Security Analyst - Junior Level at uLesson Education Limited

uLesson is a venture-backed education technology business whose mission is to deliver high-quality, affordable, and accessible education to all Africans. Our app hosts thousands of educational video tutorials that combine quality lessons delivered by experts in education, with digital animations and illustrations to explain key concepts; thereby, providing students with a learning experience that is unprecedented in its richness, scope, interactivity, and effectiveness.

We currently provide students between the grades of 4 and 12 with access to high-quality, curriculum-relevant, animated video lessons. At the moment, our Android application has over 1 million downloads on the Google Playstore and we’ve been featured on credible media houses like CNN, Ventureburn, Quartz and Business insider. Our product is aimed at delivering better learning outcomes for students across Africa, as well as improving their performance in national and international examinations.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Security Analyst - Junior Level

Location: Abuja (FCT)

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in conducting periodic vulnerability assessments and penetration tests to continuously analyze and improve the security posture of applications and networks in the enterprise
• Document results of tests for the product, engineering team and executive management.
• Engage with the software developers and engineering team to understand architecture and verify mitigation efforts.
• Use critical thinking to bring together information from multiple sources to determine if a threat is present
• Experience triaging security alerts.
• Monitor network access
• Work closely with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to acquire and exchange information on Cybersecurity issues, processes, and best practices.

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum 1 year experience in network and application vulnerability assessments and penetration testing.
• Extensive working knowledge of web and mobile applications and technologies.
• Understanding of patch management with the ability to facilitate deployment of patches in a timely manner with an understanding of business impact
• Detail oriented
• Experience with application security testing tools and exploitation frameworks such as Nessus, OWASP Zap, NMAP, BurpSuite
• Knowledge of and experience with API security testing
• Strong vulnerability assessment test result analysis skills, and test results reporting skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong project and time management skills with a track record of being able to deliver within agreed timelines.
• Detail-oriented, with the ability to prioritize effectively.
• Ability to work well within teams and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Compensation
Salary is globally competitive.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.