Cybersecurity Engineer at IT Horizons Limited

IT Horizons Limited is a company with diverse talents and skills on existing, recent and upcoming technologies worldwide. We are a team of young, vibrant, ambitious but experienced professionals who deal with everything relating to technologies especially information communication technologies (ICT). Inaddition, we have the ability to update with latest trends and requirements of our esteemed clients. Our company established in 2010, had been driven by innovations and excellence, and with its rapid rate of success and customers’ requirements, we were fully incorporated into a private limited company in 2012 with the aim of helping organizations in achieving their goals by providing optimum technological solutions while reducing total cost of ownerships.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Cybersecurity Engineer

Location: Gbagada, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Cyber Security Engineer at IT Horizons will play a crucial role in safeguarding IT Horizons and her client's technical systems by defining, operating, and enhancing security controls and monitoring systems.
• This hands-on position requires collaboration with the Dev and CloudOps teams to secure production and corporate environments.
• The Cyber Security Engineer will also be responsible for threat and vulnerability management and work with technical teams on remediation activities.
• This is an excellent opportunity for an individual passionate about cybersecurity to make a significant impact in a dynamic and growing organisation.

Job Responsibilities

• Operate and Enhance Security Monitoring Tools: Utilize and improve IT Horizons and client security monitoring tools to provide valuable intelligence to the business.
• Support pre-sales engineers to create proposal documents, Bills of Material, and other technical
  documents in response to RFQ, RFP, etc from ITH client
• Manage the design, implementation and documentation of security systems (NextGen Firewalls, Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems, Web Filtering, Application Firewall, Security Information and Information Management
• Automate Audits and Monitoring: Automate the auditing and monitoring of technical systems to minimize manual activities within the security program.
• Collaborate with CloudOps/Development/IT Support: Interface with these teams on findings and drive them to a conclusion as directed by the Head of Cyber Security.
• Assist with Training: Provide support in training initiatives to enhance the cybersecurity knowledge within the organisation.
• Compliance Support: Assist with the administrative process for current and future compliance standards.
• Conduct Audits: Support the Security Lead in conducting audits of IT Horizons and her client systems, processes, and third parties.
• Acquisition Integration: Take a lead role in the integration of newly acquired entities into IT Horizons and her client's security framework.

Skills and Experience

• Strong communication skills
• Experience in Vulnerability Management, including configuring, running, and analysing scans (Nessus preferred)
• Experience in Web Vulnerability Management (OWASP Top 10, CWE Top 25)
• Experience in SIEM configuration, analysis, and reporting
• Experience with IPS/IDS and Data Loss Prevention tools, configuration, and analysis
• Experience with threat analysis and reporting

Desirable Skills:

• Community-recognised security certificates such as CEH, CISM, SANS (GSEC, GCIA, GCED, GCIH), CISSP
• Minimum of 4 years experience
• Exposure to compliance standards such as ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, and/or PCI compliance
• Exposure to DevOps/Agile development methodologies
• Incident Response/Forensics experience, including evidence/artefact preservation
• Experience integrating security checks and validation into a CI/CD pipeline
• Amazon AWS/Azure experience
• Data analytics/reporting experience
• Penetration Testing experience.

Application Closing Date
6th September, 2024.