Principal Security Analyst

4 weeks ago

Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Power Full time

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Kenya Power owns and operates most of the electricity transmission and distribution system in the country and sells electricity to over 2.6 million customers (as at April 2014). The Company’s key mandate is to plan for sufficient electricity generation and transmission capacity to meet demand; building and maintaining the power distribution and transmission network and retailing of electricity to its customers.

JOB SUMMARY

Job SpecificationsBachelor’s Degree in, Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Security or related field required. Seven (7) years’ Technical Experience in a busy IT Environment with good understanding of all fields of IT and an appreciation for emerging technologies. Relevant certifications in Information Security knowledge areas, such as security monitoring, threat intelligence, Information Security Management and Ethical Hacking. Experience in security device management, and in SIEM, IPS/IDS, DLP, Active Directory and other security technologies. In-depth familiarity with security policies based on industry standards and best practices Strong knowledge of technical infrastructure including operating systems, networks, databases, middleware etc., to address the threats against these technologies Strong Knowledge of: End Point Security, Internet Policy Enforcement, Firewalls, Web Content Filtering, Database Activity Monitoring (DAM), Data Loss Prevention (DLP),Identity and Access Management (IAM) Proficient in reports, dashboards and documentation preparationWork Experience Knowledge and experience in IT technology platforms across the IT domains. Technical skills to effectively perform IS security management activities/tasks in a manner that consistently achieves established quality standards or benchmarks. Knowledge and application of modern IS security management practices to proactively define and implement security quality improvements in line with technological and product changes. Knowledge and effective application of all relevant Information Security policies, processes, procedures and guidelines to consistently achieve required compliance standards or benchmarks.

RESPONSIBILITIES

 Primarily responsible for leading and managing a SOC team, and ensuring that security incidents are correctly identified, analyzed, defended, investigated, and reported. Monitor and analyze activity on networks, servers, endpoints, databases, applications, websites, and other systems, looking for anomalous activity that could be indicative of a security incident or compromise. Perform threat management & threat modelling, identify threat vectors and develop use cases for security monitoring. Ensure continuous integration of logs from technology assets into the SIEM to meet the security use cases. Manage the cyber incident response plan. Respond to incidents in accordance with the incident response plan. Effective communication and escalation during incident response. Focal point of contact for cyber incidents. Continuous improvement of the response plan. Develop and maintain the required Information Security policies, procedures and standard operating procedures (SOPs) in relation to the SOC and incident response, to strengthen the current Security Operations. Develop regular metrics, dashboards and reports for SOC operations for various stakeholders (IT Leadership, Senior Management. Develop SOC performance management tools. Ensure compliance to SLA and process adherence to achieve operational objectives. Leadership, mentorship and performance management for direct reports. Work closely and maintain a positive working relationship with internal teams and outsourced partners in the remediation actions of incidents within SLA. Direct and supervise the work of personnel and/or contractors assigned to the department.

REQUIRED SKILLS

Risk management, Information security, System and network security, System architecture, Security operations, System administration, Database administration, IT support, Troubleshooting

REQUIRED EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree

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