Principal Senior System Security at Engineer Ministry Of Finance And Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) Under Contract: Deadline: Feb 15, 2024

Job responsibilities

Under direct supervision and guidance of the E-Procurement Program Manager, the Principal Senor System Security Engineer will be responsible of the following: • Design and implement system and network security • Work with the development and operations team to implement e-Procurement Devsecops • Implementing and monitoring security measures for the protection of systems, network and data • Perform regular audits and produce reports • Stay up to date with latest security trends and technologies • Suggest and implement solutions for improvement • Ensure that weekly and other relevant reports are prepared and submitted to the immediate supervisor • Carry out any relevant other duties assigned by the immediate supervisor

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    Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering

    5 Years of relevant experience

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    Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

    5 Years of relevant experience

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    Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering

    5 Years of relevant experience

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    Bachelor’s Degree in Information and Communication Technology

    5 Years of relevant experience

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    Master’s Degree in Software Engineering

    3 Years of relevant experience

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    Master’s Degree in Computer Science

    3 Years of relevant experience

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    Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering

    3 Years of relevant experience

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    Master’s Degree in Information and Communication Technology

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 9. Bachelor’s Degree in Information Management Systems,

    5 Years of relevant experience

• • 10. Master’s Degree in Information Management Systems,

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 11. Master’s Degree in Electronics and Telecommunication

    3 Years of relevant experience

• 12. Master’s Degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

  5 Years of relevant experience

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    Certified in Cybersecurity or Security+

• 2. Certified Ethical Hacker

Required competencies and key technical skills

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    Resource management skills

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    Analytical skills

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    Problem solving skills

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    Decision making skills

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    Time management skills

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    Risk management skills

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    Results oriented

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    Digital literacy skills

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    Fluency in Kinyaranda English and or French knowledge of Swahili is an added advantage

• • 10. Ability to manage multiple projects and to work under pressure

• • 11. Experience developing and implementing information security policies

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    Skills managing incidents and setting measures to avoid their re-occurrence
    
    
    

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    Skills in managing information security risks to ensure data confidentiality, integrity and availability

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    Experience with network security, networking technologies and with system, security, and network monitoring tools

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    In-depth knowledge of database and operating system security

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    Understanding of Web related technologies? including applications, services, Service Oriented Architectures, networking protocols and so on

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    Knowledge and experience with HTTP and HTTPS, as well as their underlying implementations

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    Basic programming knowledge

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    Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure

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    Hands-on experience implementing Privilege Access Management

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    Hands-on experience implementing a Database firewall (DAM)

• • 22. Hands-on experience performing Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing

• 23. Skills in security systems? including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus software, authentication systems, log management, content filtering, etc

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