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They will lead remediation of known security gaps, establish identity, data protection, and third-party access controls, and build the policies, monitoring, and incident response capability BURN needs to grow securely across its markets. Reporting to the Director of Information Systems, they will coach a small security function and work closely with IT, NOC, and Engineering.\nDuties and Responsibilities:\nLead remediation of findings from external security assessments across network, web, mobile, and cloud environments, tracking closure against risk-based timelines.\nDefine and deliver the information security roadmap, policies, and standards, including data classification, data loss prevention (DLP), access control, and BYOD.\nOwn identity and access management, including the Microsoft Entra ID rollout, MFA, privileged access, and periodic role-based access reviews across ERP and internal business systems.\nSecure AWS and on-premise infrastructure, including IAM, network segmentation, logging, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code.\nEstablish security monitoring, incident response, and breach management, acting as technical lead during security incidents and running an annual breach simulation.\nPartner with Legal and Compliance to meet the Kenya Data Protection Act and data protection requirements in other markets, including data retention and data subject rights.\nGovern vendor and third-party access, including security due diligence and data processing agreements for suppliers and platform partners.\nPlan and coordinate vulnerability assessments and penetration testing, and verify that fixes are effective.\nSupport disaster recovery and backup testing with IT, run security awareness for staff, and coach team members developing cybersecurity skills.\nRequirements (E - essential, D - desirable):\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field. (D)\n7+ years of experience in information or infrastructure security, including at least 2 years leading security initiatives or teams. (E)\nStrong hands-on experience securing cloud environments, particularly AWS, including IAM, networking, and logging. (E)\nExperience with identity and access management, including Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft 365 security, MFA, and privileged access. (E)\nProven experience running vulnerability management and penetration testing programmes, and driving remediation with engineering and IT teams. (E)\nExperience leading security incident response and building security monitoring and logging capability (SIEM or equivalent). (E)\nWorking knowledge of security frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Controls) and data protection regulation, including the Kenya Data Protection Act 2019, with experience writing policies and standards. (E)\nExperience with infrastructure-as-code and securing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Terraform, Ansible). (D)\nExperience securing manufacturing, OT, or IoT environments. (D)\nAbility to explain security risk clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership. (E)\nStrong stakeholder management, problem-solving, and collaboration skills. (E)\nRecognised security certification (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CCSP, OSCP, AWS Certified Security - Specialty). 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