Specialist-IT Security at Etisalat Nigeria

Etisalat has been the telecommunications service provider in the United Arab Emirates since 1976 and has footprints in 18 countries traversing the Middle East, Asia and Africa. In its many years of operations, it has built up state-of-the-art telecom infrastructure and taken a leadership position of innovation, and quality service delivery among regional and international operators.

Etisalat Nigeria is recruiting to fill the below position
Specialist-IT Security at Etisalat Nigeria
Reports To: Manager- IT Security

Job Description:

• Analyze the Etisalat Nigeria information security environment and recommend measures to safeguard valuable enterprise information assets
• Work with business units and other risk management/ assurance functions to identify security requirements, using methods such as risk and business impact assessments
• Implement strategies and plans to achieve security requirements and address identified risks
• Perform control and vulnerability assessments to identify control weaknesses and assess the effectiveness of existing controls, as well as recommend remedial action
• Report to management concerning residual risks, vulnerabilities and other security exposures, including misuse of information assets and non-compliance
• Ensure the development, documentation and implementation of agile disaster recovery and business continuity plans
• Play an advisory role in application development or acquisition projects in order to assess security requirements and controls, as well as ensure that approved controls are implemented
• Collaborate on critical IT projects to ensure that security issues are addressed throughout the project life cycle
• Assist in the development of IT security architecture and policies, principles and standards
• Develop processes, procedures and supporting service-level agreements (SLAs) to ensure that security controls are effectively managed and maintained
• Define security configuration and operations standards for security systems and applications, including policy assessment and compliance tools, network security appliances and host-based security systems
• Develop and validate baseline security configurations for operating systems, applications, networking and telecommunications equipment
• Assist with the resolution of negative audit findings reported by Etisalat Nigeria internal and external auditors
• Assist system administrators (and other IT personnel) in the resolution of reported security incidents
• Participate in security investigations and compliance reviews as requested by internal and external auditors
• Research, evaluate, design, test, recommend and plan the implementation of new and/ or updated information security technologies

Educational Requirements:
First degree or equivalent in Electrical/ Electronic or Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, and/ or any other relevant discipline

Experience & Skills:
Between two (2) and five (5) years directly relevant post-NYSC work experience
Relevant Enterprise Information Security and Architecture Certifications required, e.g CISA, CISSP, CCNA, CCSP, ITIL, CoBIT, etc

Ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• Expert-level experience and/ or knowledge of at least two IT disciplines, including technical infrastructure, application development, middleware, database management and operations
• High-level exposure to multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies and processing environments
• High-level exposure to IT consulting and understanding of rules of professional engagement
• Familiarity with renowned Information Security standards, e.g ISO27000:2005
• Excellent project/ programme and business process management skills

Application Closing Date
19 Sept. 2012

How to apply
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