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Job Title:       ICT Security Officer

Organization:
Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI) (Pride)

Duty Station:
Uganda

About US:

Pride Microfinance
Limited (MDI) (Pride) is the leading Microfinance Deposit Taking Institution in
Uganda with 34-networked branches and 10 contact offices countrywide; regulated
by Bank of Uganda under the MDI Act, 2003.

Job Summary: The
ICT Security Officer will monitor  the  security 
compliance  of  networks, 
servers  and  applications, 
and  respond  to 
security  events  and 
alerts

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

·       
Implement  security 
measures  in  compliance 
with  Pride’s  policies 
and  procedures.

·       
Review  IT 
security  strategy,  policies 
and  standards  as 
per  the  business 
requirements.

·       
Install  and 
update  IT  infrastructure,  provide 
security  against  hackers 
and  intruders.

·       
Conduct  training 
for  staff  in  IT  Security.

·       
Update  and 
maintain  registers  of 
physical  access  to  the  bank 
server  rooms  at 
all  times,  record 
the  times  and 
dates  of  staff 
and  non-staff  enter 
and  leave  the 
server  rooms.

·       
Review  and 
recommend  to  Manager 
ICT  Security  cost 
effective  and  appropriate 
security  technology  products 
for  network,  systems 
and  data.

·       
Periodically  test 
the  disaster  recovery 
plan  (DRP).

·       
Conduct  testing 
of  the  disaster 
recovery  plan.

·       
Conduct  Intrusion 
detection  on  the 
network  to  identify 
Vulnerabilities  that  exist 
in  a  System 
and  network.

·       
Conduct  vulnerability 
scans  on  the 
network  to  identify 
vulnerabilities  that  can 
be  used  by 
a  hacker  to 
compromise  the  network.

·       
Ensure  patches 
are  distributed  to  all  machines.

·       
Conduct  Business 
Impact  assessment  for 
the  ICT  department.

·       
Conduct  Risk 
assessments  for  the 
ICT  Department.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The
ideal applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree 
in  information  systems/Technology  or 
Computer  Science,  Statistics 
or  relevant  Engineering 
or  Business  related 
subject  from  a 
reputable  university

·       
Cisco  certification 
(CCNA,  CCNP,  CEH)

·       
At least
two  years  experience 
in  a  busy 
ICT  environment  in 
a  similar  position, 
preferably  a  banking 
industry

·       
Emotional  intelligence

·       
Good  communication

·       
Inter  personal 
skills

·       
Business  acumen

·       
Customer  awareness

·       
Computer  knowledge

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to apply online by following
the procedure

Click
Here

·       
Create
an Account

·       
Fill in
your personal information and upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV), including all
your scanned academic credentials, 3 letters of recommendation from each of the
referees and a passport photo.

·       
Submit
online i.e. no hard copy deliveries will be accepted

Deadline: 1st July 2020

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