Cyber Security Specialist

6 months ago


Cape Town, South Africa Adept Advisory (Pty) Ltd Full time

Security Specialist on a renewable, 6 month contract, based in Cape Town, on a hybrid model.

**INDUSTRY**

Financial Services

**ABOUT THE TEAM**

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

Your mission will be not just to strengthen our security processes but to also document all processes for knowledge dissemination. This ensures that our team continues to operate with efficiency even after project completion.

**KEY ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES**
- **Broad Technical Knowledge**: Demonstrate a deep understanding of a variety of technologies and rapidly learn their functionalities.
- **Cloud Exposure**: Experience with cloud platforms, particularly AWS, to assist in migration tasks.
- **Risk Knowledge**: Familiarity with 3rd party risks, especially concerning SaaS providers.
- **Additional Skills**: Understanding of mobile risk, data security, networks, Microsoft 365 products, etc.
- **Security Proficiency**: Knowledge of essential security products and the ability to threat model.
- **Penetration Testing**: Ability to scope a penetration test, comprehend, and interpret the results.
- **Documentation**: Draft comprehensive reports that shed light on security reviews, penetration tests, and other relevant areas.
- **Team Contribution**: Work autonomously but also significantly contribute to team knowledge and practices.
- **Cyber Best Practices**: In-depth knowledge of best practices, standards, and prevalent cyber topics.

**KEY REQUIRED SKILLS**
- In-depth knowledge of Cybersecurity Frameworks
- Critical-thinking and Policy Writing skills
- 7+ years in a security orientated role
- In-depth knowledge of IAM (Identity Access Management) policy framework and systems
- Cloud security and Threat Protection
- ISO27001

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary
Contract length: 6 months


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