Technology Partner Management Specialist

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Responsible for end-to-end management of 3rd Parties /Technology partner from onboarding to operations by evaluating partner competencies in security, business continuity, operations, infrastructure and architectural capabilities.

 

Contractual (6 Months) 

Key accountabilities and decision ownership 

  • • Ensure 3rd Parties/Technology Partners Security is properly managed and provides the required assurance to ensure that we remain compliant with the Security, Privacy Laws and regulations.
  • • Ensure 3rd Parties/Technology Partner Architectures are properly evaluated, maintained and periodically reviewed to maintain and/or system design, integration, data flows align with the organization goals
  • • Ensure Infrastructure is properly evaluated in terms of capability, scalability and reliability of their IT infrastructure, both if internally or externally hosted.
  • • Evaluate and periodically review the readiness of the partner to support the product operational covering areas of Resources, SLA.

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

  • • Bachelor’s Degree in information technology, Computer Science, Cyber Security, or relevant domain
  • • Strong Understanding of key Cyber Security Technologies & Tools and General Information Technologies.
  • • Knowledge of Cyber and Risk Management Frameworks and International Security standards
  • • High level knowledge in several areas including: internet protocols; firewalls; VPN technologies, IDS/IPS, network access control and network segmentation, anti-malware and spam technologies; risk and vulnerability assessments, and compliance.
  • • Knowledge of legal, regulatory and privacy requirements, such as Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Protection and Payment Card Industry (PCI)/Data Security Standard (GDPR, PCI DSS).
  • • Windows, UNIX and Linux operating systems
  • • Web Security & Encryption
  • • Knowledge of common information technology management / compliance frameworks such as ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, SOX, ITIL, COBIT, and NIST.
  • • An industry Security certification is added advantage

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

  • • A customer-focused, responsive, and transparent attitude
  • • An ability to think strategically and drive change
  • • An ability and desire to communicate and work with a broad set of stakeholders
  • • A deep understanding of Tech Security risks and mitigating solutions.
  • • Familiar with agile ways of working

What We Offer


This project will be carried out over a period of six months.