IT Security Engineer at GVA Partners
GVA Partners
Lagos, Nigeria
Permanent
Published 1 month ago · Expires 3 weeks from now
Job description
## Title: IT Security Engineer
About the Role
A reputable organization seeks a dedicated IT Security Engineer to lead cybersecurity initiatives and maintain secure IT infrastructure across the enterprise.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out procedural system maintenance on all IT systems
- Ensure all networks including LAN, MAN, WAN, and GAN meet company requirements
- Troubleshoot system and network problems, diagnosing and resolving hardware or software faults, and replace parts as needed
- Maintain all IT system workflows and IT network configurations
- Participate actively in developing, planning, and implementing advanced IT systems
- Lead cybersecurity initiatives in conjunction with the Group Cybersecurity team
- Design and implement security controls to safeguard and monitor events for information systems, enterprise applications, and data
- Lead the implementation of Information Security projects
- Drive internal and external vulnerability assessments and penetration testing engagements, managing results through to remediation
- Respond to escalated security events and drive security incident response processes to ensure timely resolution with minimal disruption
- Design, document, and deploy secure infrastructure solutions to enhance the security posture of the business and ensure integrity, availability, and confidentiality of critical enterprise data
- Provide expertise on security tools including firewalls, Web Application firewalls, IDS/IDP, and anti-malware software
- Liaise with stakeholders regarding operational implementation of security policies and best practices
- Collaborate with the Client Server Team to ensure technical plans are practical, controls are sustainable, and implementations minimize risks to servers, workstations, and user productivity
- Implement infrastructure, configurations, and processes to monitor security-related events and prevent data loss and service interruption
- Perform other duties as assigned