Absa Bank Limited
Financial Services
SeniorNetworkSecurityEngineer
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“Senior Network Security Engineer at Absa Bank Limited. Skills: Network Security, Security Solutions, Risk Mitigation. Provide specialist advice. Support IT security service delivery”
Industry & Context.
Understand and mitigate risk
Remediate incidents, including outside of working hours, Perform standby duties
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
NQF level 6 Degree, 5 years (technical/lead) experience in technology, 4 years Security Engineering experience, Excellent understanding of security strategies and technologies, Knowledge in multiple information security technologies, Experience with securing information for cross-functional, cross-platform applications, Monitors marketplace trends, vulnerabilities, emergent threats and audit/control issues, Knows what should be communicated and when, Actively seeks ways to understand and mitigate risk, Able to shift well from task to task, Bachelor's Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences
Nice to Have
Industry & Vendor certifications – NAC, WAF, SANS, ISACA, Checkpoint, Cisco, RSA etc.
What You'll Do.
Provide specialist advice
Support IT security service delivery
Research security solutions
Evaluate security technologies
Design security solutions
Deliver security solutions
Review security designs
Provide technical expertise
Install network security controls
Operate network security controls
Automate network security controls
Troubleshoot network security controls
Analyze network traffic
Create risk-related stories
Perform system upgrades
Remediate vulnerabilities
Perform standby duties
Develop configuration documents
Support secure delivery of products
Review security architectures
Evaluate security designs
Combine security knowledge
Work with other engineers
Manage vendor relationships
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Integration and collaboration model; Work with security architecture; Work with standards group; Work with other engineers; Engage with business people
Communication Scope
Knows what should be communicated
Full Job Description
### **Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.** With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group. _**Job Summary**_ To provide specialist advice & support in the development & implementation of IT security service delivery processes, methods and techniques enabling secure management & control of IT access, in alignment with governance requirements. **_Job Description_** Our Chief Security Office prides itself in its unique structure that sees an integration and collaboration model between our Information Risk, Cyber, Resilience, Physical Security & Forensics teams to ensure effective risk management across all disciplines. You will be focused on the research and evaluation of security solutions and technologies, including the design and delivery of security solutions via the formal engagement of the Security Risk and Architecture teams and in rare instances, direct engagement via the business drivers. **What you’ll get to do:** The role is within the Chief Security Office your responsibilities will include the following: * Review of proposed security technical designs and provide technical expertise * Evaluate, test and pilot new security tools following the formal engagement of Security Risk and/or business drivers * Install, operate, automate and troubleshoot network security related controls such as IPS, NAC, WAF, Firewalls, Proxy, etc. * Analyze network traffic, log files and create risk-related stories * Perform system upgrades, patching and vulnerability remediation * Remediate incidents, including outside of working hours * Perform standby duties * Implement automation on network security controls & analysis * Develop detailed technical configuration documents, working closely with the security architecture and s
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