Elara Solutions

Cybersecurity Manager

Access Bank's technology teams take on the continent's biggest financial and data challenges for our over 49 million customers, building the platforms and partnerships that affect millions of people every day. Customers are at the forefront of everything we do and ensuring customer’s concerns are addressed is vital to the success of the Bank. We are driving change to be “The World’s most respected African Bank”. We are seeking an exceptional Cyber Security Manager to join our Information and Cyber Security team. This is a highly technical, hands-on role in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will have a mixture of deep technical know-how as well as excellent cybersecurity fundamentals and robust troubleshooting skills.

What you will be doing

·      Contribute to the overall development of the Security Operations Center with 24/7 monitoring, reporting, and response capabilities.

·      Engineer, implement, and monitor security measures for the protection of computer systems, networks and information 

·      Work with available intelligence to identify and analyse threats to the environment and propose controls to minimize the risk of future events where appropriate

·      Regularly review standard operating procedures and protocols to ensure SOC continues to effectively meet operational requirements.

·      Develop and implement intelligence reporting program policies, procedures, and performance metrics to include alerting business assets, employees, guests, and  senior leadership.

·      Develop and monitor key performance indicators, determine gaps in performance metrics, and recommend/execute change management techniques for efficiency/quality improvements

·      Support site and enterprise level emergency response teams

·      Identify incidents for escalation, analysis, and remediation, and prioritize incidents for escalation

·      Work closely with the broader global security teams in the Head Office and Subsidiaries on the development and tuning of all security tools and solutions

·      Work closely with Information Technology to identify risks as a component of our vulnerability management program

·      Perform threat management, threat modelling, identify threat vectors, and develop use cases for security monitoring

·      Provide leadership and guidance to advance defensive capabilities of the Unit and its subsequent ability to defend the bank’s infrastructure

Qualifications & Skills/Competencies

·      Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field

·      Master’s Degree in a relevant field will be an added advantage

·      Professional Membership including any of the following: GCIH, ISO, CISA, CISSP, OSCP

·      8 - 10 year’s experience in the Information Security field, most preferably in security/incidence response

·      Experience in security device management and SIEM

·      In-depth understanding of common threats, penetration/intrusion techniques, and attack vectors

·      Technical knowledge and operational experience with Security and SOC Technologies.

·      Experience in the development and refinement of an intelligence/threat analysis monitoring program, and proficiency in Incident Management and Response

·      Knowledge of various operating system flavors including but not limited to Windows, Linux, Unix

·      Knowledge of applications, databases, and middleware to address security threats against the same.

Think you have what it takes? Apply today!