Cyber security Engineer - Contract

Our Client a Global tech firm is seeking a Cyber security Engineer to join their team in Sandton. They offer stability, growth, attractive rates and an excellent working environment.

You will be a part of the Technology and Operations Team as a Cyber Security Engineer, to ensure that we maintain a sound Cyber posture and protect our customer and employee information, you will do this by maintaining the Cyber road map. Responsible to be doing build as designed reviews, maintaining the technical CMDB as it relates to the Cyber products. You may also be a requirement for travel outside of South Africa when deemed necessary by the department head.

You will be required to use your current Cyber Security, Infrastructure and Applications knowledge to ensure that the deployment aligns to our standards and design canvas. You will be required to guide the design and technical delivery teams on the best way in which to implement their requirements to meet their needs and the needs of the Cyber Security function. You will need to stay abreast of the products capability and conduct self-study or attend courses to become experts on the current and future products capability.

Responsibilities

Determine who requires access to which information
Plan, coordinate and implement information security programs
Help protect against Web threats that facilitate cyber-crime like malware, phishing, viruses, denial-of-service attacks, and hacking
Ensure you know and follow the incident and change processes
Perform Problem management analyses and duties, during the week and on weekends
Perform built as designed reviews
Prepare project documentation (guides, configuration documents, etc.)
Tracking of IT software as relating to Cyber
Tracking of IT hardware as relating to Cyber
Understanding of AWS security
An understanding of the cyber security risks associated with various technologies and ways to manage them
A good working knowledge of various security technologies such as network and application firewalls, host intrusion prevention and anti-virus
The ability to work as part of a team and to build strong relationships with staff and other relevant individuals
Verbal communication skills, including presentation skills, with an ability to communicate with a range of technical and non-technical team members and other relevant individuals
Time-management and organisational skills to manage a variety of tasks, prioritise workload and meet deadlines
Excellent attention to detail, analytical skills and an ability to analyse complex technical information in order to identify patterns and trends
An ability to work under pressure, particularly when dealing with threats and at times of high demand.
Building machine learning models for various use cases across the organization to predict and automate human behaviour.
Live your passion for data. Pull your own data, structuring it, cleaning it, understanding the human and financial behaviours it represents.
Use research and insight to drive cultural change within the organisation and ensure stakeholders put consumers at the heart of their planning and strategic thinking.
Lead the design, development and implementation of automation solutions that meet business objectives
Collaborate with internal teams to drive continuous improvement in processes and services
Interpret and analyse data from multiple sources, providing key analytics.
Pro-actively provide actionable recommendations based on analysis results across various stakeholders and teams.
Thinks strategically and communicates creatively to inform and drive the decision making of stakeholders

Experience Required

Use advanced analytic tools to determine emerging threat patterns and vulnerabilities
Engage in 'ethical hacking', for example, simulating security breaches
Identify potential weaknesses and implement measures, such as firewalls and encryption
Investigate security alerts and provide incident response, including steps to minimize the impact and then conducting a technical and forensic investigation into how the breach happened and the extent of the damage
Monitor identity and access management, including monitoring for abuse of permissions by authorised system users
Liaise with stakeholders in relation to cyber security issues and provide future recommendations
Generate reports for both technical and non-technical staff and stakeholders
Maintain an information security risk register and assist with internal and external audits relating to information security
Monitor and respond to 'phishing' emails and 'pharming' activity
Assist with the creation, maintenance and delivery of cyber security awareness training for colleagues
Give advice and guidance to staff on issues such as spam and unwanted or malicious emails.
Engaging with other teams in an Agile environment
Direct experience with anti-virus software, intrusion detection, firewalls and content filtering
Knowledge of risk assessment tools, technologies and methods
Experience designing secure networks, systems and application architectures
Knowledge of disaster recovery, computer forensic tools, technologies and methods
Experience planning, researching and developing security policies, standards and procedures
Professional experience in a system administration role supporting multiple platforms and applications
Ability to communicate network security issues to peers and management
Ability to read and use the results of mobile code, malicious code, and anti-virus software
Strong understanding of endpoint security solutions to include File Integrity Monitoring and Data Loss Prevention
Planning, implementing, managing, monitoring and upgrading security measures for the protection of the organizations data, systems and networks.
Troubleshooting security and network problems.
Responding to all system and/or network security breaches.
Ensuring that the organization's data and infrastructure are protected by enabling the appropriate security controls.
Participating in the change management process.
Testing and identifying network and system vulnerabilities.
Daily administrative tasks, reporting and communication with the relevant departments in the organization.
Respond to alerts identified by the SOC
Guide and assist with the remediation of vulnerability findings

Requirements

Knowledge of AWS/Azure, AWS security practices (AWS and cloud platform as a service (PaaS) security)
Automating security testing tools
Experience in problem solving
Knowledge of current trends and technologies of vendors
Work with and manage vendors in implementing their solutions and strategies in line with our business objective
Strong understanding of local and global Cyber security design concepts

Qualifications Required