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User:Zechariah Akinpelu

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SKILLS SUMMARY Years of experience as Solution Architect, System Engineer, Database Administrator, IT Trainer, IS Security Officer, IT Auditor and Application/Web programmer. Strong background in every aspect of Information System. Experience in major programming languages, Relational Database Management System, operating system, hardware and software. EXPERIENCE Enterprise Bank Limited July, 2012 till date Team Lead Information Security & Compliance • Responsible for implementing, managing and enforcing security directives as mandated by management • Ensure the ongoing integration of information security with business strategy and requirement • Ensure that the access control, disaster recovery, business continuity, incidence response and risk management needs of the organization are properly addressed • Lead information security awareness and training initiatives to educate the staff about information risk • Perform ongoing information risk assessment and audit to ensure that information systems are adequately protected and meet ISO27001/2 standards • Work with vendors, outside consultants and third parties to improve information security within the organization • Lead an incident response team to contain, investigate and prevent future computer • Design and implement system security architectures and manage enterprise-wide system configuration • Perform Vulnerability Assessment, threat Analysis & Risk Assessment on the bank's information assets(Application, Servers, Database and Network) • Ensure that Secure Software & Database Development Practice is in place • Perform code review and security test on newly developed application First City Monument Bank PLC Dec, 2011 - Jun, 2012 Systems Auditor • Continuously monitor and evaluate the security and integrity of bank’s applications and databases and raise concerns where necessary. Make recommendations as appropriate. • Continuously monitor the internet and research for new database vulnerabilities and threats and recommend appropriate counter measures promptly. • Continuously design PL/SQL audit scripts for automation of application and database audit. • Conduct security assessment on newly developed applications prior to go live. • Periodically conduct Penetration testing on the banks technological infrastructure. • Participate in periodic audit of IT department with special focus on Application, database and AIX/UNIX/LINUX security. • Review and investigate system related customer complaints and make appropriate recommendations. • Investigate and report Systems related frauds e.g. ATM frauds, Application frauds and other E-Channel fraud. • Attend to ATM footages request both within FCMB terminals and other Banks’ terminals. • Provide data and records for external auditors, CBN and other regulators during external audits, thereby facilitating early completion of statutory audits. First City Monument Bank PLC Data Analyst • Documenting the types and structure of the business data (logical modeling), • Analyzing and mining business/financial data to identify patterns and correlations among the various data points, • Mapping and tracing data from system to system in order to solve a given business or system or financial problem, • Design and create data reports, reporting tools and applications to help business executives in their decision making, • Perform statistical analysis of business data, • Plan, perform operational audits to evaluate business risks and determine if adequate IT controls are designed and operating effectively to mitigate these risks • Assist the department head in developing risk assessments and annual plans with specific emphasis on IT systems and applications • Provide accurate and timely information to all external and internal stakeholders concerning information technology audit status and other inquiries • Plan, perform, and lead IT audit assignments to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of business processes and related controls • Prepare detailed working papers that evidence the work performed and any issues that arise • Draft, prepare, and submit audit findings and discuss them with senior management • Carry out ad hoc reviews and act as an information technology best practice source of reference; IT environment, industry technology risks, and general insurance industry practice. July, 2010 – Nov, 2011 Upperlink Limited, 4 ASSBIFFI, Alausa CBD, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria • October, 2007 – June Application Developer • Develop web database and dynamic webpage for clients • Develop content based management system • Application Programmer with focus on Database/E-payment Integration and software modeling, Software Evaluation, identification, Monitoring and work-flow adaptation • Providing intensive programming support to a team of programmers and web developers on an educational web portals and application programming • Initiating programming standards and procedures adopted by other programmer/analysts resulting in better documentation and easier code maintenance for the programming team. • Providing full support for applications development and deployment • Web Portal Development/E-payment Integration to various switch(Interswitch, E-transact, Mastercard e.t.c) • Creating solution blueprints for projects, presenting them and reviewing them with all system architecture groups (database, operations, and core systems)