Specialist : Cyber Incident and Threat Intelligence
4 weeks ago
Job title: Specialist : Cyber Incident and Threat Intelligence Job Location: Gauteng, Centurion Deadline: December 07, 2025 Quick Recommended Links Jobs by Location Job by industries Core Description Responsible for identifying, analyzing, and responding to cyber threats and incidents targeting the organization. This role combines deep technical expertise with investigative skills to monitor threat landscapes, detect malicious activities, and provide actionable intelligence to improve the organization’s cybersecurity posture. Works closely with SOC teams, digital forensics, and other cybersecurity functions to ensure proactive threat detection and effective incident response. Job Responsibilities Oversee the planning, design, implementation, testing, and operation of cyber breach resilience processes and systems on networks and applications. Maintain awareness of the latest and common security threats, attack vectors, and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) and maintain up-to-date threat profiles. Act as an escalation point and subject matter expert for cybersecurity incidents and threat mitigation. Develop and maintain incident management plans, procedures, controls, playbooks, and incident response strategies. Lead cyber incident simulation exercises. Designing and implementing a disaster recovery plan, ensuring Telkom can effectively respond to unexpected security incidents. Monitor dark web, open-source intelligence (OSINT), and threat feeds to identify emerging threats. Ensure that adequate processes are in place to collect, analyze, and disseminate threat intelligence from internal and external sources. Lead or support cyber incident investigations, including detection, containment, eradication, and recovery processes. Enhance detection rules and use cases in XDR and threat detection platforms. Correlate intelligence with real-time security events to identify and prioritize threats. Develop dashboards, visualizations, and metrics to report on threat trends and incident statistics. Stay up to date with cybersecurity trends, zero-day vulnerabilities, and global threat activity. Lead and ensure collaboration with the SOC team during incident handling. Create threat intelligence reports, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and threat briefs for stakeholders. Core Competencies Functional Knowledge Deep understanding of threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures; proficiency in using threat intelligence frameworks; ability to contextualize and operationalize indicators of compromise Experience evaluating open-source and commercial threat intelligence feeds; competence in producing and validating threat intelligence reports and advisories Functional Skills Analytical & Investigative Communication & Interpretation Decision Making Problem Solving Project & Task Management Risk Awareness Attitudes / Leadership Competencies Integrity Assertive Confident Initiator Supportive Persuasive Team Player Problem Ownership Certifications Preferred certifications: Must have at least one of the following - CISM, CRISC, CISSP, SABSA or ISO27001 / 2. Additional desired certification: CoBIT, TOGAF, ITIL. Education NQF 6 : 3 year Diploma / National Diploma in Information Technology Experience 5 Years relevant experience Additional Information Special Requirements: None Physical Requirements: None Key Stakeholders Enterprise and IT Architects Internal Business Customers External Customers Consultants and specialists Executive & Governance Forums ICT jobs #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa Telkom Full time R600 000 - R1 200 000 per yearStructural InformationJob number: Job title: Specialist: Cyber Incident and Threat IntelligenceJob grade: S5Group/ BU: CorporateDivision: CIOSpan of control: 0-5Reports to: Senior ManagementCore DescriptionResponsible for identifying, analyzing, and responding to cyber threats and incidents targeting theorganization. This role combines deep technical...
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Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa Telkom Group Full time R900 000 - R1 200 000 per year*Structural InformationJob number:* Job title:Specialist: Cyber Incident and Threat IntelligenceJob grade:S5Group/ BU:CorporateDivision:CIOSpan of control:0-5Reports to:Senior Management*Core Description*Responsible for identifying, analyzing, and responding to cyber threats and incidents targeting theorganization. This role combines deep technical expertise...
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