Security Planning and Architecture Officer
eRecruiter · lagos, Nigeria ·
Design and implement security controls to protect client data, lead cybersecurity initiatives, and strengthen organizational security posture by collaborating with development teams and defining security requirements.
Our client is a cybersecurity solutions provider offering security and risk consulting, managed security services, and threat detection through its Cyber Defense Security Operations Centre (CSOC), helping organizations safeguard critical assets and strengthen overall security posture.
They are seeking to hire a Security Planning and Architecture Officer to design secure systems, lead cybersecurity initiatives, and strengthen the organisation’s overall security posture.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead investigations and proactively assist Senior Management in defining strategies to protect Client’s data from attack.
- 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.
- Define and enforce security requirements for applications in development.
- Design, document, and deploy secure infrastructure solutions to enhance and evaluate the security posture of the business to ensure integrity, availability, and confidentiality of all critical enterprise data.
- Collaborate with development teams to integrate security best practices into the software development lifecycle.
- Monitor and ensure compliance with security requirements throughout the development process.
- 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 risk 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.
- Document and operationalize information security.
- Ensure all security documentation is up to date.
- Ensure conformance to Cybersecurity Blueprint/Roadmap
- Provide inputs to company strategic plan on all initiatives to ensure that security gaps/vulnerabilities are identified & closed.
➢ End-to-end planning, and execution of program.
- Communicate and engage with stakeholders.
- Anticipate problems and complications, and formulate solutions so as not to impede
the progress of the project,
- Ensure processes, procedure and policies defined with the it division is understood and
adhered to.
- Develop and deliver security awareness training programs on a quarterly, annual, and
on-demand basis.
- Create and distribute security awareness materials, such as presentations, posters, and
email alerts.
- Measure the effectiveness of security awareness programs through surveys, tests, and
other metrics.
Job Requirements
- Minimum of Four (4) years’ work experience of which includes Three (3) years Security Architecture experience.
- Experience in the following: Identity Management technology. Vulnerability assessment and treatment, Systems Auditing, Security Architecture, Network, wireless Security.
- Proven experience in the full Secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) - project vision through project implementation - for both small and medium enterprise projects
- Good working knowledge of Security Design & Architecture.