Application Security Engineer at a Business Advisory, Market Intelligence and IT Services Company - HR-EX Consulting

HR-EX Consulting - Our client, a Business Advisory, Market Intelligence, and IT Services Company, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Application Security Engineer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Ensure the security of the company's networks, data and applications.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the application security team
• Manage the application security program, define standards, policies, and procedures, and coordinate with engineering teams to implement and maintain integrated applications.
• Maintain all IT system workflows.
• Maintain and update all IT Networks.
• Maintain and contribute to the development of the IT Network.
• Participate actively in developing, planning, and implementing advanced IT systems.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years experience in an area of Security specialization; with experience working with others
• Experience working in a Large organization preferably in the financial industry
• Strong background as an Engineer/Architect in application security infrastructure and various network technologies to include devices such as firewalls, VPN, intrusion/extrusion detection, vulnerability & risk assessment tools, encryption technologies, virus/worm/malware prevention, E-business and web application technologies, Data Loss Prevention, whole disk & device encryption solutions, two-factor authentication, common Windows (desktop & server) platforms
• Experience with Microsoft, Solaris, Unix, Oracle, and MS SQL
• Experience working in the telecommunications industry
• Managing network and/or network security
• Knowledge should be current with information security best practices and global trends
• Knowledge of security best practices such as; defense in-depth, least privileges, need-to-know, separation of duties, access controls, encryption
• User account identity, authorization, and authentication management.
• Security incident and event management
• Experience in researching new or emerging technologies and processes that may be incorporated as solutions to reoccurring security concerns.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.