Equity Bank Limited · 4 weeks ago
IT Security Administrator
Equity Bank is seeking an IT Security Administrator to manage and audit their security and information technology program. The role involves developing and enforcing security policies, conducting risk assessments, and ensuring the integrity of information systems while collaborating with various stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
Communicate and collaborate to promote strong partnerships between managed services, senior management, business stakeholders, and other third-party vendors to perform risk assessments and formulate appropriate security guidelines and standards aligning to information security best practices
Maintain systems and perform activities related to vulnerability management, security information and event management, training and phishing awareness, endpoint patch management and protection across our hybrid on-prem/cloud environment
Participate in internal and external audits and reviews
Ensure security solutions, policies and procedures are sufficient to meet and respond to threats to our data and infrastructure
Work closely with senior leadership to instill cybersecurity policies and practices throughout business units to address security operations, incident response, application security and infrastructure
Maintain up-to-date knowledge related to security threats, vulnerabilities and mitigations set forth to reduce the attack surface; circulate this knowledge through the business units
Qualification
Required
Strong technical curiosity, security-minded, and critical thinking skills with a collaborative approach to finding an optimal solution
Ability to evaluate system and network configurations for compliance with security controls, and other common criteria to formulate and implement effective Risk Management Framework
Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate analytical and technical content in an easy-to-understand manner
Self-driven with strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills
Dependable, flexible, adaptable, attentive to detail with a strong work ethic
Familiarity with NIST Special Publications relating to RMF, Incident Response, Forensics, and System Engineering
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology related field; or minimum 5 years hands on experience designing, implementing, and managing large-scale networking, server, and security infrastructures
Networking and telephony experience (CCNA or equivalent knowledge)
Enterprise experience in securing and managing Azure and M365 admin centers including Azure Active Directory
Working knowledge of best practice patch and vulnerability management in a hybrid environment including SCCM and Intune
High level of experience working with enterprise technology security solutions within an enterprise Risk Management Framework
Company
Equity Bank Limited
Equity Group Holdings Plc is a Pan-African financial services holding company listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange, Uganda Securities Exchange, and Rwanda Stock Exchange.
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$393.7MKey Investors
International Finance CorporationMastercard Foundation Fund for Rural ProsperityHelios Investment Partners
2022-05-10Post Ipo Debt· $165M
2020-07-22Post Ipo Debt· $50M
2018-10-26Grant
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