Job Title: IT Security Specialist- Infrastructure
Organisation: DFCU Bank
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
DFCU Bank is a fast growing commercial bank offering a variety of innovative products and services. DFCU Limited was started by the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) of the United Kingdom and the Government of Uganda through the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) under the name of Development Finance Company of Uganda Limited. Later restructuring brought in DEG (of Germany) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) as equal partners with CDC and UDC, each having a 25% stake in the company. Its objective was to support long-term development projects whose financing needs and risk did not appeal to the then existing financial commercial lending institutions.
Job Summary: Reporting to the Manager- Cyber Defence, the IT Security Specialist- Infrastructure is responsible for protecting the organization’s critical infrastructure systems—including servers, storage, networks, and cloud platforms—by designing, implementing, and managing robust security controls. This role ensures that all infrastructure components are hardened, monitored, and compliant with security policies, regulatory standards, and industry best practices.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Implement, monitor, and maintain infrastructure security controls across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
- Conduct security assessments on servers, network devices, databases, and virtualization platforms to identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
- Collaborate with Infrastructure and Network teams to ensure secure architecture design, patch management, and hardening of systems.
- Manage and optimize security tools such as endpoint protection platforms (EPP/EDR), firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), SIEM, vulnerability scanners, and configuration management tools.
- Respond to security incidents affecting infrastructure and lead root cause analysis and remediation activities.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure security baselines, access control standards, and hardening guides in line with frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, and CIS Benchmarks.
- Support business continuity and disaster recovery planning with a focus on infrastructure resilience and secure failover procedures.
- Ensure infrastructure components meet regulatory and compliance obligations (e.g., PCI DSS, local financial regulations).
- Assist with internal and external audits, providing evidence and responses related to infrastructure security.
- Stay updated on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and technologies that may impact infrastructure environments.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, Engineering or other numerical biased field from a reputable university.
- Information Security certifications e.g. CISSP, CISM, CEH, CCSP. CompTIA Security+, CISSP, CEH, Microsoft Security, AWS/Azure Security.
- At least 4 years’ experience in systems / network related administration role.
- Work experience in the banking industry and implementing Information security at an enterprise level will be an added advantage.
- Experience working with web application firewalls.
- Knowledge and experience in infrastructure defense techniques and technologies.
- Experience in Unix and Windows and Python scripting skills.
- A good understanding of implementation of platform security.
- A good understanding of implementation of cloud security.
- Effective Communication.
- Analytical Thinking & Inductive Reasoning.
- Problem Solving.
- Stakeholder Management.
- Self-Driven Development.
How to Apply:
If you believe you meet the requirements as noted above, please forward your application to the link below:
Deadline: 3rd September 2025.
NB: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 48