresolution skills
• Excellent problem-solvingskills
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Expert analyticalskills

Other Important Soft Skills
• Influencing
• Criticalandcreativethinking
• Good logical diagnosticskills
• exercise good judgementin the resolution of problems;
• Facilitation
• Proactive
• Team work
• Interpersonal
• Flexibility


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Interested? Please visit our website https://amref.org/vacancies / to makeyourapplication.Youwillbe directed to ouronlineportalwhereyouwillneedtocreateanaccountinorderforyoutobeableto submit your application.
Your application should include a cover letter detailing why you are the best fit for this position and your CV with relevant skills and experience.


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