Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Responsible for the implementation of technical controls and remediating gaps where identified in the protection of digital assets within the business network. Ensures that any initiatives developed or acquired meet stringent standards while enabling rapid innovation to meet customers ever-changing needs. Collects, analyze and implement business rules based on recommendations for optimization in line with trending information and cyber threats. Provide operational IT Security support to ensure that the bank is not compromised in anyway. Ensures that all incidents are responded to, actioned and resolved within the required MTIR. Also ensure that calls are escalated and communicated to the required support area and user. It is imperative that the necessary housekeeping takes place on an hourly/daily/weekly/monthly basis as per the job requirements.

• Integrate security tools, standards and process into the digital product life cycle
• Oversee the end to end implementation of security controls within the Digital banking space.
• Stays current with technological changes that affect the security of the network, computers and other equipment.
• Administration and monitoring of digital security tools.
• Adequate knowledge of Security principles and procedures.
• Professional assistance to large projects in relation to security requirements.

• BSc IT, Computer Sciences or related field.
• Professional Certificate in relevant field such as MCP, CISSP, CISM, ISO 27001:2013 Lead Auditor can be an added advantage.

Experience:

• 3-4years extensive knowledge of Security Operation, Endpoint management, Network Security and Vulnerability management. Extensive knowledge of TCP/IP protocol stacks, firewalls (Checkpoint and ASA), switches and routers. Extensive knowledge of Windows and Linux Operating Systems and cloud computing / cloud security 

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Challenging Ideas
• Developing Expertise
• Embracing Change
• Empowering Individuals
• Examining Information

Technical Competencies:

• Application Knowledge for Support
• Incident and Problem Management
• Infrastructure and Platforms Support
• IT Applications
• IT Programme Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• Service Management Processes