Network and Security Architect Team Lead

**The above-mentioned senior position exists within the ICT Infrastructure and Client Service Department and is accountable for security and networks support within the Group. The successful incumbent should be able to address technical aspects and be able to perform **security and network reviews and analyzing risks, and addressing contingency planning**

**RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE**:

- Lead, supervise, mentor and motivate the network and security teams.
- Create an environment of trust, creative thinking, cohesive team effort and constant improvement.
- Provide the team with a vision of network and security related project objectives and deliverables.
- Establish the networking environment by designing system configuration, directing system installation and defining, documenting and enforcing system standards
- Design and implement new solutions and improve resilience of the current environment.
- Maximise network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages and scheduling upgrades.
- Performing business continuity operations and data backups when required.
- Configure routing and switching equipment, IP voice services and firewalls.
- Provide remote support to on-site engineers and end users/customers.
- Undertake capacity management and audit of IP addressing and hosted devices within data centres.
- Liaise with project management teams, engineers and service desk agents on a regular basis.
- Troubleshoots network access problems and implements network security policies and procedures.
- Ensures network (LAN/WAN, telecommunications, and voice) security access and protects
against unauthorized access, modification, or destruction.
- Develop and implement information network and security plans and policies.
- Develop strategies to respond to and recover from a security breach.
- Develop or implement tools to assist in detection, prevention and analysis of security threats.
- Conduct awareness training of the workforce on information network and security standards, policies and best practices.
- Installation and use of firewalls, virtual private networks, data encryption and other security products and procedures.
- Conduct regular vulnerability scans and penetration tests.
- Monitor networks and systems for security breaches, through the use of software that detects intrusions and anomalous system behaviour.
- Investigate security breaches.
- Lead incident response, including steps to minimize the impact and then conducting a technical and forensic investigation into how the breach happened and the extent of the damage.
- Provide technical support to systems, services and networks regarding security and provide advice and guidance to business technologies and costs.
- Managing Service Level Agreements (SLA), maintenance agreements and contracts.
- Support and mentor Junior Administrators, Technicians and Service Desk personnel on network and security related issues.
- Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the network and security infrastructure.

**QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS POSITION**:

- BSc degree in Computer Science or Degree in Information technology or 3 Year National Diploma or equivalent professional qualifications
- ITIL certification.
- Five to ten years of industry experience in an information security function.
- Cisco Certified Network Professional - Security
- Cisco Certified Network Professional - Network
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) (Recommended)
- CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) (Advantageous)
- CEH - Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) (Advantageous)