Unified Payment Services Limited is a group of companies with services including Banking, Payment Scheme, Financial Technology, Digital Commerce, Value Added Service, Payment Solutions, Software Solutions, etc. Unified Payments is a principal member or licensed acquirer of American Express, Mastercard, Visa and UnionPay; and has been instrumental in building the infrastructure that supports Nigeria’s modern payments ecosystem.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Security Operations Center

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Objectives

• Delivers information security risk report and certification
• Ensure the business comply with local and international certification and standards
• Communicate and report risk metric to management
• Work with relevant stakeholders in conducting project risk appraisal
• Develop competent officers to take on managerial responsibilities.
• Review operations approval request
• Ensure approvals protect business assets.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Deliver information security risk assessment of projects, new technologies, applications, service providers, IT changes and new businesses
• Provide subject matters expertise on enterprise security architecture
• Participate in the selection of technology and tools for business operations
• Research applicable business technology for adoption for business improvement
• Responsible for establishing the risk culture
• Ensure risks are managed within the risk appetite of the business
• Ensure risk management processes are properly documented and adequate.
• Ensure all relevant personnel are aware of their risk responsibilities
• Ensure continuous compliance with all PCI requirements
• Ensure continuous compliance with VISA CVP requirements
• Ensure continuous compliance with MasterCard GVCP requirements
• Ensure continuous compliance with CUP PSP requirements.

Requirements
Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in information security, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

General Experience:

• Candidates should have a minimum of 10 years of experience in managing information security operations or incident response within complex organizations, business and financial operations, IT project operations and management.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in network and systems security, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), EDR (Endpoint Detection Response), malware analysis, and familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST CSF.
• Candidates should also have experience with various operating systems (e.g., Unix/Linux, Windows) and TCP/IP networking.

Certifications:

• Key certifications include Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), or similar credentials that validate expertise in information security management.

Application Closing Date
11th September, 2026.