Call for Applications: IT Horizons Limited || Cybersecurity Engineer

IT Horizons Ltd. is a global corporation with a wide range of abilities and skills in recent, emerging, and current technologies.

We are a group of energetic, youthful, and experienced specialists that work with all things technological, particularly information and communication technology (ICT).

Job Summary

• The Cyber Security Engineer at IT Horizons will play a crucial role in safeguarding IT Horizons and her client’s technical systems by defining, operating, and enhancing security controls and monitoring systems.
• This hands-on position requires collaboration with the Dev and CloudOps teams to secure production and corporate environments.
• The Cyber Security Engineer will also be responsible for threat and vulnerability management and work with technical teams on remediation activities.
• This is an excellent opportunity for an individual passionate about cybersecurity to make a significant impact in a dynamic and growing organisation.

Location: Lagos

Job Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Operate and Enhance Security Monitoring Tools: Utilize and improve IT Horizons and client security monitoring tools to provide valuable intelligence to the business.
• Support pre-sales engineers to create proposal documents, Bills of Material, and other technical
  documents in response to RFQ, RFP, etc from ITH client
• Manage the design, implementation and documentation of security systems (NextGen Firewalls, Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems, Web Filtering, Application Firewall, Security Information and Information Management
• Automate Audits and Monitoring: Automate the auditing and monitoring of technical systems to minimize manual activities within the security program.
• Collaborate with CloudOps/Development/IT Support: Interface with these teams on findings and drive them to a conclusion as directed by the Head of Cyber Security.
• Assist with Training: Provide support in training initiatives to enhance the cybersecurity knowledge within the organisation.
• Compliance Support: Assist with the administrative process for current and future compliance standards.
• Conduct Audits: Support the Security Lead in conducting audits of IT Horizons and her client systems, processes, and third parties.
• Acquisition Integration: Take a lead role in the integration of newly acquired entities into IT Horizons and her client’s security framework.

Skills and Experience

• Strong communication skills
• Experience in Vulnerability Management, including configuring, running, and analysing scans (Nessus preferred)
• Experience in Web Vulnerability Management (OWASP Top 10, CWE Top 25)
• Experience in SIEM configuration, analysis, and reporting
• Experience with IPS/IDS and Data Loss Prevention tools, configuration, and analysis
• Experience with threat analysis and reporting

Desirable Skills

• Community-recognised security certificates such as CEH, CISM, SANS (GSEC, GCIA, GCED, GCIH), CISSP
• Minimum of 4 years experience
• Exposure to compliance standards such as ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, and/or PCI compliance
• Exposure to DevOps/Agile development methodologies
• Incident Response/Forensics experience, including evidence/artefact preservation
• Experience integrating security checks and validation into a CI/CD pipeline
• Amazon AWS/Azure experience
• Data analytics/reporting experience
• Penetration Testing experience.

How to Apply 

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@ithorizonsgroup.com  using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.