Cloud Security Engineer at Moniepoint Incorporated

Moniepoint is a global business payments and banking platform and recently became QED Investors’ first investment in Africa. We are the partner of choice for over 600,000 businesses of all sizes, powering the dreams of SMBs and providing them with equal access to the tools they need to grow and scale.

Moniepoint Incorporated (formerly TeamApt Inc.) was founded with the vision to create a society where everyone experiences financial happiness. We are the parent company of TeamApt Limited, a Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) licensed Switch and Processor, and Moniepoint Microfinance Bank, a CBN-licensed Microfinance Bank.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Cloud Security Engineer

Location: Lagos

Job Purpose

• We are looking to hire a Cloud Security Engineer to work with the Chief Information Security Officer to maintain a secure and reliable cloud environment safeguarding the information assets of Moniepoint and also utilizing information and related technology to achieve the business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Creating cloud-based infrastructure and programs including implementing identity and access management and configuring cloud environments securely.
• Performing penetration testing and threat simulations to identify potential risks.
• Managing cryptography and encryption in the cloud.
• Monitoring for and responding to incidents in the cloud environment.
• Keeping cloud infrastructure current, making recommendations, and continually improving cloud security technologies.
• Analyzing, designing, and developing programs, shell scripts, tests, and infrastructure automation capabilities.
• Working with analysts, engineers, and data scientists across the organization to continually improve cyber resilience.
• Work collaboratively with wider Information Security team. This would include working with: The Incident Response team, assisting with incidents; and with the Security Consultants to provide additional technical knowledge.
• Take part in post incident reviews and propose engineering resolution to improve results in any future recurrence.
• Recognise the telemetry for security products will increasingly be curated in the cloud and be prepared to develop API endpoints and connections to collect and collate this knowledge.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related degree .
• Relevant cloud certifications including: Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) ,AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Cloud Engineer Associate.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in information security/technology risk reviews across enterprise operating systems, databases, banking applications and networks.
• Experience with designing, implementing secure and highly available infrastructure, services, data storage in hybrid-cloud or commercial cloud environments such as AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Hands of experience with a least 1 of the main cloud vendors (Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
• Experience of Cloud Security Tools.
• Excellent knowledge of Information Security principles and an understanding of the Cyber Kill Chain, MITRE ATT& CK and other information security defence and intelligence frameworks.
• Experience in scripting languages like Python, Ruby-on-Rails, Javascript, building and consuming Application Program Interfaces (APIs)/micro-services.
• Ability to work with little supervision and meet strict deadlines.
• Must be results-oriented, setting high standards, and intent on making things happen.
• Takes the initiative within given parameters with freedom to act.

Application Closing Date
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