IT Security Infrastructure Specialist

Company Description

Deloitte is the largest private professional services network in the world. Every day, approximately 312,000 professionals in more than 150 countries demonstrate their commitment to making an impact that matters.

Our West Africa practice serves multinationals, large national enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises and the public sector across Nigeria and Ghana. 

In Nigeria, Deloitte is one of the leading professional services firms, specializing in providing Audit, Tax, Consulting, Risk Advisory and Financial Advisory services. We serve clients in a variety of industries from financial services, consumer, telecommunications, media & technology, energy resources & industrial and government and public services.

Our professionals are unified by a collaborative culture that fosters integrity, outstanding value to markets and clients, commitment to each other, and strength from cultural diversity. They are committed to strengthening corporate responsibility, building public trust, and making a positive impact in their communities. We understand that our professionals hold interests outside of the workspace and we aim to encourage work/life balance, supporting them in all aspects of their lives.

Our talented professionals and our clients understand the link between a strong learning and development programme and the ability for Deloitte to deliver on its promise of consistent, high-quality service delivery worldwide.

Whatever your age, gender or culture, take your career to the next level with the talents and capabilities you will develop at Deloitte. 

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

• Perform continuous research to keep up to date on information technology security threats trends, best security practices and standards to be able to make valuable recommendation to the business.
• Design, deploy, manage and review IT security controls to protect business information technology assets against relevant threats and cyber invasions.
• Conduct regular risk assessments to identify potential weaknesses in the IT infrastructure, perform vulnerability scanning and penetration testing to ensure system robustness. Recommend and apply patches, updates, or configurations to mitigate identified risks
• Develop and enforce IT security policies, standards, and guidelines, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, NIST, ISO 27001) and maintaining documentation of security protocols and compliance audits.
• Collaborate with other IT teams to ensure secure system design and integration, providing security awareness training for employees to minimize human-related risks. Working with third-party vendors to ensure their systems comply with organizational security policies.
• Harden servers, networks, and endpoints by disabling unnecessary services, removing vulnerabilities, and configuring securely.
• Manage user access, permissions, and identity solutions to ensure only authorized individuals can access critical systems.
• Develop and test disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity plans (BCP) to ensure rapid restoration of IT services during crises.
• Perform regular security audits to verify the effectiveness of security controls.
• Generate detailed reports on security posture, incidents, and mitigation efforts for stakeholders.
• Remediate identified weaknesses and gaps from conducted periodic IT security audit by implementing required countermeasures
• Protect organizational devices, such as desktops, laptops, mobile phones, and servers.
• Support global collaboration platforms – Microsoft Team, O365 ODB, and O365 SharePoint that effectively meet business needs
• Ensure a timely resolution of all incidents and problems on supporting systems in adherence to the required SLAs
• Support and manage the Identity management system and email servers on O365 platform to promptly meet business requirements
• Participates effectively on other assigned firm-wide organizational capability initiatives for all offices to ensure success.
• Manage and support other assigned systems/applications in the sub-units.

Qualifications

• BSc/HND in electrical/electronic engineering, computer science or related discipline with minimum of Second Class Lower or Lower Credit
• Superior customer and stakeholders’ expectation management skill
• Strong knowledge of the Microsoft Windows OS /MS Office Applications
• Sound problem resolution, judgment and decision-making skill
• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal
• Able to work under pressure with little or no supervision
• Ability to diagnose and resolve problems
• Possession of at CCNP, CISA, CISM or CISSP certifications will be required
• Minimum of 5 years post NYSC directly related work experience

Additional Information

Additional information

Our promise to our people: Deloitte is where potential comes to life.

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We are a group of talented people who want to learn, gain experience, and develop skills. Wherever you are in your career, we want you to advance.

You shape how we make impact.

Diverse perspectives and life experiences make us better. Whoever you are and wherever you’re from, we want you to feel like you belong here. We provide flexible working options to support you and how you can contribute. Be the leader you want to be.

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Some guide teams, some change culture, some build essential expertise. We offer opportunities and experiences that support your continuing growth as a leader.

Have as many careers as you want.

We are uniquely able to offer you new challenges and roles – and prepare you for them. We bring together people with unique experiences and talents, and we are the place to develop a lasting network of friends, peers, and mentors. Our TVP is about relationships – between leaders and their people, the firm and its people, peers, and within in our communities.

Application deadline: Friday, 13 December 2024.

At Deloitte, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work—in every country, in everything we do, every day. We aim to create a workplace where everyone is treated fairly and with respect, including reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. We seek to create and leverage our diverse workforce to build an inclusive environment across the African continent.

At Deloitte, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work—in every country, in everything we do, every day. We aim to create a workplace where everyone is treated fairly and with respect, including reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. We seek to create and leverage our diverse workforce to build an inclusive environment across the African continent.

Note: The list of tasks / duties and responsibilities contained in this document is not necessarily exhaustive.  Deloitte may ask the employee to carry out additional duties or responsibilities, which may fall reasonably within the ambit of the role profile, depending on operational requirements.

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