Security Operation Engineer at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Security Operation Engineer

Location: Lagos

Job Description    

• Provide support to the coordination of operational capacity to manage information security operations within MTN Nigeria by maintaining appropriate security solutions and ensuring conformance to security policy.
• Business growth, value created & cost-effectiveness achieved by process optimization
• Conduct all aspects of information security Policy Administration • Diagnose and resolve common information security problems
• Periodic review of Security Operations procedures
• Log, track, and monitor security issues/incidents to ensure resolution in a timely manner with the least impact on operations.
• Interface with Support Teams to resolve security vulnerabilities within Enterprise systems and Applications
• Investigate and resolve security incidents
• Manage security toolsets in operation, including Qualys, Vontu DLP, Audit vault, Arcsight, Cisco NAC and Novell IAM.
• Security system server management on development, QA and production servers.
• Perform Problem, Change, and Release & Configuration Management as it pertains to information security.
• Perform day-to-day activities like periodic reconciliations, task management etc.
• Advising management on emerging vulnerabilities.
• Vulnerability scan policies review on Qualys, N-stalker, DBProtect, nessus, MBSA, Oracle enterprise
• Security alert policies review on Arcsight
• Administration of Cisco WLAN platform
• Oracle database vault policy review
• Database log and audit trail management policy review on Oracle audit vault and Imperva • Forensic/fraud investigations and monitoring
• Security Operations Dashboard Management & Reporting
• Log, track, and monitor security issues/incidents to ensure resolution in a timely manner with the least impact on operations
• Interface with Support Teams to resolve security vulnerabilities within Enterprise systems and Applications
• Continuously seek self-professional development to sharpen skills and capabilities in a versatile and evolving digital landscape.
• Foster active collaboration and relationships with employees across all levels and divisions in line with MTN’s VB and values.
• Drive Knowledge Management and Best Practice Sharing within own Unit/Department/Division/Enterprise-wide as required.

Job Condition    

• Normal MTN N working conditions.
• Stand-by 24/7 through out the year
• Overtime for after-hours system changes.

Experience & Training
Education:

• HND/First Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology/Systems or related discipline
• Possession of a professional IT certification (Certified Information Security Systems Professional or Certified Information Systems Auditor) is desirable.
• Fluent in English

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an area of specialisation; with experience working with others
• Experience working in a medium organization
• Experience with Microsoft, Solaris, Oracle and SQL and scripting Experience working in telecommunication industry
• Managing network and/or network security
• Security enforcement on systems level, security audit and vulnerability management
• Knowledge should be current with information security best practices and global trends
• User account identity, authorization and authentication management.
• Security management for incident and event management Training
• Identity Management technology.
• Vulnerability assessment and treatment
• Systems Auditing, , Database Security, Firewall Design, Intrusion detection system administration Implementation
• Telecommunications, Network, wireless & Internet Security

Application Closing Date