Specialist: Cybersecurity Operations

3 weeks ago


Bellville, South Africa University of the Western Cape Full time

Post Number- 8026711- Faculty/Department- University of the Western Cape -> ICS Department -> IT Operations & Services- Type of Position- Permanent - Full Time- Length of Contract Period- Location- Main Campus - Bellville, WC ZA (Primary)- Closing Date- 9/5/2024**Role Clarification & Key Performance Areas**

The **Key Responsibilities **of the incumbent include but are not limited to:
The University of Western Cape has a host of critical information systems that require continual vigilance and action to maintain its credible cybersecurity posture,
- Responsible for daily cybersecurity operations support over a range of cybersecurity platforms in place at UWC,
- Proven experience with analysis and remediation of incidents and events on the cybersecurity infrastructure,
- Proven experience in the establishment and deployment of security baselines for hardware and software. (e.g. server, appliances, operating systems),
- Proven experience in preparing relevant reports, dashboards and documentation pertaining to the cybersecurity environment,
- Responsible for the management of firewall, antimalware, IDM, SIEM, PAM, and AI/ ML intelligent threat platforms,
- Provide input and recommendations regarding business continuance issues and improvements to the operations of systems and its supported processes,
- Setup and use monitoring and diagnostics tools effectively to troubleshoot issues on systems,
- Experiential exposure to datacentre best practice frameworks, change control, opensource technologies including ITIL processes,
- Contribute to developing cybersecurity standards and best practices for the Datacentre Infrastructure,
- Analyse technologies and market trends, determining potential impact upon the enterprise and recommend solutions to address risks posed by cyberthreats,

**Minimum Requirements**

**Minimum education and experience required**:

- A NQF7 (or higher) level qualification with **three (3) years** demonstrated experience and relevant accredited (industry recognised) professional certification in a datacentre cybersecurity related field.
- Or Matric certificate plus **Five (5) years** demonstrated experience and relevant accredited (industry recognised) professional certification in a datacentre cybersecurity related field.
- Demonstrated experience in NGFW and EPP or EDR and specialised threat analysis and protection systems. e.g. Darktrace.

**Competencies required**:

- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills,
- Ability to work across interdisciplinary teams,
- Ability to analyse and resolve problems swiftly using a range of diagnostic tools and techniques,
- Ability to adapt to new technologies, best practice frameworks in the datacentre environment,
- Understanding of the cyberthreat landscape and ability to mitigate these threats,
- Ability to create and maintain technical documentation, policies and processes as related to the cyber infrastructure environment, Ability to implement cyber threat mitigation to conform to the requirements of cybersecurity related policies and legislated data protection in place at UWC.


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