Assistant Manager, IT Security at Commercial International Bank (CIB) Kenya

Job Purpose

The role involves management and monitoring of the security of the infrastructure and platforms to ensure the principles of confidentiality, integrity, and availability are upheld. Responsibilities include implementing approved security measures according to CIB's policies, standard operating procedures, and compliance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the availability of bank end-to-end IT security controls covering perimeter, branches, DMZ, access layer, 3rd party, data centre firewalls, and endpoints to ensure that a unified and compliant policy is applied across the organization
• Ensure the availability and efficient operations of the bank's end-to-end network security solutions such as firewalls, VPNs, and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to provide the required levels of assurance regarding the effectiveness of the bank's security measures and approved controls
• Assist with implementation of the bank's strategy, roadmap, and delivery plans for IT Security in coordination with the network, applications, and information security teams
• Monitor, report, and provide the network officer with network security trends and advice on changes to policy, procedures, and tools to enhance the network security posture
• Provide technical IT security expertise to the bank's projects and ensure the required levels of assurance regarding the readiness of the bank's security controls
• Review and critique network security solutions in full alignment with the network officer to evaluate alignment to operational and mission requirements across metrics including scalability, maintainability, security, reliability, flexibility, availability, and manageability
• Monitor the performance of security applications in scope and ensure a healthy and risk-free secure network connectivity throughout the entire organization