Senior Security Engineer Job APA Life Assurance
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KEY PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Designs and implements IAM solutions and systems
- Deploy and manage security tools including SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR, and vulnerability management platforms
- Develop and maintain security baselines, hardening standards, and configuration guidelines
- Monitor security events and investigate potential incidents
- Perform security code reviews and application security assessments
- Maintain compliance with security frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, etc.)
- Support internal and external security audits
- Develop and update security policies, procedures, and documentation
- Perform threat hunting activities to proactively identify security risks
- Conduct regular vulnerability assessments and penetration testing
- Implements security policies and best practices
- Provides deep technical expertise and leadership for resolving incidents
- Leads access certifications and audits
- Proactively addresses security issues to prevent audit findings and privilege gaps
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity or related field.
JOB SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS
- Knowledge of common security challenges, such as data privacy, compliance, access control, encryption, and incident response
- Experience in network security, such as firewalls or VPNs
- Knowledge of encryption techniques, such as symmetric, asymmetric, hashing, etc. and how they should be applied to infrastructure
- Ability to design, implement and run monitoring and alerting platforms, to track and troubleshoot the security, performance and health of infrastructure components
- Vulnerability & Threat management, incident response, Governance, Risk & Compliance
- Conversant with GDPR, Kenya Data Protection Act, ISO 27001, NIST, HIPAA
- Experience with containerization and Kubernetes security
- Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and CI/CD security
- Knowledge of threat intelligence platforms and MITRE ATT&CK framework
- Background in security automation and orchestration (SOAR)
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Relevant security certifications (CISSP, CISM, CEH, GIAC, OSCP, or similar)
EXPERIENCE
- 8–10 years’ relevant experience
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