Information Security Manager at Nigerian Exchange Group Plc

Nigerian Exchange Group Plc. is a Holding Company (HoldCo) that sits at the apex of several organisations, including NGX Regulation Limited, NGX Real Estate Ltd and Nigerian Exchange Limitd.

Title: Information Security Manager

Location: Lagos

Job Summary

• We are seeking a talented Information Security Manager with expertise in effective system security solutions to join our team immediately.
• In this role, you will be responsible for leading planning and design activities for the enterprise security architecture.
• You will design, implement and maintain effective systems security solutions as well as investigate, and resolve identified systems security breaches, timely and proactive detection.
• The successful candidate will report to the Chief Information Technology Officer.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and advise on information security issues related to systems and workflow to ensure information security controls are appropriate and operating as intended;
• Installing firewalls, data encryption and other security measures;
• Current on the latest intelligence, including hackers’ methodologies, in order to anticipate security breaches;
• Responsible for preventing data loss and service interruptions by researching new technologies that will effectively protect a network;
• Conduct data classification assessment and security audits and manage remediation plans;
• Evaluate potential risks to the Nigerian Exchange’s applications, network and operating systems and introduce counter measures to address these risks;
• Identify vulnerabilities and monitor remediation;
• Maintain up-to date detailed knowledge of the IT security industry including awareness of new or revised security solutions, improved security processes and the development of new attacks and threat vectors;
• Identify potential threats to confidentiality, integrity & availability of systems and networks;
• Identify and architect appropriate security technologies based on risks, policies, and architecture.
• Support IT Architecture review process and evaluate associated security of the proposed architectures.

Person Specification & Required Qualification

• HND / Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or any related discipline;
• Professional certification(s) such as Certified Ethical Hacker, Certified Information Systems Security Professional, CompTIA Security+, Information Technology Infrastructure Library is an added advantage;
• Minimum of 5 years’ cognate experience managing Information Security, Desktop, Server and/or Network administration;
• Excellent knowledge and experience with security requirements for CISCO technologies, e.g. ASR, NEXUS, WAN and Access routers, Checkpoint, Linux e.g. Suse and Ubuntu, Windows Server Security and Desktop environments;
• Experience with IP networking protocols, IPSec, VPNs, Firewalls, proxy services, DNDs, email, access lists.

Deadline: Not Specified.

How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated Resume to: [email protected] using “NGX Recruitment – Information Security Manager” as the subject of the email.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates would be contacted.