Information Technology Security Analyst at Airtel Africa

Airtel Nigeria (Airtel Networks Limited) is a leading telecommunications services provider in Nigeria headquartered in Lagos, the commercial nerve-centre of Nigeria. The telco ranks amongst the top four mobile service providers in terms of subscribers with a customer base of more than 39.8 million. The company’s product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce and enterprise services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Information Technology Security Analyst

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time

Job Purpose

This job ensures the implementation of information security policies, procedures and practices within various business processes, product/services and employee activities across all functions and lines of business.
This job is required to ensure the on-ground enforcement and continual monitoring of security operations within all Airtel functions, strategic partners and other third parties in the defined OpCos.
It encompasses security operations within Data Centers, providing support for managed security services and New Product Development (NPD); supporting business and technology teams by evaluating security-related aspects of critical services such as Airtel Money; assessment of the solutions and services platform; monitoring of ongoing IT & NW security projects; application security; facilitating Internal and External IT audits & helping the operations team during on-ground closure of the audit observations; carry out investigations and forensics; assessment of the risks that may lead to breach of confidentiality and business disruptions; implementing process/technology controls to mitigate the identified risks
This Job requires working with all units that engage in data processing activities, in this role, you should be a team player with a keen eye for detail and problem-solving skills
Your goal will be to drive compliance to the applicable data protection laws and Coordinate all IT Audit Activities.

Key Accountabilities

Implementation of security controls and compliance with AISP (Airtel Africa information security policy ) security guidelines across all functions through functional SPOCs
Implementation of security controls in compliance with the ATSP (Airtel Africa Third-party Security Policy) across all MS partners, VAS vendors and other third parties
Assisting in Network security operations and securing network VAS operations
Data Centre security operations (including physical and logical controls)
Ensure quarterly VAPT (Vulnerability Assessment Penetration Testing) assessment of all systems in the enterprise.
Coordinate all strategic partners (internal and external) to ensure timely closure of all vulnerability findings
Driving compliance of all end-user devices to AV, SCCM, DLP and NAC.
Implementation of security controls and compliance with AISP/Africa security guidelines across all functions through functional SPOCs
Support in the Implementation of security controls in compliance with the ATSP/Africa across all MS partners, VAS vendors and other third parties
Data Centre security operations (including physical and logical controls)
Work at enhancing the units posture in the organization.