Posted on Tue 16th May, 2023 - hotnigerianjobs.com --- (0 comments)
Cellulant is Africa’s no.1 company in the payments & transfers category - FIntech Awards 2016. We are a PPISP (Payment Platform Infrastructure Service Provider) regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and insured by Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC).
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Analyst, Information Security
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Department: Compliance
Job Summary
As an information security / SOC Analyst, you will be responsible for real-time monitoring of the organization’s information assets with an objective to promptly identify and thwart likely or/and ongoing cybersecurity incidents or attacks. You will collaborate with other stakeholders to ensure that preventive and detective controls targeted at minimizing the likelihood of a successful breach on the organization’s infrastructure are put in place.
Key Relationships: This role will work under the Information Security Team and work closely with the Platform Engineering Team, Service Management Team, Software Engineering Team, and other relevant stakeholders.
Core Responsibilities
Monitors and analyzes network traffic leveraging security tools implemented within the organization.
Carries out Vulnerability Assessment on the infrastructure.
Engages with stakeholders on the resolution of security incidents.
Identifies indicators of compromises-IoCs and indicators of attacks-IoAs on the network
Analyses IoCs and IoAs and coordinates closure of identified risks as the need arises.
Recommends controls to address identified weaknesses on the network.
Support the organization's security certification program by ensuring that Security Monitoring Requirements relevant to each standard are met
Identifies all relevant log sources and ensures collection of logs from the relevant log sources.
Specifies security requirements for the provisioning of new assets on the network.
Carries out security reviews on information assets such as Databases and Firewalls
Provides support for the optimization of security configurations on assets such as WAFs, Network Firewalls, Emails, etc.
Manages security configuration setups and optimization on security tools such EDRs, SIEM, SAST, and DAST tools, etc.
Experience Required
Must-Have Experience:
Have a sound understanding of the workings of the following Operating Systems: Windows, macOS, and Linux (multiple flavors of Linux).
Have a sound understanding of network architectures and communication protocols.
Efficient in the use of security tools such as SIEM – previous experience with Splunk preferred.
Be an efficient communicator with the capability to communicate complex technical situations in simpler forms to different stakeholders.
Good understanding of Cloud Infrastructure and workings of a hybrid environment.
Good analytical skills and reporting skills.
Sound problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
Over 3 years experience as a SOC Analyst, preferably with experience within the financial sector
Have a sound understanding of threats and vulnerability management.
Have a sound understanding of Risk and Incident Management.
Have a good understanding of basic network communications within an IT Infrastructure.
Experience with Cloud Infrastructure security and security of a hybrid infrastructure.
Experience that will count in your Favor:
Sound understanding of DevSecOps.
Competency in Scripting.
Digital Certificate (SSL) Deployment & Management
Access Management using FreeIPA
Nice To Have Experience;
Application Security Testing
Knowledge in Security Standard Implementation such as ISO 27001, 27701, and PCI-DSS
Qualifications, Skills & Personal Attributes
A Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or other relevant courses.