Senior Specialist – Cyber Security Governance Risk & Compliance IT Job Safaricom

About M-Pesa Africa

At M-Pesa Africa, we’re the heroes that make things happen.

We are a united, energetic and passionate team. A place where leaders coach, teams connect, and everyone is empowered to go further, faster. A place where heroes become superheroes; through growth, opportunity, and the chance to work with the best minds in FinTech.

We are Africa’s largest FinTech providing services to more than 60 million customers and 5 million businesses solutions across Financial Services, Enterprise, Merchant and Retail. We are now well on our way to becoming the preferred digital payment method across the markets that we serve, for both in-store, remote and online payments. With headquarters in both Kenya and South Africa, we serve markets that include Kenya, Tanzania, DRC, Lesotho, Ghana, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Mozambique.

About the Role

Reporting to the Manager, Cyber Security Governance Risk & Compliance you will be responsible for ensuring that the organization’s Cyber Security risks are under explicit management control and as well coordinate strategic integration of Cyber Security programs within M-Pesa Africa. They will be part of the team that drives compliance to internal and global cyber security related policies and standards, Vodafone Cyber Health & Adaptive Risk Method (CHARM)controls and applicable Kenyan laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Continually reviewing and updating security policies, standards, and guidelines in response to the ever-changing cyber threats in coordination with the Risk Management team.
• Monitoring and driving compliance to internal and global cyber security related policies and standards, Vodafone Cyber Health & Adaptive Risk Method controls and applicable Kenyan laws and regulations.
• Coordinating stakeholders to deliver on targets or agreed business outcomes.
• Coordinating periodic independent assurance of critical products and services.
• Coordinating implementation of recommendations from independent assessments.
• Conducting Cyber Risk Assessments to determine cyber risk profile and define treatment plans.
• Recommending Cyber Security services improvement plans.
• Coordinating projects handover process within the cyber security functions.
• Continually reviewing, implementing and proposing improvements of the user access governance process.
• Coordinating periodic cyber security knowledge transfer, awareness sessions and phishing simulations to staff in line with strategy.
• Participating actively in cyber security events and trade shows, reporting and presentations.

Qualifications

Apply if you have:

• Experience with the Vodafone Cyber Health & Adaptive Risk Method (CHARM) Program;
• Minimum of 3 years Information Security Governance and Compliance Frameworks;
• Experience in design, delivery and support of Information Security solutions to customers will be and added advantage;
• At least one professional Information Security Qualification: CISSP/CISM/CISA;
• Advanced competencies in Network Security: CCNP or CCIE (Security);
• Advanced competencies in Microsoft, Linux or Unix Operating Systems administration;
• Advance competencies experience in Information Security Technologies;
• Good communication skills and team player;
• Experience in the use of security tools;
• Project management skills, and proven task execution (getting things done)
• Superior Report writing skills;
• Analytical Thinking.
• We are happy if you have:

Experience in working with multi-cultural geographically distributed teams

Our commitment to you:

• A fair and unbiased selection process
• A robust total reward scheme
• Dedicated support and mentoring/coaching
• An opportunity to work with passionate life-long learners
• An opportunity to develop and progress – plus a solid dedication to work-life integration. It all means you’ll have everything you need to advance your career and achieve your full potential.

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