Senior Manager: Security Management & Business Continuity Management

Description

Our client, a telecom provider with operations across Africa and the Middle East is looking for a Senior Manager: Security Management & Business Continuity Management

The responsibilities of the role:

• Identify, plan, coordinate and supervise the delivery of security assessments and other security services required
• Provide security consultancy to ensure new products and services are deployed in a manner that ensures adoption of the relevant security strategy, designs, standards, controls and tools.
• To lead, from an ICT security perspective, the supplier assessment process used in order to ensure that a supplier’s capability to support services to an agreed level/standards is accurately assessed and reported.
• Lead product evaluation activities to ensure products are fit for purpose and comply with minimum security requirements.
• Accountable for representing ICT team in cross-functional change programmes and business area meeting to ensure that information security considerations are included and considered, and informed decisions are made to achieve agreed outcomes
• Performing due diligence activities in relation to 3rd parties including ISV. Including the identification of system controls and assessing their effectiveness.
• To produce due diligence reports to be used in the creation of action plans to guide any remedial actions needed.
• Security infrastructure sustainment, maintenance and advanced configurations (i.e. firewalls, web gateways, mail gateways, IDS, intrusion detection systems, and management tools).
• Reporting and investigation of all security related incidents. Lead the development and implementation of corrective measures.

Professional background

• Minimum 5 years with Managerial level experience
• Minimum 3 years’ Security Management experience, managing multiple large scale (e.g. enterprise-wide) projects
• Worked across diverse cultures and geographies advantageous
• Experience working in a medium to large organisation
• Fluent in English
• Minimum of 4 year tertiary degree
• BA or Masters advantageous
• Relevant Security Management certification
• South African citizen and EE eligible