Manager, IP Security Operations 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 of:

Job Title: Manager - IP Security Operations

Location: Golden Plaza, Lagos
Employment Status: Permanent

Job Description

• Support the Shareholder return strategy by developing and implementing Network Group Processes that are aligned to achieving all elements on the business score card. (I.e. Grow Market Share, Grow ICT & Data Revenue, Increase EBITDA margins, Assure Revenue, CAPEX Returns Management and Net Subscriber Additions).
• Support the Shareholder return strategy by developing and implementing Network Group Processes that are aligned to achieving all elements on the business score card. (I.e. Grow Market Share, Grow ICT & Data Revenue, Increase EBITDA margins, Assure Revenue, CAPEX Returns Management and Net Subscriber Additions).
• Drive planned strategy for the successful delivery of MTN Group and MTNN transformation initiatives focusing on Customer centricity, including Perfect 10 Project.
• Serve the Division’s internal customers and provide solutions to improve the customer experience.
• Interface with other departments within Network Group, as well as the IS Group and assist in problem-solving in the MPLS WAN and IP LAN with specific emphasis on security.
• Strategic Partnerships with MTNN leadership team to drive awareness on expected behaviors and impact on non-compliance on bottom line results and company image/reputation.
• Network and build solid relationships with internal units and relevant third parties (e.g. strategic investors, technical and finance partners, business consultants etc.) and develop a close working relationship with relevant information sources to provide an integrated service.
• Coordinate, coach and influence external partners and essential support departments across MTNN’s business units to deliver a seamless pre-sales and post-sales service experience.
• Assist in selecting suitable technology vendor in terms of technical compliance, in line with departmental rules and regulations and in collaboration with Procurement.
• Deployment, installation, configuration, manages, and maintains mission critical enterprise firewalls, IPS, VPN and other technical controls.
• Scrutinize customer design and determine impact on the MTN network in terms of security / assist customer in designing a secure solution for interaction between customer system and MTN network.
• Operate, maintain and document IP security guidelines, procedures and policies, and implement network security best practices.
• Maintain and manage Firewall, access lists administration policies.

Job Condition:

• Normal MTNN working conditions.

Minimum Qualification

• Candidates should posses BEng, BTech or HND qualification.

Experience & Training:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an area of specialization; with experience in supervising/managing others.
• Experience working in a medium to large organization.
• experience in Networking Security Environment, including VPNs, Cisco ASA firewalls/Checkpoint firewalls, VPN solutions, IPsec, Fortinet, Tacacs+ and Access-Lists, Load Balancing, Patch Management
• Proven network security architecture knowledge across multiple security domains.
• Experience in multi-vendor network operations
• Solid security experience essential.

Application Closing Date
22nd March, 2021.