Cyber Security Specialist

5 days ago


Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Alexforbes Full time

In keeping with the Organisation's strive for excellence in strategy execution, digital transformation, innovation, technology delivery and risk management, we are looking to true-up the internal Cyber Security Team.

For us to deliver on the Group's future aspirations and beyond, there is a need to build out Cyber Security Services.

The role of the Information Security Specialist is beyond ticking compliance boxes; however, the strategy demands enabling operational and business efficiencies.

Overview:

Education: Matric – Essential, Bachelor's degree in technology or Business Management - Essential, Masters / Management Degree in Technology / Cybersecurity – Advantageous

Experience: 7 to 10 years required

Technical Skills: Ability to work across the cyber security technology landscape, i.e., from the end-point to the CLOUD.

Key Responsibilities:
  1. Defines and establishes directives, ensuring standards & processes meet regulatory requirements and business needs.
  2. End-to-end ability to operationalize technology solutions irrespective of platform.
  3. Identity access management and governance.
Knowledge Sharing:
  1. Designing and implementing innovative Identity and Access Governance (IAG) enabling technologies.
  2. Continually improve security and governance processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of controls, with a primary focus on logical access controls.
  3. Improve system capabilities to increase uptime and availability through system integration and process re-design.
  4. Provide SME input into IT and Security roadmaps and ensure security and governance in current designs.
  5. Coordinate Security vendors and internal operational teams to ensure both internal and external SLAs are being met.
  6. Incident Management of Severity 1 and 2 incidents.
Duties:
  1. Configuration, installation, and support of IAG and other Security enabling technologies.
  2. Developing and maintaining up-to-date AS-IS documentation of the solutions.
  3. Developing user training for IAG and Security controls as required.
  4. Performing regular tests to confirm optimal working conditions of implemented configurations.
  5. Managing, monitoring, and reporting of performance and other issues.
  6. Perform / Automate daily system integrity checks.
  7. Responding to inquiries to provide technical assistance and support.
Continuous Personal Development:
  1. Research and development of new technologies.
  2. Attend and participate in professional groups / webinars.
Good Corporate Citizen:
  1. Working within a team environment and contributing to the team's success.
  2. Attending and participating in team meetings.
  3. Providing input in technical meetings and workshops.
  4. Interacting with various levels of staff members to aid resolutions of issues.
General Management:
  1. Finance & Budget Management: Management of budget approx. Rm and Revenue of Rm.
  2. Risk Management: Risk review of various portfolios, identification and implementing mitigating actions.
  3. Business Continuity: Ensure continuity plans are in place to prevent disruption.
  4. People Management: Performance management and HC management.
  5. Business Management: Strong reporting capability and functionally to be developed.
Stakeholder Engagement:
  1. Project Professional team.
  2. Internal staff.
  3. Internal business.
  4. Business clients.
  5. MANCO members.

Complete incident management life-cycle.

The company's approved employment equity plans and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

As an equal opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with disabilities.

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