Role purpose:
“The Company”, is a pioneering fintech business and global market leader in mobile money. From starting in 2007 as a convenient means by which the unbanked and underbanked can make digital payments, “The Company” has now grown to offer >50 million active customers financial services, enterprise, merchant and retail solutions. We are proud of our work in enabling the digital economy in our markets, and in driving financial inclusion.
We are a united, energetic, and passionate team. A place where leaders coach, teams connect, and everyone is empowered to go further, faster. A place where heroes become superheroes through growth, opportunity, and the chance to work with the best minds in FinTech.
As the Specialist – Identity and Access Management Security, you will be responsible for ensuring that the right individuals have access to “The Company’s” Africa technology systems as well as be responsible for developing and implementing identity and access management systems, reviewing user access rights, and maintaining access policies.
Key Accountabilities and Decision Ownership:
- Design, implement, and maintain IAM systems by developing strategies and frameworks for managing digital identities and access permissions.
- Analyze user access requirements by creating and enforce access policies based on user roles and responsibilities.
- Perform regular audits to ensure security protocols are not being breached and user access rights are correctly assigned.
- Monitor and audit user access rights by detecting unauthorized changes or inconsistencies.
- Integrate new technologies by working with IT teams to incorporate new tools and technologies into the IAM framework.
- Ensure compliance to relevant laws, regulations, and policies related to user access.
- Provide training, develop and deliver training on IAM procedures across the organization.
- Investigate incidents, report and resolve any identity and access-related incidents or breaches.
- Stay updated and keep abreast of the latest trends and advancements in IAM, including potential security threats.
- Act as a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) in Cyber Security for one African market and backup SPOC for another, assisting with remediation of vulnerabilities, patching, and systems hardening.
- Maintain and support various cybersecurity systems, including Firewalls, WAF, Antivirus, Logging Solutions, Network and Host IDS/IPS.
- Troubleshoot and remediate Level 1/2/3 issues impacting cybersecurity operations.
- Facilitate implementation, management, and optimization of Cyber Security policies, standards, and procedures.
- Provide support for cyber incident detection and response.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with 3rd party suppliers and internal stakeholders
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Good communication skills and team player.
- Proactive approach to staying ahead of potential security threats.
- Superior report writing skills.
- Must have technical / professional qualifications:
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent technology-related degree.
- Proven experience in IAM, including knowledge of Active Directory, Azure AD, and other IAM tools.
- Familiarity with SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, and other authorization protocols.
- At least one professional Security Qualification: CompTIA Security+/CCNA Security.
- Drive standards of excellence to achieve the Cyber Security strategy.
- Implement actions to close MPA risks, audits, and reviews (internal and external).
- Improve the Cyber Security posture of the company through various initiatives, including Cyber Security Baselines.
Key performance indicators:
- Optimization of the Operational & Monitoring Cyber Security Baselines (CSB) controls across all MPA relevant business areas and processes associated with IAM and PAM Security.
- Effective design and implementation of Identity and Access Management security measures to protect data, software, and hardware.
- Monitoring and responding to user activity and security breaches.
- Regular security audits and vulnerability assessments for IAM technologies.
- Development and enforcement of security policies and procedures.
- Collaboration with IT and other departments to ensure comprehensive security measures.
- Staying updated with the latest security trends, threats, and technology solutions.
- Providing training and knowledge sharing to staff on network security practices.
- Supporting all internal and external audits around technology systems and processes, ensuring these systems are free from known technology audit findings and all audit findings are closed within agreed timelines.
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
- At least 3 years of work and proven experience in Privileged Access Management domain tools in terms of architecture & design, integration, implementation, maintenance, troubleshooting, stakeholder management, company wide project management.
- Knowledge on CyberArk, Centrify systems hardening baselines.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with 3rd party suppliers and internal stakeholders
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Good communication skills and team player.
- Proactive approach to staying ahead of potential security threats.
- Superior report writing skills.
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent technology-related degree.
- Proven experience in IAM, including knowledge of Active Directory, Azure AD, and other IAM tools.
- Familiarity with SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, and other authorization protocols.
- At least one professional Security Qualification: CompTIA Security+/CCNA Security.
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