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Security Planning and Architecture Officer

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Job Location:

Lagos - Nigeria

Salary: Not provided by the employer

Experience Required: 4years

Posted: 24 May 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 21 August 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

Our client is a cybersecurity solutions provider offering security and risk consulting managed security services and threat detection through its Cyber Defense Security Operations Centre (CSOC) helping organizations safeguard critical assets and strengthen overall security posture.

They are seeking to hire a Security Planning and Architecture Officer to design secure systems lead cybersecurity initiatives and strengthen the organisations overall security posture.

Job Responsibilities

Lead investigations and proactively assist Senior Management in defining strategies to protect Clients data from attack.
Lead cybersecurity initiatives in conjunction with Group Cybersecurity team.
Design and implement security controls to safeguard and monitor events for information systems enterprise applications and data.
Lead the implementation of information security projects.
Define and enforce security requirements for applications in development.
Design document and deploy secure infrastructure solutions to enhance and evaluate the security posture of the business to ensure integrity availability and confidentiality of all critical enterprise data.
Collaborate with development teams to integrate security best practices into the software development lifecycle.
Monitor and ensure compliance with security requirements throughout the development process.
Liaise with stakeholders in respect of operational implementation of security policies and best practices.
Collaborate with the Client Server Team to ensure that technical plans are practical controls are sustainable and implementations are managed to minimize risk and adverse impact to servers workstations and user productivity.
Implement the infrastructure configurations and processes to monitor security related events.
Prevent data loss and service interruptions by researching new technologies that will effectively protect the enterprise network.
Document and operationalize information security.
Ensure all security documentation is up to date.
Ensure conformance to Cybersecurity Blueprint/Roadmap
Provide inputs to company strategic plan on all initiatives to ensure that security gaps/vulnerabilities are identified & closed. End-to-end planning and execution of program.
Communicate and engage with stakeholders.
Anticipate problems and complications and formulate solutions so as not to impede the progress of the project
Ensure processes procedure and policies defined with the it division is understood and adhered to.
Develop and deliver security awareness training programs on a quarterly annual and on-demand basis.
Create and distribute security awareness materials such as presentations posters and email alerts.
Measure the effectiveness of security awareness programs through surveys tests and other metrics.

Job Requirements

Minimum of Four (4) years work experience of which includes Three (3) years Security Architecture experience.
Experience in the following: Identity Management technology. Vulnerability assessment and treatment Systems Auditing Security Architecture Network wireless Security.
Proven experience in the full Secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) - project vision through project implementation - for both small and medium enterprise projects
Good working knowledge of Security Design & Architecture.

Additional Benefit