Specialist; Cyber Security Architecture at CRDB Bank | May 2024

Job Reporting To: Manager; Cybersecurity Governance & Compliance

Department: Cybersecurity

Location: HQ

Job Summary.

Responsible for the creation, maintenance and management of cybersecurity architecture models and their lower-level components. Interpret, use, and apply information contained within cybersecurity architecture to inform a range of business improvement activities, particularly those involved in the design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of technology systems.

Key responsibilities:

• Evaluating internal Cybersecurity functions, strategies, and processes and suggesting improvements.
• Creating, maintaining and improving cybersecurity architecture models, designs, standards, tools, and methodologies to reflect the Bank’s overall related strategies and goals.
• Creating and implementing Cybersecurity visions, objectives, and goals, with effective monitoring of their performance.
• Suggesting ideas to reduce costs in Cybersecurity and Technology at large.
• Organizing trainings to improve employees’ knowledge and skills for future Cybersecurity and Bank’s growth.
• Conducting research in Cybersecurity environment to improve the Cybersecurity business operations.
• Ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency and support of the cybersecurity teams from other teams across the Bank.
• Determining and implementing build versus buy strategies.
• Harmonize the cybersecurity solutions of the bank to attain optimal point of each solution.
• Participate in all Cyber Security projects for holistic visionary and control based on established governance practices and cybersecurity architecture models.
• Recommends and participates in activities related to the design, development, and maintenance of the Cybersecurity Architecture.
• Recommends and participate in the analysis, evaluation, and development of enterprise long-term strategic and operating plans to ensure that the Cybersecurity architecture is consistent with the enterprise’s long-term business objectives.
• Recommends and participates in the development of Enterprise architecture blueprints of the Bank.

Experience, Knowledge, and Skills Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity or any other equivalent and relevant qualification from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in enterprise architecture or business analysis-interpretation of business requirements into technology areas.
• Technology or Cybersecurity Architecture certifications, e.g. TOGAF.
• At least one cybersecurity certifications among the following: CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CISA.
• ICT governance certifications, such as CGEIT, will be an added advantage.

Deadline: 22nd May 2024