# It And Network Security Specialist

The University of Ghana Computing Systems provides the IT services that the University of Ghana requires to fulfil its mission to be a world-class centre for research and teaching. UGCS provides innovative services and projects to support learning, teaching and research in response to the changing demands and trends in the IT ecosystem. In order to more effectively carry out this mandate, applications are invited to fill the following Senior Member positions: JOB TITLE: IT and Network Security Specialist DEPARTMENT: Infrastructure and Security Services REPORTS TO: Deputy Chief Information Technology Officer Infrastructure and Security Support Job Summary The role of the IT and Network Security analyst/specialist is to manage the University’s firewall deployment and support as well as help maintain critical network configuration updates that have wider impact. The Network Security Specialist/Analyst will manage and deploy Firewall rules, configure, and maintains IPS/IDS, Anti-Malware, conduct regular penetration tests when required and ACLs reviews when they need to be applied for maximum internal and external network and application protection. Key Responsibilities And Attribut

- **Id**: 4007521
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/about-ug-it-and-network-security-specialist>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Accra, Ghana
- **Countries**: GH
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T00:00:00Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T00:00:00Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5166
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- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Network Security, Higher Education

## Company

- **Id**: 1768946
- **Name**: About UG
- **Domain**: ug.edu.gh
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ug-edu-gh>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **BGP** — Optional: no
- **Incident Management** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T08:02:30Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: seen:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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