Mid Cyber Security Analyst

**Responsibilities**
- Investigate incidents to determine if they are false positives or if they require in depth investigation.
- Investigate cases to closure.
- Where required escalate or liaise with team members to assist in determining outcome.
- Communication to clients is key to ensure that cases can be closed with success.
- Work with detection team to devise new methods of detecting malicious activity.
- Review, document and refine response procedure for alerts to ensure it is as effective as possible.
- Develop, analyse and report on alerts and their effectiveness.
- Work with detection teams to fine tune detectors to make them less likely to create false positives.
- Work with detection and infrastructure teams to optimise response workflow through automation, orchestration or using other innovative methods.

**Requirements**:

- Any general IT qualifications will be advantageous.
- Any security certification or vendor specific certifications, particularly for cyber security products will be beneficial.
- Have a passion for cyber security
- Be attentive to details
- Willingness to work in a team environment to improve efficiencies and solve problems as a team
- Have a broad understanding of IT systems in general. Any specialisations will be beneficial but a shallow but broad understanding is imperative

The company offers very competitive salaries.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: R25,000.00 - R30,000.00 per month

**Education**:

- Certificate (required)

**Experience**:

- Cyber Security Analysis: 1 year (required)