Cyber Security Defence Analyst

2 days ago

Observatory, South Africa Nclose Full time

**Cyber Security Defence Analyst**

This new role is designed to assist the Defence team with Responses to incidents, researching trending malware and defensive actions needed to defend against them and to Analyse current threats detected and find trends to assist the defence team in hardening the tech to protect against these threats.
- Systems Engineer with some networking experience

** Strong Analytical Mindset**
- Innovative, out of the box thinker

**Requirements / Experience**:
**2 - 3+ Years' troubleshooting experience**
**Basic to advanced scripting experience**
Linux experience beneficial
Passion for Cyber Security

**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 defence team to devise new methods of detecting malicious activity.
- Develop, analyse and report on alerts and their effectiveness. Work with defence teams to fine tune policies to make them less likely to create false positives.
- Work with defence and infrastructure teams to optimise response workflow through automation, orchestration or using other innovative methods.
- 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
- Scripting Skills (Python\Powershell)
- Drive to improve on certification status and constant learning
- Self-motivated individual that can drive this new role.
- In terms of qualifications, any general IT qualifications will be of benefit. Any security certification or vendor specific certifications, particularly for cyber security products will also be beneficial. _

To apply, please send your CV to

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