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Cyber Security Analyst (2) Job Posts
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2025 - 2026
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
UGX
No. of vacancies: 02
Deadline: May 8 2026
Hiring Organization: Opportunity Bank
Job Details:
Opportunity Bank invites applications from qualified candidates to fill the position of Cyber
Security Analyst.
Reports to: Chief Information Security Officer
Duty Station: Head Office
Number of Vacancies: Two (02)
Job purpose:
Protect the Bank’s information assets through the implementation of requisite security controls on
IT infrastructure. The security controls should be aligned with the best industry practice and in
compliance with existing regulations.
Job Responsibilities:
1. Security configuration and Monitoring
• Security configuration and monitoring of events from tools including SIEM,
EDR/antivirus, firewalls, WAF, and NAC.
• Investigate alerts, identify potential threats, and escalate incidents to the CISO.
• Maintain a security operation alerts and incident registers.
• Support continuous improvement of monitoring rules and detection use cases.
2. Information Security Incident Management
• Participate in detection, analysis, containment, eradication, and recovery of cybersecurity
incidents.
• Support investigation of technology-enabled fraud affecting digital banking, mobile
banking, cards, and agency banking.
• Collect and preserve evidence for forensic and regulatory review.
3. Vulnerability and Patch Management
• Conduct regular security assessments, penetration testing, and vulnerability scanning to
identify potential weaknesses and recommend remediation measures.
• Perform systems configuration reviews against hardening standards.
• Monitor patch deployment status and escalate delays.
4. Access Control and Identity Security
• Perform periodic user access reviews for critical systems.
• Monitor privileged account activities.
• Support timely deprovisioning of user accounts.
5. Security Compliance and Audit Support
• Maintain evidence for internal audit, external audit, and regulatory inspections.
• Track closure of audit, risk, and regulatory findings.
• Support preparation of IT Steering Committee, Management, and Board reports.
6. Third-Party Security Monitoring
• Support security assessments of vendors and outsourced service providers.
• Monitor remediation of third-party security issues.
• Track compliance with contractual security requirements.
7. Business Continuity and Cyber Resilience
• Support Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity testing.
• Validate backup availability and integrity.
• Participate in cyber resilience and recovery exercises.
8. Secure Projects and Change Management
• Perform security reviews for new systems, projects, and technology changes.
• Verify implementation of security-by-design requirements.
• Support secure configuration and deployment validation.
9. Threat Intelligence and Awareness
• Monitor emerging cyber threats affecting the financial sector.
• Support phishing simulations and staff awareness campaigns.
• Provide threat advisories to IT and business units.
Qualifications & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in ICT, Information Security, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in IT Security, SOC, or system/network administration.
• At least one certification preferred:
• CEH
• CompTIA Security+
• ISO 27001 Foundation/Implementer.
• CISA (advantage).
• Hands-on experience with: SIEM / log monitoring, Vulnerability tools (Burp Suite, Nessus,
Qualys, Nmap, Metasploit, etc), Endpoint security / EDR, Firewalls / network security.
• Have an in-depth understanding of OWASP testing methodology, Dynamic and Static
Application Security Testing, re-engineering, automation, ASP.NET/JAVA, IDS/IPS
systems.
Personal skills and abilities
• Mission and Vision alignment – Possesses a strong social mission, a blend of financial and soft skills, and a commitment to community development with a desire to contribute to the strategic goals of the bank.
• Responsiveness – Willing to serve the low – income segment in urban, semi urban and
rural communities.
• Adaptability – Resilient, hardworking, willing to learn and capable of fostering lasting
relationships.
• Transformational – Practices empathy by paying close attention to the needs and
feelings of customers and showcasing how the bank’s products and services
fundamentally improve their lives by focusing on their journey.
• Servanthood – Mission driven and motivated by the social mission of empowering
clients and improving livelihoods, rather than solely by financial incentives.
• Ethical traits – Models transparent behavior, integrity, and ensures ethical
considerations are central in all the work area.
• Analytical skills like critical thinking.
• Good communication skills
• Good Team work skills
• Attention to detail
Opportunity Bank is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates are
encouraged to apply, regardless of disability, gender, marital status, religion and
ethnicity.
Application procedure
Interested candidates should send their signed application letters, academic documents,
together with their curriculum vitae in one PDF Folder clearly stating the job title in the subject
line to recruitment@opportunitybank.co.ug not later than Friday 8th May, 2026.
Date Posted: 2026-05-05
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