Network Security Specialist
2025-11-20T05:13:26+00:00
Equity Bank
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Banking
Computer & IT, Management, Protective Services
2025-11-30T17:00:00+00:00
Kenya
8
Role Purpose
This entails monitoring networks to detect any intrusion or hostile activities. It also involves taking measures such as carry out design, implementation, and administration of technical cybersecurity defenses for firewalling, segmentation, network intrusion detection, and prevention; network access monitoring and control, network vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, etc., to defend against malicious attacks on the systems.
Role Responsibility
Maintaining LAN, WLAN and architecture of the Network as per the business policy.
Measure, analyze and implement new security protocols for greater efficiency against any threat or malfunctions
Generating and maintaining the virtual private network, firewalls, web protocols and email security decorum.
Reporting the security analysis of findings.
Investigations of Network Security breach alert.
Drive the implementation of Security standard for Network devices across the Group.
Conduct periodic security reviews on the Network infrastructure and also reviewing connection matric.
Monitoring of web security gateways, perimeter security, network access controls, endpoint security
Role Qualifications
3-5 years of relevant work experience in Information Technology (specifically security).
3-5 years' experience in core network technologies of a telecom or Banking environment.
3-5 years working experience in managing information security in a large organization.
Experience in designing and implementing organization wide information security Network architecture and framework.
Experience in managing and implementing large scale information security Network projects.
Advanced working understanding of the information technology and Networking environment of a Financial and Technology driven Organization.
Preferred certifications: CISSP, CCNP, Network +, CISM, CGEIT or equivalent.
- Maintaining LAN, WLAN and architecture of the Network as per the business policy.
- Measure, analyze and implement new security protocols for greater efficiency against any threat or malfunctions
- Generating and maintaining the virtual private network, firewalls, web protocols and email security decorum.
- Reporting the security analysis of findings.
- Investigations of Network Security breach alert.
- Drive the implementation of Security standard for Network devices across the Group.
- Conduct periodic security reviews on the Network infrastructure and also reviewing connection matric.
- Monitoring of web security gateways, perimeter security, network access controls, endpoint security
- Network security monitoring
- Cybersecurity defense implementation
- Firewall administration
- Network intrusion detection and prevention
- Network vulnerability scanning
- Penetration testing
- LAN/WLAN architecture maintenance
- Security protocol implementation
- VPN management
- Security analysis and reporting
- Network security breach investigation
- Security standards implementation
- Network infrastructure security reviews
- 3-5 years of relevant work experience in Information Technology (specifically security)
- 3-5 years' experience in core network technologies of a telecom or Banking environment
- 3-5 years working experience in managing information security in a large organization
- Experience in designing and implementing organization wide information security Network architecture and framework
- Experience in managing and implementing large scale information security Network projects
- Advanced working understanding of the information technology and Networking environment of a Financial and Technology driven Organization
- Preferred certifications: CISSP, CCNP, Network +, CISM, CGEIT or equivalent
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Vacancy title:
Network Security Specialist
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Banking, Category: Computer & IT, Management, Protective Services]
Jobs at:
Equity Bank
Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, November 30 2025
Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi | Kenya
Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, November 20 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Role Purpose
This entails monitoring networks to detect any intrusion or hostile activities. It also involves taking measures such as carry out design, implementation, and administration of technical cybersecurity defenses for firewalling, segmentation, network intrusion detection, and prevention; network access monitoring and control, network vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, etc., to defend against malicious attacks on the systems.
Role Responsibility
Maintaining LAN, WLAN and architecture of the Network as per the business policy.
Measure, analyze and implement new security protocols for greater efficiency against any threat or malfunctions
Generating and maintaining the virtual private network, firewalls, web protocols and email security decorum.
Reporting the security analysis of findings.
Investigations of Network Security breach alert.
Drive the implementation of Security standard for Network devices across the Group.
Conduct periodic security reviews on the Network infrastructure and also reviewing connection matric.
Monitoring of web security gateways, perimeter security, network access controls, endpoint security
Role Qualifications
3-5 years of relevant work experience in Information Technology (specifically security).
3-5 years' experience in core network technologies of a telecom or Banking environment.
3-5 years working experience in managing information security in a large organization.
Experience in designing and implementing organization wide information security Network architecture and framework.
Experience in managing and implementing large scale information security Network projects.
Advanced working understanding of the information technology and Networking environment of a Financial and Technology driven Organization.
Preferred certifications: CISSP, CCNP, Network +, CISM, CGEIT or equivalent.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36
Level of Education: professional certificate
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