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Research and Design Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Scout new technologies and vendors to enable innovation and identify technical enablers.
• Research and development of initiatives by sourcing, developing, testing, and driving new technology capabilities.
• Overseeing the engineering of product prototypes.
• Publishing of all research and design initiatives in a comprehensive manner and maintaining an accurate registry of all research and design projects with various statuses and ensure stakeholders are appraised at all times
• Developing test script, success criteria for testing prototypes and new technologies
• Drive business adoption of new technologies of research and design outputs.
• Coordinate with other engineers, management and partners on research and design projects.
• Support setting up of crowdsourcing initiatives to generate innovative ideas and concepts.
• Provide budget inputs for research and design solutions.
• Development of use cases that align and guide research and design initiatives by gathering, detailing and documenting business requirements.
• Conducting market research on emerging technologies and evaluating similar products and their functions.
• Guarantee successful research and design outcomes by providing clear roadmaps and requisite building blocks and actual development.
• Guarantee delivering 70% of the research and design programs on time

Qualifications

• Degree in Science/computer science/Engineering/Business related.
• Strong business acumen and mindset
• 5+ years of technical experience in a busy IT development environment, 2 years of which must include experience in designing systems and solutions.
• 3+ years’ Experience in Technical Leadership of large IT projects
• 3+ years’ Experience in RnD or Innovation tech role
• Team player who is skilled at building up and managing stakeholder relationships successfully
• Ability to persuade stakeholders and to champion effective techniques through delivery
• Ability to drive initiatives in new areas
• A curious and innovative mind that built things.
• Love for new technologies that purposefully drive impact

Senior Security Architect, Enterprise Managed Security Services

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and design security solutions in line with best practices to ensure they meet Enterpriser customer requirements.
• Ensure Enterprise Solution have information security at concept stage.
• Perform vulnerability assessments and penetration tests against risk-prioritized infrastructure and applications and provide remediation recommendations.
• Conduct security awareness training for our enterprise customers.
• Design and implement SIEM solutions and conduct continuous tuning of rules and use cases
• Work closely with EBU product teams, Technology Security to evaluate the viability of vendor products for the MSSP
• Drive managed security products go-to market and uptake in the Enterprise market.
• Participate in definition of security requirements and acceptance criteria for new Enterprise customer solution
• Draft, evaluate and respond to Enterprise RFIs/RFPs
• Liaise with Supply Chain in the procurement process of Managed Security solutions/systems.
• Participate in the technical evaluations for security systems that run Enterprise platforms.
• Participate in selection of the best solution and present to the CAPEX board
• Ensure all vendors have up-to-date contracts (contract management)
• Implement Test, Deploy and Commission new systems for Enterprise customers.
• Develop the ‘as built’ Enterprise security solution for support handover
• Recommend major upgrades where required and liaise with the operations team when doing the upgrades especially if it affects the design/architecture of the Enterprise support system
• Ensure all security technology and processes implemented are continually improved to maximize on their returns/benefits
• Define metrics and report periodically that clearly demonstrate value to the enterprise customers
• Conduct research and development/security intelligence on new areas in security and present on them for sensitization and knowledge transfer to other team members/staff
• Ensure all security systems implemented have high availability and disaster recovery in accordance with best practices
• Ensure change management and system handover processes are followed
• Excellent communication skills with an ability to right level conversations
• Lead and implement integrations between internal and external solutions
• Serves as the technical liaison to the security product owner, internal security team and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with internal cross functional Enterprise customer facing domain architecture leadership

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science/Information Technology/Telecommunication
• Advanced professional information security certifications e.g. CISSP/CISM/CISA/GIAC/CEH/CPTP/OCSP
• Certifications in Security appliances OEM e.g. Fortinet, Juniper, Palo Alto will be an added advantage.
• Advanced Networking certifications: CCNA/CCNP/CCSP/CCIE
• Certifications in the use and administration of security tools e.g. Firewalls/IDS/Content Filters/Antivirus/Ethical Hacking tools
• Certifications in Microsoft Windows and Linux/Unix Operating Systems
• Certifications in virtualization technologies: VMware, HyperV, Open Stack
• IOT security
• Cloud Certifications like AWS, Azure

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Skills and Experience

• Experience in Cyber Security Systems – e.g., Firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN, Content Filters, Security Hacking tools, Antivirus, Encryption, Kali Linux, Burpsuite, Nexpose etc…
• Experience in IT Networks and Systems Administration e.g.  Cisco, Huawei, Windows, Linux, Unix etc…
• Working knowledge of web technologies e.g. cPanel, ModSecurity, Apache, PHP, Joomla, WordPress and ASP
• Working knowledge of databases e.g. Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL, Postgress SQL
• Working knowledge of Virtualization Technologies e.g. VmWare, HyperV, Open Stack
• Working knowledge and experience in DevOps and Microservices technologies i.e. Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Gitlab/Github etc…
• Working knowledge of Mobile and GSM technologies e.g. Android, IOS, 2G, 3G, LTE, USSD, SS7 etc…
• Working knowledge of encryption technologies e.g. PKI, HSM, PGP
• Excellent communication skills and team player.
• Excellent project management skills and proven task execution (getting things done).
• Superior report writing and presentation skills.
• Very analytical and logical thinking
• Self-driven with minimal supervision

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