NCBA Group Head of Technology Security Jobs in Kenya

NCBA Group Head of Technology Security Jobs in Kenya



Job Purpose Statement

This role will lead in strategy, implementation, and operations of Digital Business cyber security
agenda. The head of Information Technology Security serves as the process owner of all assurance activities related to the availability, integrity and confidentiality of customer, business partner, employee and business information in compliance with the organization's information security policies.

This position is responsible for establishing and maintaining a corporate-wide information security management program to ensure that information assets are adequately protected. This role will lead a team of experienced Analysts and senior Subject Matter Experts and will be responsible and accountable for the Cyber processes and engineering capabilities which protect Digital Business information assets.

The Head of IT Security will play a key role optimizing the technology, people and process
portions of our defense in depth strategy, implementing standardization, automation, and
innovation based on Digital Business Cyber threat profile. The role must have an established background managing a security operations function, strong technical knowledge, experience handling a fast-paced operational cadence, and a resultsdriven mindset.

Key Result Areas

Financial

  • Participate in creating and implementing the Digital Business budget plans

  • cquisition of Digital Business security platforms

  • Assist in the acquisition of Digital Business technology in line with IT security policy

  • Procure and manage Quality assurance

    Internal Business Processes

  • Develop and enhance an information security
    management framework

  • Design, implement, and deploy all Digital Business technology security platforms

  • Evaluate all software changes before deployment into production

  • Design secure technology platforms

  • Monitor and manage the threat lifecycle from
    identification via external and internal intelligence, prioritization of existing weaknesses and vulnerabilities, to containment and resolution of active threats.

  • Develop key metrics to measure effectiveness of Cyber Security capabilities and establish and facilitate forums to provide visibility to performance (e.g., threat briefings, response/detection metrics).

  • Regularly report on the status and performance of the security capabilities and tasks assigned to your team.

    Strategy
    and Innovation


  • Understand and interact with related disciplines through committees to ensure the consistent application of policies and standards across all technology projects, systems and services

  • Partner with business stakeholders across the
    company to raise awareness of risk management
    concerns

  • Assist with the overall business technology planning, providing a current knowledge and future vision of technology and systems

    Learning and growth

  • Manage, develop, retain, and mentor a talented group of internal security Specialists, Analysts,
    Engineers and senior Security SMEs who work within
    the Incident Response, Vulnerability Management,
    Endpoint protection, Network, Application, Data
    protection and Threat Intelligence / Hunt teams.

  • Define and implement recruitment, learning and
    performance management strategies, as well as
    cultural practices that attract, nurture and retain the best talent.

  • Drive competency focus through continuous learning and job enrichment to ensure high performance.

    Ideal Job Specifications

    Academic:

  • University degree, in Computer Science or technical field.

  • MBA or a Master’s degree in a technology field preferred.

    Professional:

  • Information security certifications e.g. CISSP/CISM/CISA/CEH

  • Information Technology certifications are desirable: ITIL, COBIT, TOGAF, PRINCE2, ISO,
    Cloud technology.

  • Strong understanding of common best practices, frameworks, and regulations (ISO 27001, ISO22301, OWASP, MITRE ATT&CK, CIS, etc).

    Desired work experience:

  • At least 10 years’ experience in Information Technology management, 3 of which should have been in a senior management capacity in a similar sized organisation having lead successful IT transformation projects and/or initiatives.

    How to Apply

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