Job Description

Brief Description

• Reporting to Manager Cyber Security Prevent & Defense (MPA), as the Senior Specialist - Cyber Defense SIEM and CSOC SME Engineer, you will be responsible for:
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Cyber SIEM and CSOC Solutions
• Leading deployments for Cyber Defence Solutions and Technology
• Coordinating Cybersecurity Teams in case of a Market Breach, especially Incidents impacting Multiple markets.
• Providing Cyber defense guidance with MPA, with markets and Stakeholders
• SPOC for the Cloud based Security Datalake and ensure security logs from all markets are updated.
• Guiding and Managing L1 Cyber resources
• Lead MPA and markets Cyber teams in M-Pesa cyber incident detection and response.
• Supporting the Integration of Systems into SIEM and Maintaining it.
• Develop use cases for SIEM analysis.
• Create Alerts, Reports and Dashboard for the SIEM.
• Support on Cyber Defense tools customization and development for data feeds.
• Threat intelligence deployment and integration.
• Run Purple team gap analysis session.
• Cyber Defense Systems performance and resource optimization.
• Being a SPOC in Cyber Security
• Act as an operational team lead in the configuration, management, and upgrade of a wide variety of other security products/appliances
• Troubleshoot and remediate Level 1/2/3 issues impacting Cybersecurity operations.
• Facilitate implementation, management and optimization of Cyber Security policies, standards, and procedures.
• Drive standards of excellence to achieve the Cyber Security strategy.
• Improvement of the Cyber security posture of the company through several initiatives, including but not limited to Cyber Security Baselines.

• Degree in Electrical Eng/Computer Science/information Technology or equivalent Technology-related degree
• At least two professional Cyber 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

• Minimum of FIVE years Cybersecurity experience with Security logging and Monitoring Tools for Cloud and On-prem systems: including SIEM, EDR and Threat Hunting tools
• Minimum of ONE year Cybersecurity experience with Intrusion Prevention Systems, Web Application Firewalls, VPN administration, Content Filters, Security Scanning tools.
• Minimum of 1-year focused Security experience in Incident Management, Intrusion Analysis, Network troubleshooting or Reverse Engineering.
• Experience in design, delivery, and support of Information Security solutions to customers will be and added advantage.
• 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.

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