Cybersecurity Specialist (Digital Health)

Location: Kampala, Uganda, with national and regional travel as required. Candidates must have current work authorization in Uganda; visa sponsorship is not available.

Company

hirify.global is a global consulting and implementation company delivering development, digital transformation, health, infrastructure, and economic growth solutions in partnership with governments, businesses, investors, and communities.

What you will do

• Conduct or coordinate cybersecurity risk assessments, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, remediation planning, retesting, and closure tracking.
• Support deployment and validation of endpoint detection and response, network access control, identity and access management, logging, and monitoring tools.
• Establish procedures for privileged access, system accounts, secrets management, patching, vulnerability remediation, incident classification, and escalation.
• Support secure design and operation of health information exchanges, APIs, integration pipelines, repositories, data warehouses, and facility endpoints.
• Develop security runbooks, incident-response procedures, security awareness materials, and evidence packs for government review.
• Work with Ministry of Health counterparts to establish asset inventories, log reviews, access reviews, and post-incident lessons learned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information technology, computer science, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in cybersecurity, systems security, security operations, or network security.
• Experience with vulnerability management, penetration testing coordination, EDR, NAC, SIEM or logging, IAM, endpoint security, and incident response.
• Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills.
• Current work authorization in Uganda is required.

Nice to have

• Security+, CEH, CISSP, CISM, ISO 27001, or equivalent certification.
• Experience securing health information systems, government environments, APIs, or data centers.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in partnership with Uganda’s Ministry of Health and government institutions.
• Contribute to systems designed for progressive transfer of capability to Ugandan institutions.
• Support national digital health infrastructure and responsible data governance.
• National and regional travel is part of the role.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and may close once a suitable candidate is identified.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Successful candidates undergo safeguarding-focused interviews and rigorous due diligence.