IT Security Engineer

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GVA Partners is hiring a full-time IT Security Engineer in Lagos to lead cybersecurity initiatives, implement security controls, manage vulnerability assessments and incident response, and design secure infrastructure. Candidates need a Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of security experience, ideally in a large organization or the telecommunications industry.

• Full-time IT Security Engineer role based in Lagos
• Lead cybersecurity initiatives and incident response
• Bachelor's degree and minimum 5 years' experience required
• Telecommunications or large-organization experience preferred
• Hands-on work with firewalls, WAF, IDS/IPS, and DLP tools

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Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners is a business advisory and market intelligence services firm. Our objectives are to assist organizations to achieve their growth aspirations by providing market intelligence, strategy blueprint, IT solution delivery expertise and business operation improvement capabilities. GVA Partners is also a l... IT Security Engineer Job Type Full Time Qualification BA/BSc/HND Experience: 5 years Location Lagos Job Field ICT / Computer Duties & Responsibilities: An exciting opportunity exists for a highly skilled IT security engineer to join a dynamic project team. The resource shall be responsible for the following: Carry out procedural system maintenance on all IT systems. Ensure all networks including but not limited to LAN, MAN, WAN, GAN meets the demand of the company. Troubleshoot system and network problems, diagnosing and solving hardware or software faults and replace parts as required. Maintain all IT system work flows. Maintain and update all IT Networks. Maintain and contribute to the development of IT Network. Participate actively in developing, planning and implementing advance IT systems. Other duties as assigned. Functions: Lead cybersecurity initiatives in conjunction with Group Cybersecurity team. Design and implement security controls to safeguard and monitor events for information systems, enterprise applications and data. Lead the implementation of Information Security projects Drive internal and external vulnerability assessment, penetration tests engagements and manage results to remediation. Respond to escalated security events and drive security incident response processes to ensure timely resolution with minimal disruption. Design, document, and deploy secure infrastructure solutions to enhance and evolve the security posture of the business to ensure integrity, availability and confidentiality of all critical enterprise data. Provide expertise on security tools, including but not limited to firewalls, Web Application firewalls, IDS/IDP, anti-malware software Liaise with stakeholders in respect of operational implementation of security policies and best practices Collaborate with the Client Server Team to ensure that technical plans are practical, controls are sustainable, and implementations are managed to minimize risks and adverse impact to servers, workstations and user productivity. Implement the infrastructure, configurations and processes to monitor security related events Prevent data loss and service interruptions by researching new technologies that will effectively protect the enterprise network. Supervisory / Managerial responsibilities: Ensure conformance to Cybersecurity Blueprint/Roadmap Provide inputs to company strategic plan on all initiatives to ensure that Security gaps/vulnerabilities are identified & closed Establish and ensure credibility through strong relationships, value-add to operations and professionalism Requirements: Experience: Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 5 years’ experience: in an area of Security specialization; with experience: working with others. Experience: working in a Large organization and preferably in the Telecommunications 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 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 concern Training: Penetration Testing Vulnerability lifecycle management Advanced Security Incidence Reponse Systems Auditing,, Database Security, Firewall Design, Intrusion detection system administration Implementation Security enforcement on systems level, security audit and vulnerability management Telecommunications, Network, wireless & Internet Security Check how your CV aligns with this job Method of Application Interested and qualified candidates should send their CVs in PDF to: contact@gvapartners.com and copy tisea@gvapartners.com using the job title as the subject of the mail. Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.