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Cyber Security and Compliance Expert

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About the role

SterlingPRO is a leader in developing innovative fintech solutions that power the future of finance. We are a team of experts passionate about technology and driven by a mission to create seamless, secure, and inclusive financial experiences. We offer a dynamic and challenging environment where your work will have a direct impact on the security of millions of transactions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and SOC governance activities, ensuring 24/7 coverage for SterlingPRO’s payment applications.
  • Develop and optimise SIEM use cases, detection rules, alert management, and security monitoring processes tailored to financial transaction patterns.
  • Manage MSSP and SOC providers, ensuring service quality, performance, and compliance with agreed SLAs.
  • Develop and maintain incident response procedures and coordinate security exercises and tabletop testing activities, specifically simulating payment fraud and data breach scenarios.
  • Support business continuity, disaster recovery planning, testing, and security governance activities to ensure the uninterrupted availability of SterlingPRO’s POS, ATM, and Agency banking solutions.
  • Manage identity security controls including MFA, Conditional Access, privileged access management (PAM), and identity risk monitoring to protect administrative access to core financial systems.
  • Strengthen security across Azure/AWS environments, endpoints, collaboration platforms, and emerging technologies (including secure handling of biometric and payment data).
  • Implement and oversee data classification, data protection, and access control frameworks to secure Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and financial data in transit and at rest.
  • Ensure compliance with client, contractual and regulatory security requirements, including the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) guidelines, Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) regulations, and other applicable laws.
  • Understand fintech Structure and security architecture Requirements.
  • Manage end-to-end compliance with PCI DSS standards, aligning with the latest PCI DSS v4.0 requirements, including continuous monitoring and risk-based security management.
  • Interpret and implement global standards such as ISO 9564-1 for PIN management and EMVCo's security requirements for payment systems.
  • Develop, review, and maintain security policies, standards, and procedures, ensuring they are technically enforceable and auditable.
  • Lead audits and regulatory reviews, managing remediation activities and tracking compliance findings to closure.
  • Conduct technology risk assessments for all new and existing products.
  • Establish a robust vulnerability management program, coordinating penetration testing and overseeing the remediation of identified weaknesses.
  • Manage the vendor risk management process, conducting thorough security assessments of third-party vendors and partners.
  • Monitor security events using SIEM platforms, leading incident response, threat hunting, and digital forensics activities.
  • Champion operational resilience, ensuring the organization can maintain critical functions during and after a security incident.
  • Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines (SAST, DAST, SCA), working directly with engineering teams to promote secure coding practices.
  • Manage supplier security assessments and third-party risk assurance activities for vendors supporting our payment ecosystem.
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