ICT Security Architect Market related rate per hou

We require an ICT Security Architect to work for a contract role in Pretoria.  * Review all the Audit Findings are per the report from the Auditor General execute activities to remediate. * Plan and drive remedial activities for all outstanding audit findings and provide feedback to the CIO. * Review all NRCS endpoints and the infrastructure for current vulnerabilities unidentified by the audit reports. * Report remedial actions’ progress to the CIO on weekly basis. * Review the NRCS ICT Governance and Security posture and recommend an approach to drive remediation of the findings. * Assist NRCS with development of Cybersecurity strategy and roadmap for implementation of the strategy. * Assist NRCS with development of adequate ICT Security Governance Framework in line with the best practices and relevant standards. * Review the NRCS Systems and applications accesses process for compliance with access and authorization best practices and take the necessary actions to remediate identified gaps. * Review the NRCS infrastructure and other security aspects, make recommendation to the CIO and also fix vulnerabilities identified upon receiving approval from the CIO. * Develop the Standard Operating Procedures (SoP) to be used by the ICT Security Team to regularly check the systems for vulnerabilities. * Train or Guide the team on how to regularly for the SoPs and record evidence for future reporting purposes. *Key Deliverables: * * Remediate all the findings and report on the status of all ICT Audit findings. * Weekly report on the progress made in relation to remediation of audit findings. * Report on the NRCS Cybersecurity posture every two weeks. * Recommendations of the relevant of elements to be considered for enhancing NRCS Cybersecurity strategy and governance of ICT Security. * Report about the state of the NRCS ERP Solution Accesses and Security processes and recommendation of actions to close vulnerabilities. * Recommend processes and procedures to enhance NRCS ICT Security governance framework. * Develop Standard Operating Procedures for the ICT to follow to close identified vulnerabilities. * Recommend fit for purpose endpoints security, vulnerability management and monitoring tools for the NRCS. * Train and Guide the ICT Team on how to regularly check the systems for vulnerabilities and ensure that all users have the right access to the right information or functions on the systems. * The work requires the services of service provider possessing practical and technical competencies in ICT Governance and Cybersecurity. * Understanding of the International best practices and standards. * Highly regarded expertise to identify, defined and document security vulnerabilities. * Extensive industry experience in conducting ICT security governance review. * Experience in designing and implementing enterprise information security architecture. * Project Management skills and experienc