Information Security/SOC Analyst at Cellulant

Cellulant holds the esteemed title of being Africa’s top company in the payments and transfers category, a recognition awarded during the Fintech Awards in 2016. As a Payment Platform Infrastructure Service Provider (PPISP), we operate under the regulation of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), ensuring adherence to robust financial standards. Moreover, our services are backed by insurance provided by the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), offering our clients added security and peace of mind. With a commitment to excellence and compliance, Cellulant plays a significant role in advancing the financial landscape of Africa, contributing to the region’s economic growth and development.

Title: Information Security/SOC Analyst

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Employment Type: Full time

Department: Compliance

Job Description

• As an Information Security / SOC Analyst you will be responsible for real-time monitoring of the organization’s information assets with an objective to promptly identify and thwart likely or/and ongoing cybersecurity incidents or attacks.
• You will collaborate with other stakeholders to ensure that preventive and detective controls targeted at minimizing the likelihood of a successful breach on the organization’s infrastructure are put in place.

Core Responsibilities
The role holder would be responsible for the following:

• Monitors and analyses network traffic leveraging on security tools implemented within the organization
• Carries out Vulnerability Assessments on the infrastructure
• Engages with stakeholders on the resolution of security incidents
• Identifies indicators of compromises-IoCs and indicators of attacks-IoAs on the network
• Analyses IoCs and IoAs, and coordinate closure of identified risks as the need arises
• Recommends controls to address identified weaknesses on the network
• Support the organization’s security certification program by ensuring that Security Monitoring Requirements relevant to each standard are met
• Identifies all relevant log sources and ensures collection of logs from the relevant log sources
• Specifies security requirements for the provisioning of new assets on the network
• Carries out security reviews on information assets such as Databases and Firewalls
• Provides support for the optimization of security configurations on assets such as WAFs, Network Firewalls, Emails e.t.c
• Manages security configuration setups and optimization on security tools such EDRs, SIEM, SAST, and DAST tools e.t.c
• Coordinates monitoring and reporting activities with other SOC Analyst
• Coordinates and manages security incident management process

Qualifications & Experience
Qualification:

• A Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or other relevant courses
• Relevant certifications: CompTIA Security +, CompTIA CySA+, EC-Council Certified SOC Analysts, and EC-Council CEH

Must have Experience:

• Over 3 years experience as a SOC Analyst, preferably with experience within the financial sector
• Have a sound understanding of threats and vulnerability management
• Have a sound understanding of the workings of the following Operation Systems: Windows, MacOs, and Linux (multiple flavors of Linux)
• Have a sound understanding of network architectures and communication protocols
• Have a sound understanding of Risk and Incident Management
• Have a good understanding of basic network communications within an IT Infrastructure
• Experience with Cloud Infrastructure security and security of a hybrid infrastructure

Nice to have Experience:

• Good understanding of Cloud Infrastructure and workings of a hybrid environment
• Good understanding of security standard requirements such as ISO 27001 and PCI-DSS
• Team management – should have managed a team

Skills:

• Efficient in the use of security tools such as SIEM – previous experience with Splunk preferred
• Be an efficient communicator with the capability to communicate complex technical situations in simpler forms to different stakeholders
• Good analytical skills and reporting skills

Personal Attributes:

• Good and effective communicator
• Be inquisitive and have an eye for system anomalies
• Good distraction management skills
• Good Time Management skills
• Good Team Management/Collaboration skills

Deadline: Not Specified.

How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should Click Here to apply online