IT & Security Lead

2 weeks ago

Central Coast Eastern Nairobi North Eastern Nyanza Rift Valley Western International, Kenya OPENZEPPELIN Full time
The IT & Security Team

The IT & Security team at OpenZeppelin is responsible for the planning, execution, and delivery of the IT & Information Security Program that supports OpenZeppelin's entire organization, including its team members and technology. This team manages IT and security operations, maintain network resilience, enforce end-user security, manage compliance initiatives and audits, support product security activities and provide leadership to the organization on cybersecurity best practices.

Role overview

As a Leader in the IT & Security team, you'll bolster OpenZeppelin's security posture by managing the company's IT & Information Security Program in accordance with leading industry standards (including SOC 2), taking into account the unique nature of our blockchain security offerings.
You will report to the Head of Operations and work across the organization to implement security best practices and help OpenZeppelin make continuous improvements to its information security environment.
You have strong organizational skills and an impeccable attention to detail. As a Leader, you will also exemplify operational excellence as you work across the organization to enable our team by provisioning accounts, monitoring and enforcing security policies, configuring systems and integrations, and solving IT issues for our team.
The ideal Lead for this position has the hands-on technical expertise to identify, prioritize and solve security tasks and is excited to expand the impact and grow their expertise in a high-growth environment.

Specifically you willManage the day-to-day IT & Security Department operations, including setting the strategic direction of the IT & Information Security Program and executing on department OKRs and budgetsLead audit and certification processes like penetration testing, SOC 2 and ISO/IEC 27001 and manage related vendorsPartner with development teams to design, implement and enhance security best practices in the SDLC and our software offeringsManage and configure physical security, disaster recovery, and data backup systemsSupport systems access provisioning and deprovisioning as well as onboarding and offboarding activitiesConduct internal security audits and constantly assess our people and processes for vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and for possible upgrades or improvementsManage bug bounty programs and lead incident response processes Act as an advisor on security best practices across the organization

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