Cyber Risk Analyst Job CBK

October 24, 2025 •

Posted 3 days ago

Job Description

IT Jobs. Central Bank of Kenya Jobs

Job Purpose

The role holder will be responsible for carrying out and coordinating Cyber Threat hunting for pro-active detection and prevention of Cyber Breaches in the Banking Sector.

Technical and Operational Responsibilities

  • Perform targeted Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VA/PT) to identify flaws on systems and applications of regulated entities.
  • Write reports detailing the findings of VA/PT exercises explaining the attack vectors of Cyberattacks.
  • Reviewing results of VA/PT exercises before dispatch.
  • Providing recommendations on fixing the issues identified during VA/PT exercises.
  • Carrying out Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) collection on Cyber Threat Actors.
  • Supporting, liaising and coordinating with other incident response teams in identifying cyber-attack vectors by analyzing raw data and identifying suspicious patterns.
  • Incidence Response engagements on regulated entities to ensure recovery and efficiency in incident response management.
  • Adhere to VA/PT and incident management policies, best practices and SOP manuals.
  • Prepare Cyber Security training/awareness material for the financial sector.
  • Maintain records of all Cyber incidents recorded and their status.
  • Maintain catalogue of all VA/PT tools and equipment.

Other Responsibilities

  • Conduct research on Cyber Threat Actors Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs)
  • Any other duties assigned.
  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications and Information Engineering & Computer Science and/or any related qualification.
  • Professional certification(s) in VA/PT (CEH) and Cybersecurity & Information Security (GSEC) and/or Networking (CCNA) or any other related field.
  • Practical hands-on experience with enterprise VA/PT tools and software, e.g Nessus, Burp suite, OpenVAS, Nikto and exploit frameworks.
  • Active membership in at least one (1) professional body.

Work Experience

  • Three (3) years’ experience with at least two (2) years’ experience in a cybersecurity and VA/PT analysis environment.

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