Cyber Security Automation Engineer

2 days ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Matriq Pty Full time
Job Overview

Join our dynamic team as a Cyber Security Automation Engineer In this role, you will provide expertise and technical skills to automate the building, testing, and operation of data ingestion systems. You will operate and monitor the group's Cyber Security Operational Centre (CSOC) systems, managing terabytes of logs daily. Additionally, you will assist the cyber security incident response team and threat hunters by facilitating access to log data.

Qualifications
  • Degree in Information Technology is required.
Experience
  • 3+ years in system administration, programming, and data collection/manipulation.
  • 1+ year in automation engineering and CI/CD.
  • 1+ year operating services within cloud environments.
  • 1+ year in data ingestion, engineering, or analytics roles.
Skills
  • Familiarity with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies & tools.
  • Experience with Build and Test Automation: CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Git, Azure DevOps).
  • Proficiency in programming and scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell).
  • Automation engineering skills (e.g., Ansible, Terraform).
  • System administration knowledge (e.g., Linux, Containers) and cloud services (e.g., Azure, AWS).
  • Experience with System Availability Monitoring (e.g., Azure Monitor, Splunk).
  • Log Data Analysis skills (e.g., Azure Log Analytics, Splunk).
  • Knowledge of data ingest and integration methods (e.g., SQL, REST APIs, event hubs, syslog).
  • Technical fault finding, debugging, and fixing capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
  • Maintain and operate syslog collection servers.
  • Write automated Ansible playbooks.
  • Build and run integration using Azure Logic Apps.
  • Collect and ingest data using APIs.
  • Support the cyber security incident response team with log data access.
Technical Competencies
  • Data Analysis
  • Debugging and Fixing Software
  • Information Security Management
  • IT Risk Management
  • SDLC Methodologies & Tools
  • Technical Analysis
  • Build and Test Automation
  • Coding Proficiency

Apply Now and become part of a team that values innovation and security.

Please be cautious of recruitment scams; we will never ask for payment as part of our hiring process. For any concerns, contact our Fraud line at +27 800222050 or email TransactionFraudOpsSA@standardbank.co.za.


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