Head, Infrastructure Security at AXA Mansard Insurance Plc

AXA Mansard is one of the foremost Financial Institutions in Nigeria, which has been offering world-class financial services over the years.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Infrastructure Security

Location: Lagos
Job type: Full time

Job Description

• The Head of Infrastructure Security leads the organization’s threat prevention, detection, response, and recovery capabilities.
• This role owns the Security Operations Centre (SOC), incident response, threat intelligence, and security engineering functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Cyber Defence Strategy, aligned with enterprise risk appetite and regulatory requirements.
• Align controls with frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, ISO 27001, CIS Controls), and audit readiness.
• Lead SOC operations: monitoring, triage, investigation, containment, and recovery.
• Manage Major Incident Response end-to-end (root cause analysis, lessons learned, and executive post-incident reports).
• Build/consume Threat Intelligence (strategic, operational, and tactical) to drive detection and control tuning.
• Coordinate Red/Purple Team exercises, breach simulations, and validate control effectiveness against real-world TTPs
• Drive automation (SOAR) for repetitive tasks, reducing MTTD/MTTR and false positives.
• Partner with IT/Cloud/Network teams to embed secure configurations, segmentation, and zero-trust principles.

Requirements
Academic/Professional:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related; A master’s is an added advantage and any certifications strongly preferred: CISSP, CISM, GIAC (GCIA/GCIH/GCTI/GNFA), CCSK/CCSP, AZ-500, AWS Security Specialty.

Work Experience:

• 10+ years in Tech generally
• Minimum of 5 years in cybersecurity, with 3+ years leading SOC/IR or Cyber Defence functions at scale.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of SIEM/SOAR, EDR/XDR, NDR, cloud security (AWS/Azure/GCP), and forensics.
• Proven leadership in major incident management and executive-level communication.

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Background and technical knowledge and skills in information technology, information security and cyber security with a clear understanding of security controls design and implementation and information security trends.
• Working knowledge of information security management; Governance, Policy & Standards, Information Security Strategy, Information Security Awareness and Training, Innovation & Business Improvement, Legal & Regulatory Environment and Third-Party Management.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online