Uganda Airlines Jobs – Assistant Manager IT Security and BC

Job Title:   Assistant Manager IT Security and BC

Organisation: Uganda National Airlines Company Limited

Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda

About US:

Uganda Airlines is the flag carrier of Uganda. The company is a revival of the older Uganda Airlines which operated from 1977 until 2001. It began flying in August 2019.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure the company operates in a secure, stable, and compliant IT environment.
• Implement, maintain and monitor a comprehensive enterprise data security program to ensure the integrity, availability and control of company, customer, and government information and technical data.
• Lead the development of up-to-date information security policies, procedures, standards and guidelines, and oversee their approval, dissemination, awareness, and maintenance.
• Ensure that the Company’s security plan is in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and contractual requirements. This includes maintaining current knowledge of changing regulations specific to IT security, identifying appropriate implementation plans, and ensuring requirements are met.
• Manage daily operations of IT Vulnerability assessment, Data Leakage, Firewall reviews, and providing timely updates
• Provide support to issues regarding endpoint vulnerability, patch, and security configuration scanning and providing solution recommendations to avoid reoccurrence of security incidents.
• Define procedures and standards related to the management and resolution of vulnerability, patching, security configuration and other security assurance services.
• Conduct and Communicate IT security risk through effective engagement with all stakeholders.
• Provide support, guidance, mentoring and education, to ensure that appropriate monitoring and controls are in place for compliance with established security policies and procedures.
• Create and manage information security and risk management awareness training programs for employees, contractors, vendors and/or clients.
• Oversee incident response planning and the investigation of security breaches, review investigations after security incidents, including impact analysis and recommendations for avoiding similar vulnerabilities.
• Work with Internal and External Auditors on IT Risks, security and application systems access.
• Lead and manage the implementation of COBIT (Control Objectives for Information Technology)

Key Performance Indicators

• Minimum IT vulnerability
• Up-to data compliance to Cyber Security standards
• Complete control of business risks associated with IT
• Data protection compliance

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or equivalent
• A relevant IT Security professional certification.
• Membership in IT Security organization
• Knowledge of Audit standards
• Knowledge of security architectures and technologies including assessment, methodologies, compliance standards etc.
• At least 10 years of experience in IT Security Management.
• Hands-on experience in forensics and methods of security penetration e.g. hacking, phishing, etc.
• Experience in implementing and managing cloud identity and access management solutions.
• Good working knowledge of security incident and event management solutions for cloud and BYOD environments.
• Experience in implementing IT Security standards, IT security regulatory and compliance regulations, and standards like PCI, HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley, ISO 27001, NIST, CSF, COBIT, ITIL, SANS 20, and so on.
• Extensive interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with end-users, IT peers, managers, and vendors.
• Prior experience working with external auditors and regulators.
• Strong business acumen, people management skills, conflict management & resolution skills, and negotiation skills.
• Winning Mentality
• Process-oriented personality
• Interest in Root-Cause analysis
• Working together as one

How to Apply:

All candidates who wish to join Uganda Airlines in this capacity should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 13^th July 2023