Key Responsibilities:

Policies, Processes, and Standards

• Maintains an up-to-date understanding of industry best practices.
• Develops, enhances and implements enterprise-wide security policies, procedures and standards. Monitors compliance with security policies, standards, guidelines and procedures.

Business Requirements

• Participates with the project team(s) to gather a full understanding of project scope and business requirements.
• Works with customers to identify security requirements using methods that may include risk and business impact assessments.
• Provides security-related guidance on business processes.

Security Solutions

• Participates in designing secure infrastructure solutions and applications.

Risk Assessment

• Works directly with the customers and other internal departments and organizations to facilitate IT risk analysis and risk management processes and to identify acceptable levels of residual risk.
• Conducts business impact analysis to ensure resources are adequately protected with proper security measures.
• Analyzes security analysis reports for security vulnerabilities and recommends feasible and appropriate options.
• Creates, disseminates and updates documentation of identified IT risks and controls. Reports on significant trends and vulnerabilities.
• Develops plans to achieve security requirements and address identified risks.
• Follows up on deficiencies identified in monitoring reviews, self-assessments, automated assessments, and internal and external audits to ensure that appropriate remediation measures have been taken.
• Performs PCI audits and compliance checks. Performs Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA)

Security Audit

• Performs security audits. Participates in security investigations and compliance reviews as requested by external auditors.

Problem Management

• Provides responsive support for problems found during normal working hours as well as outside normal working hours.
• Identifies and resolves root causes of security-related problems.

Communications/Consulting

• Interfaces regularly with staff from various departments communicating security issues and responding to requests for assistance and information. ?
• Reports to management concerning residual risk, vulnerabilities and other security exposures, including misuse of information assets and noncompliance.

Vendor Management

• Works with third party vendors during problem resolutions. Interfaces with third party vendors to evaluate new security products or as part of a security assessment process.?

Training

• Assists in the development of security awareness and compliance training programs. Provides communication and training as needed.
• May guide users on the usage and administration of security tools that control and monitor information security.

Qualification Required & Experience

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Work experience in PCI DSS compliance Work experience in designing, implementing, and security training Work experience in designing, implementing, and security policies and standards
• Typically has 3-5 years of combined cybersecurity work experience with a broad range of exposure to information security and data protection.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally, as necessary Work experience in compliance, risk, and IT service management.
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English.

Preferred:

• PCI ISA certification
• CISSP certification
• Project Management experience
• Risk Management experience Security Training

Work Environment/Travel:

• The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 20% of the time.

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

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Closing Date: 15 June, 2023