Jerry Jonah
@jerryjonah1
Information Security Officer driving secure operations, compliance, and DevSecOps to protect systems and improve business reliability.
What I'm looking for
I’m an Information Security Officer at Maviance PLC, leveraging IT management and infrastructure expertise to align technical operations with business goals—enhancing operational efficiency and system reliability. I lead day-to-day security operations, including monitoring, detection, incident response, and the implementation and management of SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, and firewalls. I secure cloud environments, APIs, and payment systems, enforce IAM/MFA and privileged access controls, and integrate security into DevOps pipelines through DevSecOps.
I also drive governance through the organization’s information security strategy, policies, and standards, supporting risk assessments, security audits, and compliance reviews aligned with ISO 27001 and data protection regulations. I oversee incident response investigations, business continuity and disaster recovery planning, third-party/vendor security risk, and security awareness and training initiatives. Previously, I’ve led operations and technology initiatives as a Technical Support Manager, Interim/seasonal Director of Operations, and Chief Technology Officer—bringing agile delivery, secure architecture, and transformation leadership into everything I do. I’m motivated to drive impactful outcomes and enable sustainable technical and operational growth through secure, reliable systems.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
- Lead day-to-day security operations, including monitoring, detection, and incident response
- Implement and manage security tools such as SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, and firewalls
- Secure cloud environments, APIs, and payment systems against cyber threats
- Perform vulnerability assessments and penetration testing, ensuring timely remediation
- Enforce identity and access management (IAM), MFA, and pri
Innovator Champion
Maviance PLC
Jul 2025 - Present (1 year)
Drive research and refinement of selected innovation topics by collecting ideas across departments and collaborating with managers and staff to shape business-oriented solutions. Lead implementations of technological innovations and present outcomes in company innovation sessions.
- Driving research and refinement of selected innovation topics.
- Gathering insights and ideas from across departments to foster inclusivity.
- Collaborating with managers and staff to shape impactful, business-oriented solutions.
- Leading the implementation of technological innovations that improve internal processes and enhance product offerings.
- Presenting solutions during company-wide Inno
• Founded The Warshipperz, a dynamic initiative focused on organizing worship programs and youth encounters across Cameroon.
• Led a diverse team of young creatives in media, music, teaching, and evangelism, fostering collaboration and innovation.
• Developed platforms for youth to discover and express their God-given talents, empowering them through mentorship and workshops.
• Spearheaded national communication strategies for the Assemblies of God Youth Ministries, enhancing engagement with youth across Cameroon.
• Coordinated media coverage and live broadcasts for major national youth events, ensuring maximum visibility and participation.
• Developed and managed digital platforms, resulting in a 30% increase in online engagement among youth.
• Trained and mento
• Managed operational relationships with banks and financial institutions, ensuring smooth payment processing and SLA adherence
• Monitored transaction flows and system alerts to safeguard payment reliability and minimize liquidity risk
• Coordinated cross-border integrations between local financial partners and internal infrastructure
• Acted as operational control layer between technical teams a
- Manage a team of 15 employees responsible for day-to-day operations, customer service, process management and quality improvement.
- Optimize operational processes to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
- Develop and implement operational strategies that align the company with its strategic objectives.
- Led incident response from detection to resolution, and dug deep into root cause analysis to stop repeat issues
- Serve as strategic liaison between Maviance and financial service partners across Cameroon
- Worked daily with Linux/Unix systems and wrote complex queries across Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL databases.
- Built a solid understanding of payment flows, APIs, middleware, and mobile mon
- Provided strategic leadership for all technology initiatives, aligning the company's tech roadmap with business objectives to drive innovation and efficiency.
- Managed key banking and financial sector accounts ensuring service reliability
- Worked closely with compliance and security teams to implement secure service delivery
- Led operations teams in resolving issues impacting partner platform
Taught core computer science courses to undergraduate and graduate students, focusing on foundational and advanced concepts.
Subjects Delivered:
- Discrete Mathematics
- Algorithms Data Structures
Key Contributions:
- Designed and delivered comprehensive course materials, ensuring alignment with academic standards and industry relevance.
- Mentored students on algorithmic problem-solving
Lecturer and Mentor
Sep 2019 - May 2023 (3 years 8 months)
Delivered specialized courses bridging technology, business, and digital innovation.
Subjects Delivered:
- Digital Transformation
- E-Commerce Technologies
- Engineering Mathematics
- IT Project Management
- Power BI & Data Visualization
- Algorithms & Data Structures
- General Computing
- HR Information Systems
- Information Systems & Analysis
Key Contributions:
- Developed
Lead IT Project Manager
YIBS Audit, Business and Technology Consulting
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year)
Direct end-to-end IT project delivery across education, audit, banking, and business services, leading cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise applications within scope and timelines. Apply project governance using PMI, Agile, and ITIL, manage multiple concurrent initiatives (including ERP deployment and BI dashboards), and contribute to IT service management practices through documentation,
Lead Information Technology Project Manager
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year)
- Directed end-to-end IT project delivery, overseeing planning, execution, and deployment of technology solutions across education, audit, banking and business service domains.
- Led cross-functional teams of developers, analysts, and QA engineers to deliver enterprise-grade applications and digital platforms within scope, budget, and timelines.
- Designed and implemented project governance framew
Information Technology Manager
Aug 2020 - Jan 2022 (1 year 5 months)
- Spearheaded the administration and modernization of the university’s digital learning platforms and website, serving 10,000+ students and faculty, achieving high uptime and an increase in user engagement through UX optimizations.
- 1st Line Support Transformation: Redesigned IT support workflows for staff/students, resolving majority of technical issues (e.g., LMS access, SSO failures) within S
- Led and managed the Startup Grind Yaoundé chapter in alignment with Startup Grind Global standards and values
- Built and nurtured a strong community of entrepreneurs, startup founders, developers, students, and ecosystem stakeholders
- Organized and hosted monthly startup events, fireside chats, workshops, and networking sessions with founders, investors, and industry leaders
- Identified, onbo
- Developed and executed a digital transformation strategy to modernize academic and administrative processes, aligning technology initiatives with institutional goals.
- Led implementation of e-learning platforms and virtual classrooms, enabling remote and blended learning for over 6,000 of students and faculty.
- Digitized student services and administrative workflows, introducing online registr
- Collaborated in the development of a mobile health application designed to help Cameroonians self-assess respiratory diseases and locate the nearest medical specialists.
- Implemented core features including symptom-based diagnostic algorithms, geolocation services for specialist recommendations, and secure patient data handling.
- Worked on backend API integrations to connect the app with healt
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
National Training Academy
African Presidential Leadership Program, Organizational Leadership
2019 - 2019
The ICT University
Bachelor's degree, Inofmration Systems and Networking
2016 - 2019
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
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Skills
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