Cybersecurity Engineer (Team Lead)

Lagos Full-time Undisclosed
Job Description
Job Summary



• In this role, you will maintain hands on technical involvement in designing and securing our infrastructure while force-multiplying a team of security engineers.

• You will own the technical roadmap for our defensive capabilities and serve as the primary escalation point for complex security incidents, changes that increase productivity and profitability.



Key Responsibilities



• Lead the design of robust security architectures for on premise, cloud AWS/Microsoft/Sophos etc, and hybrid environments.

• Evaluate and oversee the deployment of security tooling SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS to ensure maximum threat visibility.

• Drive the adoption of automation to reduce manual toil and improve incident response times e.g., automating phishing analysis.

• Conduct regular threat modeling sessions to identify gaps in the attack surface before they can be exploited.

• Conduct weekly reviews and career development planning for a team of security engineers.

• Prioritize engineering tickets and assign tasks based on individual strengths and bandwidth.

• Lead the recruitment process for new engineering talent, including technical screenings and culture-fit interviews.

• Serve as the Incident Commander during high-severity breaches, coordinating the technical response, containment, and root cause analysis.

• Oversee the lifecycle of vulnerability remediation collaborating with IT/DevOps to ensure patches are verified and deployed.

• Ensure engineering practices align with regulatory frameworks SOC2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR.



Qualification



• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or equivalent practical experience.

• 4 years of experience in Information Security, with at least 1–2 years in a lead capacity.

• Ability to explain complex technical risks SQL injection in terms of business impact Customer data loss.

• Strong conflict resolution skills for negotiating security requirements with product/deadline-driven teams.



Required Technical Skills:



• Deep understanding of TCP/IP, Next-Gen Firewalls Palo Alto, Fortinet, Sophos , VPNs, and Zero Trust principles.

• Experience securing public cloud workloads AWS Security Hub, Azure Sentinel, IAM policies, VPC flow logs.

• Expertise in tuning aggregation tools Splunk, ELK, Datadog to reduce noise and focus on high-fidelity alerts.
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  • Posted: Apr 26, 2026
  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Location: Lagos
  • Source: External