Head, Engineering Team at George Houston Resources Limited

George Houston Resources Limited (GHR) is a Human Resource Development and Management Consulting firm. We assist organizations to achieve their corporate visions and objectives through integrated, strategic and solution-oriented HR consulting services using best-practice methodologies.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Engineering Team

Location: Lekki, Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time
Department: Tech
Job Industry: – Technology
Reporting To: Managing Director

Job Summary

• The role will lead all technology development and operations. The role will operationally manage the Engineering team.
• The individual will be responsible for managing the technology roadmap for both product and infrastructure – working with Marketing, Service Desk, Sales and ultimately the MD.

Essential Functions

• Build an efficient Project Management Team, run the Project Management Office and manage the team to ensure the successful implementation of all projects, POC’s and demos at customer sites.

Responsibilities

• Specific areas of responsibility that you will be responsible for include but are not limited to the following:
• Accomplishes technology staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Completes projects by coordinating resources and timetables with user departments.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.
• Oversee the technical operations of the Unit to provide required performance.
• Participate in the development of new businesses from a technology point of view.
• Maintain excellence in all aspects of the business solution deployment and implementation.
• Recommends information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization outcomes; identifying problems; evaluating trends; anticipating requirements.
• Directs technological research by studying organization goals, strategies, practices, and user projects.
• Build the Research and Development Unit and increase Company’s solutions portfolio.
• Develop new OEM Software Partnerships while upgrading the Company’s partnership level with existing OEM’s.
• Build a strong Technical Team with the required certifications and competencies.
• Create a succession plan for the Technical Unit.
• Build a strategy that directly drives increased sale of the Company’s solutions in the marketplace.
• Work closely with the sales team to increase sales volume.
• Other related functions as may be requested by the Employer or your Manager.

Requirements
Education and Training:

• A minimum of a B.Eng. / B.Tech. in Electronics / Electrical / Mechanical / Computer Engineering, Information Technology or any related field.
• A Master’s Degree will be added advantage.
• Possesion of ITIL certification.
• CISSP/ CISM, CompTIA Security, CEH or other equivalent certifications.
• OEM Technology certifications.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of 7-10 years of related experience in IT Security with record of accomplishment in this role.
• A minimum of 2-3 years managing a Team
• A minimum of 2 years presales, implementation and post-sales experience.
• Experience working in mixed Windows/Linux, database and virtualized / physical server environments.

Technical Requirements:

• Hands on experience in security systems deployment including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, DDOS solutions, authentication systems, log management, content filtering, SIEM, vulnerability-scanning, web gateway, proxy appliances, NAC, and antivirus tools etc.
• Assess system vulnerabilities by deploying penetration testing.
• Experience with network security, networking technologies, systems security, and network monitoring tools.
• Thorough understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols.
• Familiarity with web related technologies (Web applications, Web Services, Service Oriented Architectures) and of network/web related protocols.
• Superior breadth of experience in network administration and information security
• Excellent proficiency in implementing the following solutions: Checkpoint Security Technologies (VPN, remote access, MTP etc.) FireEye, Symantec solution, CyberArk, Entrust, Safenet etc.
• Familiar with encryption firewalls authorization methodologies and Web filtering authentication
• Master existing Company’s sofware and web integration solutions.
• Schedule and meet with OEM Partners towards bettering relationships and creating new software/cloud OEM partnerships and solutions.
• Manage implementation of sold customer software/cloud solutions or services.
• Solution implementation and support of new and existing customer’s environment including virtualized environment, Citrix workspace suite, etc.
• Liaising with first & second level support
• Low-level Server and storage design & roll-out.

Other Requirements:

• Strong relationship management and communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across several departments and services as well as external stakeholders.
• Project Management
• Strong leadership traits
• Adaptability to a proactive and flexible approach to work and be comfortable with a dynamic environment with constantly changing priorities.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Tenacity, Loyalty, Commitment, Passion, Drive.

Application Closing Date
5th March, 2021.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.