A front-line cybersecurity defence role focusing monitoring, detection & responding to cyber security incidents in real time.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor user and system activity to identify suspicious activities leveraging on security systems.
• Monitor network activity and investigate anomalous events and traffic trends
• Check security monitoring status of systems on monitoring tools and initiate remediation of noted gaps.
• Monitor alerts and alarms from security monitoring tools and initiate corrective actions.
• Configure and finetune security monitoring systems to make sure the Bank is sufficiently protected.
• Administer security tools ensuring optimal uptime and resource utilization.
• Investigate suspicious user and system events and identify breaches and root cause.
• Mitigate intrusion attempts through proactive response to incidents.
• Prepare manual and scheduled reports for various stakeholders.
• Research and stay up to date on technology and cybersecurity trends

The Person

For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following:

• A Information Technology / Computer Science / Cybersecurity / Engineering (Electrical, Electronic) or related field
• A professional certification in either of the following; Certified SOC Analyst (CSA)/;Certified Incident Handler (E|CIH)/;Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA)/;Certified Information Systems Security /Professional (CISSP)/;Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)/;PENTEST+;Security+;Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA);Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).
• At least 2 years’ experience in IT with at least 1 year experience in Cyber Security and 1 year experience in System/ Network/ Database or Cloud Platform Administration, or Application Development.