HEAD, SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTRE AT UNIFIED PAYMENTS SERVICES LIMITED

About Company:

Unified Payment Services Limited is Nigeria’s premier Payments & Financial Technology company that operates as a shared infrastructure for the banking community in Nigeria and Payments Service Provider within and outside Nigeria, with a vision to be the most preferred e-payment service provider in Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Description:

• Delivers information security risk report and certification
• Ensure the business comply with local and international certification and standards
• Communicate and report risk metric to management
• Work with relevant stakeholders in conducting project risk appraisal
• Develop competent officers to take on managerial responsibilities.
• Review operations approval request
• Ensure approvals protect business assets

Responsibilities

• Deliver information security risk assessment of projects, new technologies, applications, service providers, IT changes and new businesses
• Provide subject matters expertise on enterprise security architecture
• Participate in the selection of technology and tools for business operations
• Research applicable business technology for adoption for business improvement
• Responsible for establishing the risk culture
• Ensure risks are managed within the risk appetite of the business
• Ensure risk management processes are properly documented and adequate.
• Ensure all relevant personnel are aware of their risk responsibilities
• Ensure continuous compliance with all PCI requirements
• Ensure continuous compliance with VISA CVP requirements
• Ensure continuous compliance with MasterCard GVCP requirements
• Ensure continuous compliance with CUP PSP requirements.

Requirements:

• Education:Bachelor’s degree in information security, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• General Experience: Candidates should have a minimum of 10years of experience in managing information security operations or incident response within complex organizations, business and financial operations, IT project operations and management.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in network and systems security, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), EDR (Endpoint Detection Response), malware analysis, and familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST CSF. Candidates should also have experience with various operating systems (e.g., Unix/Linux, Windows) and TCP/IP networking.
• Certifications Key certifications include Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), or similar credentials that validate expertise in information security management.

Salary

Application Closing Date: 31st October, 2025

Application Instructions:

Qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment@up-ng.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.