Cyber Security Defense Specialist

1 week ago

Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa Planet10 Full time
Job Purpose

The Cyber Defence team at Planet10 is responsible for delivering a highly effective end-to-end 24x7 Cyber Defence service. This involves proactively identifying threats and vulnerabilities, detecting and mitigating cyber events, and managing cyber security incident responses to minimize service impact and provide a secure digital future for our customers.

The team requires close collaboration with the Company, operational teams, and external partners to drive Cyber security improvement.

Key Responsibilities
  • Coordinate operations of the Cyber Security Defend stakeholders and team.
  • Implement, upgrade, maintain, and refine end-to-end security monitoring.
  • Timely manage proactive and reactive security incident management processes, communication, and response plans.
  • Facilitate implementation, management, and optimization of Cyber Defense policies, standards, and procedures.
  • Ensure adequate CAPEX/OPEX budget, resource, and management focus on cyber security risks.
  • Implement actions to close risks, audit reviews (internal and external) on security monitoring and incident management.
  • Improve the Cyber security posture of the company through several initiatives, including but not limited to Cyber Security Baselines.
  • Act as a local Cybersecurity ambassador in the market and support the Group Cybersecurity Mission.
Requirements
  • Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology or equivalent.
  • At least one professional Information Security Qualification: CISSP/CISM/CISA.
  • Advanced competencies in Network Security: CCNP or CCIE (Security).
  • Advanced competencies in Microsoft, Linux, or Unix Operating Systems administration.
  • Advanced competencies experience in Information Security Technologies.
Skills and Experience
  • Minimum of 3 years focused Security experience in Incident Management, Intrusion Analysis, Network troubleshooting, or Reverse Engineering.
  • Minimum of 2 years Security tooling management and deployment experience with Forensic tools, Security Logging, and EDR Tooling.
  • Experience in design, delivery, and support of Information Security solutions to customers will be an added advantage.
  • Good communication skills and team player.
  • Experience in the use of security tools.
  • Project management skills, and proven task execution (getting things done).
  • Superior report writing skills.
  • Analytical thinking.
Customers, Suppliers, and Third Parties
  • Support compliance with legal, regulatory, and key stakeholders' requirements across the Technology domains.
  • Responsible for monitoring of compliance of the Cyber security Monitoring and Incident services contract, to ensure it is within agreed SLA.
  • Coordination of analytical processes and incident response measures.
  • Ensure proper monitoring implementation and change management processes compliance for all planned and emergency changes in Technology systems.
Leadership, Planning, and Human Resource Management
  • Manage assigned Cyber security CAPEX/OPEX budgets and planning, in alignment with the company and Group strategy.
  • Manage the Cyber security subordinate resources (FTEs and contractors) for their tasks/job descriptions effective implementations.
  • Skills development within Cyber security department.
  • Performance Management of the Cyber security team.
  • Provide input to Security Policies and requirements on Technology security methods and technologies.
  • Support Implementation and enforcement of the cyber code across all users.
  • Provide regular and accurate management reporting on Cyber security service performance.
Innovation and Change
  • Maintain the Incident management Monitoring (SPDA) processes of the GDPR and business requirements.
  • Continually review and enforce security policies and controls, to support business requirements and changing security landscapes.
  • Set-up of analytics framework and tools.
  • Drive continuous improvement through simplification of key cyber security processes.
Communication
  • Drive internal and third-party service review meetings covering performance, service improvements, quality, and processes.
  • Make recommendations for Cyber security service Improvement Plans and ensure actions are followed through to completion in a timely manner.
  • Support information security awareness and training to all users and third-party vendors.
  • Driving incident planned and emergency communication processes to both internal and external audience.

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