Job Title: Information Security Officer / Data Protection Officer
Company: Premium Human Resources Solution
Job Type: Not specified
Location: Lagos, Nigeria (in person)
Salary/Pay: ₦550,000 to ₦700,000 per month
Experience: Associate level (listed as "Experienced Analyst – Associate"), at least 5 years of post-qualification experience in information security and data protection roles, preferably within the Nigerian capital market.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline, with a minimum of Second-Class Upper division
Skills Required:
- Security and governance: strong knowledge of information security frameworks, cybersecurity, risk management, and GRC practices
- Data protection: good understanding of data protection legislation, particularly the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) and related regulatory requirements
- Security operations: experience with vulnerability assessments, security audits, incident management, access controls, and risk assessments
- Technical tools: proficiency in SQL, Oracle, ACL, application testing, and API testing tools such as Postman and Swagger
- Soft skills: excellent analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills
Advantage: Professional certifications such as CEH, CISA, CRISC, CISM, CIPP, CDPO, or relevant ISO certifications
Date Posted: Oct 26, 2026
Application Deadline: Not specified
Description:
Premium Human Resource Solution Limited is recruiting an Information Security Officer / Data Protection Officer, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, to develop, implement, and maintain its information security management system and data protection framework. The role covers identifying and mitigating security risks, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing security incidents, and safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets. Your work will include:
- Implementing and monitoring information security policies, standards, and procedures
- Developing data protection policies in line with the NDPA, and conducting risk assessments, DPIAs, and vulnerability assessments
- Monitoring compliance through audits and periodic reviews
- Managing data subject requests and acting as the point of contact for regulators and internal stakeholders on data protection
- Coordinating the reporting, investigation, escalation, and resolution of security incidents
- Maintaining security controls, risk registers, and risk treatment plans
- Ensuring access controls, segregation of duties, and maker-checker controls across applications and IT infrastructure
- Supporting VAPT, IT audits, and other security assurance exercises
- Monitoring key risk indicators and preparing periodic risk and compliance reports
- Testing applications and APIs, writing SQL queries and scripts, and automating reports
- Monitoring application servers for unauthorised changes and security, capacity, and continuity risks
- Supporting end-of-day, end-of-month, and end-of-year reporting using Oracle, ACL, and other systems
How to Apply: Apply herehere.
Professional certifications such as CEH, CISA, CRISC, CISM, CIPP, CDPO, or relevant ISO certification