Apply as Lead, Security Operations and Monitoring at Michael Stevens Consulting Full Time

Job Title: Lead, Security Operations and Monitoring

Location: Surulere, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the continuous monitoring and identification of threats through monitoring of end user’s applications, networks, systems, and other access to other assets.
• Lead the planning and design activities for the security monitoring operations, under the directives of the Chief Information Security Officer.
• Participate in the creation of enterprise security policies, standards, baselines
• Monitor, identify, investigate & resolve security breaches detected by installed security solutions.
• Implementation and manage log retention policy across multiple platform and systems.
• Review logs/alerts and reports of all in-place security and infrastructural devices.
• Ensure that sufficient trails are maintained and retained and retrievable for forensic analysis and investigation
• Direct scheduling and ad-hoc security and compliance reporting.
• Monitor and advice on information security issues related to the systems and workflow to ensure the internal security controls are appropriate and operating as intended.
• Participate in security tool selection, pilot and implementation
• Maintain security operation centre awareness program and communicate security operations center action plans and security bulletins

Knowledge/ Qualification

• Bachelor’s and/or Advanced degree in Computer Science or any related disciplines. (Minimum of 2nd Class Lower)
• Professional certification like CISSP, CISM, ISO27001, CEH. Experience
• A minimum of five (5) years relevant experience in Information Security with at least (3) years in Security Operations
• Hands-on experience in security systems, including firewalls, intrusion detection / Skills/Competencies • Security Monitoring (Threat Monitoring, Detection and Response)
• Security and Vulnerability Assessments • Security Incident Management
• Identity and Access Management • Written and verbal communication skills • Excellent Problem-solving skills
• Good leadership, management and interpersonal skills.
• Proactive, Resourceful and hands-on with good initiative. prevention systems, anti-virus software, authentication systems, log management, content filtering, SIEM, NAC, FIM, WAF and DAM etc.
• Demonstrable experience with network security and networking technologies as well with systems, security, and network monitoring tools.
• Demonstrable familiarity with web-related technologies (web applications, web services, service-oriented architectures), and network/ web-related protocols.
• Thorough understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols.

Application Closing Date
19th January, 2021.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] with the Job Title as the subject of the email.