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

Position 1 Manager, IT Security, Risk and Compliance Division  

Description of Duties  

• Formulate and implement the direction of the IT security and risk management strategy.  

• Develop  programs and procedures for the IT/ cyber security,  threat and compliance and lead in their implementation through the  nonstop review.  

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

• Manage vendor relationship and monitor all support activities.

 • Manage and ensure the successful delivery of IT security, risk and other affiliated projects.  

• Ensure periodic performance  criteria  are conducted.  

• Design capacity planning and ensure business continuity  

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

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

• Research new IT security and risk management standards and technologies.  

• Ensure organizational risks are reviewed and where needed escalated to the central risk register.

 • Ensure and implementmulti-layer security controls and review and update periodically includinganti-virus,anti-malware,etc.  

• Assess and manage information security  threat periodically as per PCI- DSS and other applicable standards.  

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

• Review the assessed functionality and gap analysis of  crucial business areas and infrastructure and determine the extent to which comply with statutory and nonsupervisory requirements and take applicable actions.  

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

 • Follow- up security incident response and process protocols including incident response report and sanctions.  • Prepare budget for the unit

 • Support the CEO in the implementation of the commercial strategy.  

• Provide guidance and training of all staffs and customers in the area of IT security, risk management 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 affiliated field  

• At least 8 times’ applicable experience  

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

• Applicable professional  instruments are  profitable. 

Position 2 director, Data- Center and Systems Administration  

Description of Duties  

• Involve in the  expression and  perpetration of the strategic direction of the IT  structure,  surroundings and Data Center administration.

 • Involve in the development and  conservation of the Data Center and IT  structure Architecture.  

• Involve in the development of IT policy, procedures and documents and lead in their  perpetration through the  nonstop review.

 • Oversee the design, setup, installation and operation of Data Center, integration of  colorful systems  terrain, or process designs for IT  structure, or any outsourced technology and business process  results to meet the business ’ requirements as per PCI DSS and other applicable security standards.

 • Manage all servers, storages, back- up devices, operating systems, environmental systems, middleware’s and web servers are installed, configured and always functioning optimally.  

• Manage and monitor all Data Center assets  similar as calculating  bias and facilities( electrical systems, power sources, UPS, AC, humidity, smoke and fire detection, flood detection, surveillance cameras, door access, etc).  

• Manage physical access to Data Center.

 • Manage corrective and periodic preventative maintenance, configuration reliability of servers, storages, and other Data Center equipment’s.  

• Facilitate cleaning and dust removal process at the data Center.  

• Manage vendor relationship and monitor all Data Center and IT infrastructure support activities.  

• Manage the successful delivery of Data Center, IT  structure and other  systems.  

• Manage resource allocation and provision of access for servers and storages.  

• Conduct periodic Data Center and IT infrastructure performance metrics.

 • Design system and Data Center capacity planning and build business continuity.  

• Manage the upgrade and migration of Data Center and IT infrastructure.  

• Ensure high availability, confidentiality, integrity and reliability of Data Center and IT infrastructure.  

• Ensure backup of programs, OS, middleware configurations, images and logs as required.  

• Ensure the provision of an effective and responsive support services to users within established SLAs;  

• Work with all applicable IT and other work units in the group.  

• Research Data Center technologies, systems and standards.  

• Build knowledge base from the lessons learned.  

• Manage incidents timely.  

• Prepare budget for the unit  

• Provide training, coaching and mentoring of employees within the department towards effective career development.  

• Prepare periodic reports  

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

Job Conditions  

Qualification & Work Experience  

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical engineering, ICT, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.  

• At least 8 years ’ relevant experience  

• Experience in managing and administering Data Center, ICT systems and infrastructure & Applicable certifications are  profitable

• Training in Cisco CCNA & CCNP Data Center, in Linux and Solaris, Storage management and web technologies is preferable  

Position 3 Senior Systems Administrator  

Description of Duties  

• Involve in the implementation of the strategic direction of the IT infrastructure, environments system administration.  

• Manage the implementation of the IT policy, procedures and documents.  

• Perform the design, setup, installation, integration and operation of system to meet the business ’ requirements.  

• Manage all servers, back- up devices, operating systems and environmental systems are installed, configured and always functioning optimally.  

• Manage and monitor all  waiters and storages  

• Perform corrective and periodic preventative conservation of system outfit’s.  

• Perform cleaning and dust junking of the servers and storages  

• Work with vendor and monitor all system infrastructure support activities.  

• Manage the delivery of systems and other projects.  

• Conduct periodic system infrastructure performance metrics.  

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

• Involve in the  prosecution of upgrade and migration of system infrastructures.  

• Manage high availability, confidentiality, integrity and reliability of system infrastructure.  

• Provide support services to users within established SLAs;  

• Work with all applicable IT and other work units in the group.  

• Involve in research of system technologies and standards like servers and storages  

• Build knowledge base from the lessons learned.  

• Provide training, coaching and mentoring of employees within the department towards effective career development.  

• Prepare periodic reports.

 • Attend incidents, interruptions, malfunctions, and system quality reductions at any moment  

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

Job Requirements  

Qualification & Work Experience  

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical engineering, ICT, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

 • At least 5 years’ relevant experience.  

• Experience in managing and administering servers and storages systems is preferable

 • Training in Linux and Solaris, Storage management and web technologies & applicable certifications are  profitable.  

How to Apply  

Interested applicants who meet the required qualifications are invited to submit their updated CV and copies of applicable documents within 7 working days of this announcement.  

Interested & qualified applicants can Apply at Awash Bank around Addis Ababa University school of commerce insurance side office 7th floor or sent via email

pss.hr@pss-ethiopia.com

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

NB. Only short- listed candidates will be contacted