Premier Switch Solutions S.C. (PSS) is a leading Electronic Payment Processing Company, established by major private banks of Ethiopia. The Company has implemented the first multi-institution shared-switch infrastructure to provide its member banks with a state of the art payment technology to drive ATM, POS, e-commerce, Mobile Banking and other payment channels and provide clearing of Debit/Credit card transactions for the banks. 

Currently, PSS has one vacant position stated below and would like to invite applicants who meet the qualification and required experience listed for this job opening. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Involve in the development and implementation of policies and procedures for the IT/cyber security.

• Implement and ensure information system confidentiality, integrity and availability to meet the customer expectation.

• Work with vendors for all support activities.

• Involve in the delivery of IT security and other related projects.

• Conduct periodic performance metrics.

• Involve in the design of capacity planning and manage business continuity.

• Lead maintenance, upgrade and migration of security management systems.

• Work with the relevant work units in the development of software, products and services adhere with security standards.

• Research new IT security standards and technologies.

• Conduct assessment of information security risk periodically as per PCI-DSS and other relevant standards.

• Conduct periodic IT security audit and take remedial actions on findings.

• Ensure and implement multi-layer security controls and review and update periodically including anti-virus, anti-malware, etc.

• Manage the assessed functionality and gap analysis of key business areas and infrastructure and determine the extent to which comply with statutory and regulatory requirements and take appropriate actions.

• Ensure the business operation complies with the company policy, regulatory bodies’ laws, regulations, standards including the National bank of Ethiopia, PCI-DSS, etc.

• Manage security incident response and process protocols including incident response report and sanctions.

• Involve in the budget preparation for the unit

• Provide guidance and training of all staffs and customers in the area of IT security and compliance.

• Prepare periodic reports.

• Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the supervisor.

Job Requirements

Qualification & Work Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in ICT/Computer Science/ Information Systems/Finance/Business or a related field.

• At least 5 years of relevant experience 

• Training in Information Systems Security, IT Security Management and Cyber Security is preferable.

How to Apply

Interested applicants who meet the required qualifications are invited to submit their updated CV and copies of relevant documents within 10 days of this announcement.

We only accept applications sent via our email:  pss.hr@pss-ethiopia.com

Please write clearly for which position you applied on the email subject line.

NB. : Only short-listed candidates will be contacted