Our client offers strategic, technological, and security-managed services to bridge the gaps between digital business, cybersecurity, and data protection. Their objective is to generate value while safeguarding it from cybercrime.
Knowledge of Windows and Linux systems, SIEM, SOAR, and EDR systems.
Salary is 240k per annum + benefits (Medical Aid, RA contribution Benefits, training, and more)
The role is based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Job Description
Your role will be within their security operations (SOC) managed services team. This role is suited for someone wanting a career to move sideways into cybersecurity. Candidate must demonstrate a passion for the industry and possess a compelling desire to learn and apply themselves to a new skill.
You will be part of a diverse and inclusive team who are empowered to work innovatively and
flexibly. With their dynamic team structures and personal development, the Candidate will be able to learn and develop from both the more experienced peers and also benefit from continued professional development in a sought-after industry. They are expanding and have in more recent years rebranded to reinforce our dedication to providing best-in-class cyber security as well as productivity and mobility solutions to a wide range of industries and businesses of all sizes. Our client differs from most security companies and can offer an end-to-end journey for all clients. Their tailored client partnerships are designed to create long-lasting relationships.
What you will need to be a part of their team:
- Have a desire to learn, be trained professionally, and be mentored by Senior Analysts
- Understand client environments and requirements and build relationships with relevant stakeholders to provide effective communication.
- Monitor security systems for alerts/incidents, analyze logs and traffic patterns providing appropriate responses in accordance with processes.
- Continuously analyze use cases and playbooks offering improvements and changes.
- Learn to automate notification, response, and remediation processes.
- Work with Senior Analysts, IT Teams, and stakeholders to carry out investigations on security events, raise incidents, contain and provide remediation and/or recommendations supporting the Incident Management process.
- Act on intelligence feeds and perform threat hunting with assistance from your Security Team.
- Contribute to security Dashboards and Reporting developments and processes.
- Stay up to date on the changing cybersecurity landscape and share information.
- Support, where required, multiple customer environments concurrently.
- To have a passion for security.
- Possess good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good time management and the ability to prioritize and multi-task.
- Basic networking knowledge.
- Good understanding of common malware types.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Sentinel and the Microsoft Security stack.
- Working towards an Industry standard certification such as Microsoft, CompTIA, SANS, CREST,
- ISC2 or any others. Minimum 1 year of experience working as a Cyber Security Analyst or equivalent.
- Knowledge of how to analyze network traffic.
- Basic understanding of Cloud computing/architecture and security.
- Hands-on experience with any SIEM, SOAR, and EDR systems.
- Be able to interact comfortably with personnel across multiple organisations, build strong relationships across all business units at all levels.
- Good understanding of the different stages of the Cyber-Kill-Chain.
- Good awareness and understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework.
- Tenable products and solutions
- Experience with Microsoft Sentinel and the Microsoft Security stack.
