CYBERSECURITY SPECIALIST AT MTN NIGERIA

About Company:

MTN Nigeria is the leading telecommunications company in Nigeria and a key player within a diverse community across Africa and the Middle East. Our brand is widely recognized and trusted, enabling us to attract top talent. We are committed to nurturing our people by continuously enhancing our employee experience, offering more than just rewards and recognition, but also growth, development, and a supportive work culture.

Job Description:

• Collaborate with the Group Cybersecurity team to support enterprise-wide cybersecurity initiatives.

• Design and implement security controls to safeguard information systems, enterprise applications, and critical data.

• Assist in the execution of information security projects and ensure alignment with organizational objectives.

• Continuously optimize and upgrade existing security solutions such as SIEM, vulnerability management, data security, and security analytics tools.

• Lead vulnerability assessments and penetration testing engagements, managing findings through remediation.

• Respond to escalated security incidents, driving incident response processes to ensure quick resolution with minimal business disruption.

• Design, document, and deploy secure infrastructure solutions to strengthen the organization’s security posture and ensure data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

• Support annual Red Team and Blue Team exercises to assess and enhance enterprise security readiness.

• Provide subject-matter expertise on security tools, including firewalls, web application firewalls, IDS/IPS, and anti-malware solutions.

• Liaise with stakeholders to ensure effective implementation of security policies and best practices.

• Partner with the Client Server Team to align technical plans with security requirements, ensuring sustainable controls and minimal risk to servers, workstations, and user productivity.

• Configure and implement processes for continuous monitoring of security events across the enterprise.

• Research and deploy emerging security technologies to prevent data loss and service interruptions.

• Maintain and update documentation of all information security processes and systems.

• Support Business Risk Management with security-related investigations.

• Develop and implement corrective actions to mitigate exposure to cybersecurity threats.

• Drive incident response and coordinate remediation efforts with support teams to address vulnerabilities in enterprise systems and applications.

• Promote knowledge sharing and best practices within the cybersecurity unit and across the organization.

Requirements:

• 3–7 years of professional experience in information security, with hands-on specialization and collaborative work exposure.

• Proven experience working in large organizations, preferably within the telecommunications industry.

• Strong background as an engineer or architect in application security, infrastructure security, and network technologies.

• Practical expertise with firewalls, VPNs, intrusion/extrusion detection, vulnerability and risk assessment tools, encryption technologies, malware prevention, e-business and web application security, data loss prevention, disk and device encryption, and two-factor authentication.

• Solid experience with Microsoft, Solaris, Unix, Oracle, and MS SQL platforms.

• Direct involvement in managing network and network security operations.

• Experience handling security incident and event management processes.

• Skilled in researching and adopting emerging technologies and processes to address evolving security challenges.

Qualifications and Skills:

Education

• Minimum of a first degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology/Systems, or a related discipline.

• A postgraduate degree in IT, Engineering, or a related field is an added advantage.

Certifications

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is required.

• Additional cybersecurity-related certifications (e.g., CISM, CEH, CompTIA Security+, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer) are desirable.

Salary

Application Closing Date: Not specified

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