Presales Cybersecurity Specialist at Alfred & Victoria Associates

Alfred & Victoria Associates is one of Nigeria’s leading ICT solution based company. Our company offers a wide range of services which are in high demand of today’s emerging market. AVA has three major arms which have been streamlined to meet our customer’s needs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Presales Cybersecurity Specialist

Location: Lagos

Requirements

Must have Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Systems or related, with a focus or major in IT Security being highly desirable.
Must have at least 5 years of strong hands-on experience in IT Security with at least 2 years in technical solutioning and presales.
Must have experience working in a customer-facing role and comfortable presenting to a small to medium audiences on both technical and business related topics.
Must have working experience in a MSS or familiar with the operation of a Security Operation Center (SOC).
Must have working technical knowledge of security technologies (across multiple domains such as Firewall, Network IPS, SIEM, DLP, Cloud Security etc), information security concepts and familiar with security products (Checkpoint, Palo Alto, Cisco, Splunk, McAfee, Symantec etc) and the security market place.
Experience in preparing technical architecture blueprint and responding to large scale complex RFP is highly desirable.
Professional security related qualification such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, GIAC or equivalent is an added advantage.
Working knowledge and familiarity with GRC and Offensive Security consulting services (e.g. penetration testing, PCI audit, security assessment) is highly desirable (pre-sales perspective).
Working knowledge and familiarity with Virtualization and Cloud technology is desirable.
Broad experience and understanding of regulatory framework and guidelines in the region is highly desirable.
Broad experience and understanding of security trend, threat landscape and framework such as the cyber kill-chain.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.