HCS Affiliates Group, is a one-stop human resources and management consultancy organization, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.

Job Purpose

The Security Analyst is responsible for monitoring network and systems, identifying security threats, analyzing, reporting, and correcting the threats and recommending specific measures that will improve the company’s overall security.

Reports to: Managing Director

Key Responsibilities

• Implement, test, and operate security software, tools, and techniques in compliance with technical reference architecture.
•  Perform on-going security testing and code review to uncover vulnerabilities.
•  Fix detected vulnerabilities to maintain a high-security standards.
•  Provide secure engineering designs for new software solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities.
•  Contribute to all levels of the architecture of proposed and existing software.
•  Maintain technical documentation of application security, assessments, and remediation.
•  Consult team members and peers on secure coding practices.
•  Document security breaches and assess the impact.
•  Develop company-wide best practices for IT security.
•  Investigate security breaches and other cyber security incidents.
•  Work with the security team to perform tests and uncover network vulnerabilities.
•  Perform penetration testing on applications.
•  Help colleagues install security software and understand information security management.
•  Research security enhancements and make recommendations to management.
•  Stay current on IT security trends and news.
•  Stay up to date on information technology trends and security standards.

Requirements

Academic Qualifications & Experience

• Diploma or Degree in Computer Science or related field and relevant certifications
• At Least 3-5 years’ work experience as a software security engineer
• Detailed technical knowledge of techniques, standards and state-of-the art capabilities for authentication and authorization, applied cryptography, security vulnerabilities and remediation.
• Software development experience in one of the following core languages: PHP, Python, Java, JavaScript
• Adequate knowledge of web related technologies (Web applications, Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures) and of network/web related protocols
• Interest in all aspects of security research and development.

Competencies and Attributes/Skills

• Creative and innovative
• Attentive to detail.
• Analytical Skills.
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Great team working skills.