Ict Security Specialist

• Proven work experience as a security engineer or information security engineer performing patch and antivirus management
• Thorough understanding of the latest security technologies, principles, and protocols.
• Extensive knowledge of Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) and System Configuration Centre Manager

• Extensive understanding to plan, schedule, design and deploy necessary patches from trusted source as and when they are made available.
• Extensive knowledge to identify and maintain activities that provide an understanding of how to manage cybersecurity risks to systems, assets, data and capabilities
• Extensive knowledge to analyse the type of threats and identify ways of proactively handling them.
• Ability to Conduct a likelyhood on the ocurence of the threats.
• Ability to identify and maintain activities that provide an understanding of how to manage cybersecurity risks to systems, assets, data and capabilities
• Implement necessary controls that aims to safeguard or protect cybersecurity related events.
• Assist in defining and implementing the RAF's processes to record the security incident details.
• Perform research, testing,evaluation and deployment of security technology and procedures.
• Conduct formal information security risk analyses, reviews, tests, audits, and/or selfassessments.
• Extensive knowledge to analyse security breaches to determine the root cause of the violations and prepare reports that document findings and resolutions.

P a g e 1 | - Contribute to the development and implementation of departmental policy, standards & procedures and processes.

• Keep up to date with effective policy and practice execution strategies.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Analysis related qualification.
• Comptia security
• Cisco certified, Network technician (CCeNT)
• CCNA
• CCNA

• Certified Cisco Security professional, CompTIA and Microsoft preferred.
• Operational framework like ITIL v4 operations process certified

• Relevant 57 years' experience in cyber governance, risk, controls, and compliance management related environment of which 2 years must have been in area of expertise.
• Knowledge of legal, regulatory, and privacy requirements
• Knowledge of Data Loss Prevention, Data Replication, and Disaster Recovery Systems.
• A deep understanding of Technology Security risks and mitigating solutions.
• Knowledge NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
• Knowledge of COBIT 5, ISO27001/2 frameworks
• Knowledge and appreciation of the wider Cyber Security issues and opportunities beyond the specific domain specialisation.
• Risk assessment skills.
• Microsoft Office Product Suite
• Is able to efficiently utilise the various MS Office.

• Operating system Security (MS, UNIX, Linux etc )
• Database Security.

• Compile Cyber audit report reviews and guidance
• Design of status reports as well as insight reporting
• Prepare reports of system violations
• Develop functional reporting systems, for management, projects or performance reporting.

P a g e 2 | - Prepare proposals, briefings, presentations, reports, and other documentation and provide management information both verbally and in report format.

• Behavioral
• Resilience
• Communication
• Working with People
• Network and Alliances
• Planning, Organising and Coordinating
• Employee Engagement
• Personal Mastery
• Judgement and Decision Making
• Ethics and Values
• Client Service Orientation
• Provide guidance and support to respective IT operational staff on systems security processes, policies and security controls.

• Change management
• Conflict management
• Critical and innovative thinking
• Facilitation and Presentation Skills
• Policy conceptualisation and formulation
• Risk Management
• Programme/project management
• Service Delivery Innovation
• Stakeholder development and relations. Facilitate and manage communication with relevant internal and external stakeholders and proactively.

• Woodmead, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)