Senior ICT Officer

Network Security and Infrastructure
Reference Number: ACAD/023/11/2025
• ICT DEPARTMENT
Deadline
02 Feb 2026
Grade
Grade
10
Open Posts
Posts
1

Duties & Responsibilities

Duties

Design and manage SD-WAN, LAN, and Wireless mesh networks (Cisco/Huawei/Ubiquiti), ensuring 99.9% uptime.

Deploy and manage Next-Gen Firewalls (NGFW) with IDS/IPS, implementing Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and Network Access Control (NAC) policies.

Manage secure authentication protocols (SSO, MFA, SAML, LDAP) across Active Directory and Azure AD.

Utilise SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk, AlienVault) for real-time log analysis and incident response, while conducting regular vulnerability assessments.

Secure edge connectivity between the campus and cloud services (Direct Connect/Express Route, VPNs).

Required Qualifications and Competencies

For appointment to this grade, one MUST have:
Must Have
  1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field from an accredited and recognised University is required.
  2. Minimum of six (3) years of proven hands-on experience in Network Engineering and Information Security is essential.
  3. Network infrastructure skills are necessary, including Internet Services, LAN & WAN (Cisco, Huawei, HP, Juniper Networking), Advanced routing and switching, Enterprise Wireless Management, and Infrastructure monitoring tools.
  4. Experience is an added advantage with Next Generation Firewalls and IPS/IDS, FortiGATE firewalls, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Remote Access (VPN), Virtualisation (VMware, Proxmox, Docker), Linux and Windows Server Systems.

Essential Professional Certifications

  1. Relevant Professional Certifications including: 

  2. CCNP Enterprise (Cisco) qualification OR JNCIP-ENT (Juniper) qualification;
  3. CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) qualification; 
  4. CompTIA Security+ qualification OR SSCP qualification; 
  5. Cisco Certified CyberOps Professional qualification; 
  6. Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) qualification OR Fortinet NSE 4/5 qualification or CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) qualification.
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APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

  1. All applications should be submitted with an Application Letter, a detailed Curriculum Vitae indicating academic qualifications, professional experience, academic leadership, list of publications, awards, scholarships, funding, membership to professional associations or bodies and linkages, valid email addresses, telephone contacts, copies of certificates, National ID, and other testimonials; These shall be uploaded at the relevant attachment sections within the OUK recruitment portal.
  2. Applicants with degrees from foreign Universities MUST attach letter(s) of recognition from the Commission for University Education (CUE) as part of the application document.
  3. Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and shall be required to ask three (3) of their referees to share references directly to the University using a system mechanism that shall be provided.
  4. Compliance with Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya will be upheld and any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.
Note that the Terms of Service will be either Permanent and Pensionable OR Contract, as shall be determined by the University Council.

Open University of Kenya (OUK) is an equal opportunity employer and, therefore, applicants of either gender, youths, persons living with disabilities and those from marginalized areas are encouraged to apply. Interested applicants should submit their applications so as to be received on or before 2nd February, 2026.

All applications should be addressed to The Vice-Chancellor, Open University of Kenya, P.O. Box 2440-00606, Nairobi, Kenya and MUST be submitted online through the link provided at the University website and as per the instructions therein.