Security Architects at Alfred and Victoria Associates - 2 Openings

Alfred & Victoria Associates is one of Nigeria’s leading ICT solution-based company. Our company offers a wide range of services which are in high demand of today’s emerging market. AVA has three major arms which have been streamlined to meet our customer's needs. The three major arms are: Consulting, Recruitment and Training.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Security Architect

Location: Abuja and Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Brief

• We are looking for a technically sound security architect to be responsible for the design, building, testing, and implementation of security systems within our IT network.
• The security architect's responsibilities include reviewing our current security measures, recommending enhancements, identifying areas of weakness, and responding promptly to possible security breaches.
• You will also be responsible for conducting regular system tests and ensuring the continuous monitoring of the network's security.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing current system security measures and recommending and implementing enhancements
• Planning, researching, and designing security architectures.
• Developing, reviewing, and approving the installation requirements for LANs, WANs, VPNs, routers, firewalls, and related network devices.
• Conducting regular system tests and ensuring continuous monitoring of network security
• Researching and designing public key infrastructures, certification authorities, and digital signatures, and ensuring all personnel have IT access limited to their need and role in the organization.
• Developing project timelines for system upgrades and preparing cost estimates.
• Testing the final security system and updating and upgrading it as needed.
• Establishing disaster recovery procedures and conducting security breach drills.
• Responding quickly and effectively to all security incidents and providing post-event analyses.
• Monitoring and guiding the security team, cultivating a sense of security awareness, and arranging for continuous education.
• Remaining up to date with the latest security systems, standards, authentication protocols, and products.
• Establishing disaster recovery procedures and conducting breach of security drills
• Anticipating potential security threats, and acting upon them in time
• Drawing up plans for future company safety, and communicating progress to senior management
• Implementing new software to protect against intrusion, and monitoring relevant progress
• Making important risk-based decisions regarding security, in line with company policies and national and international legislation

Requirements and Skills

• A bachelor's or associate's degree in IT, computer science, or related field.
• Advanced IT security certifications may be advantageous, CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) certifications.
• 7-10 years experience in information security and IT risk management.
• A strong working knowledge of current IT risks, security implementations, and computer operating and software programs.
• The ability to interact with a wide range of people from different backgrounds and races.
• Excellent teaching, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Certified Data management Professional (CDMP)
• In-depth understanding of database structure principles

Key Skills & Competencies:

• Extensive experience in information security and/or IT risk management with a focus on security, performance and reliability
• Solid understanding of security protocols, cryptography, authentication, authorisation and security
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as business acumen and a commercial outlook
• The role necessitates excellent communication and organizational leadership abilities.
• You should have expertise in security measures such as firewalls, intrusion detection, and prevention systems (IDS/IPS), network access controls, and network segmentation.
• You must be experienced with operating systems like Windows, Linux, and UNIX.
• Network security architecture and its development are both important to understand.
• Wireless security, such as routers, switches, and VLAN security, is something that everyone should be aware of.
• DNS security principles such as routing, authentication, VPN, proxy services, and DDOS mitigation technology are all covered.

Salary

• Very Attractive

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.