IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity Officer

Computer Science
Sierra Leone, Freetown
October 1, 2026
Full Time
Application ends: October 15, 2026

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CAREER OPPORTUNITY WITH BRAC MICROFINANCE SIERRA LEONE LIMITED

 

BRAC Microfinance Sierra Leone Limited is the largest Microfinance organization in Sierra Leone with a mission to responsibly provide a range of financial services to people at the bottom of the pyramid. We particularly focus on women living in poverty in rural and hard-to-reach areas to create self-employment opportunities, build financial resilience, and harness women’s entrepreneurial spirit by empowering them economically.

 

BRAC Microfinance (SL) Limited is seeking applications from competent, dynamic, and self-motivated individual to fill up the following position.

 

Position           : IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity Officer 

No of Position         : One (1)

Job Location           : Country Office

 

MAIN JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Works with IT Manager, BI IT and strategic service partners to design systems architecture, build and deploy at country offices.
  • Monitors and ensures high quality IT service partner service delivery.
  • Provides expert infrastructure support to all IT project implementations.
  • Significantly contributes to achieving the IT department’s strategic objectives and ensures effective solutions are created and implemented to meet business requirements.
  • Ensures an effective and validated Disaster Recovery infrastructure exists for each branch office.
  • Develops with BI IT, and maintains a cybersecurity and infrastructure system monitoring strategy, using an effective tool portfolio.
  • Creates a communication plan to ensure all team members are well-informed of architecture standards, implementation guidelines and process expectations.
  • Acts as the lead systems architect for all system design and implementation activities.
  • Works with BI IT to protect all cloud data via effective security, storage, backup/recovery and disaster recovery techniques.
  • Adheres to audit and compliance expectations and continually seeks to improve system controls and cybersecurity.
  • Ensures that all implementation initiatives follow established change management policies/ITIL compliant processes.
  • Maintains up-to-date asset and licensing inventories at Head office and branch offices

REQUIRED SKILLS/ COMPETENCIES:

  • Ability to work effectively and maintain partnerships with service vendors.
  • Requires an understanding of, and a commitment to advancing the mission and core values of BRAC International and, the ability to incorporate them into the job setting and articulate them to staff.
  • Must be proficient in written and spoken English. 
  • Change Management
  • Project Management
  • Persuading and influencing
  • Implementation and management of infrastructure platforms or components like Unix, Windows, Storage Technologies, Databases, Middleware, Capacity Management, etc.
  • Proficiency in Networking and Communications
  • Allocate and manage the resources, support and infrastructure required for any IT projects, products and services.

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
  • Promote a safe work environment in all your dealings. 
  • Avoid actions, which may cause any form of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation of team members to achieve the program’s goals on safeguarding. 

 

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
  • 5+ years of experience in managing technical and infrastructure services.
  • Must have proven leadership skills and strategic planning capability.
  • Must be ITIL certified and certified in Cybersecurity.
  • Experience with applications and databases a plus
  • Must have experience with Disaster Recovery System Design and Recovery Planning
  • Experience with Enterprise Systems Monitoring and Management Tools required

 

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

  • Attach copy of Academic Certificates, CV and application.
  • Attach photocopy of Nation ID Card 
  • Selected candidates will be required to provide an updated police clearance. 

What We Offer

  • Competitive salary with performance-based incentives.
  • On-the-job training and continuous professional development.
  • Supportive team culture that values integrity, community service, and excellence.
  • Opportunity to make a real difference in people’s lives.

 

If you feel you are the right fit for the above-mentioned position then we would like to speak with you, follow the application instructions below.

 

Interested candidates can apply sending their updated curriculum vitae to the Email Address Below: recruitment.sierraleone@brac.net or hand delivered to our Country office address;13 Bath Street, Brookfields Off King Harman Road. Qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

  

The closing date for receiving applications will be 15th October 2026. Please note that ONLY shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

 

BRAC Microfinance (SL) Limited is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and clients /beneficiaries to share the same commitment. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation – regardless of age, race, religion, gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment process includes extensive reference and background checks, self-disclosure of prior issues regarding sexual or other misconduct and criminal records and our values are a part of our Performance Management System.

BRAC Microfinance (SL) Limited is an equal opportunity employer.