Cyber Security Officer

2 weeks ago


Sandton, South Africa Thanda Human Capital Full time

**PLEASE NOTE, SALARY ON THIS ROLE IS NEGOTIABLE DEPENDING ON CURRENT SALARY, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS**

**PRIMARY PURPOSE**

**KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS (KPA’s) AND KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPI’s)**

**CUSTOMER CENTRICITY**

**Key Performance Area (KPA) Key Performance Indicator (KPI)**
- Provide technical Hands-on, assistance, guidance & training to team members.
- Help computer users when they need to install or learn about new security products and procedures
- Interprets business/ customer requirements to provide timeous solutions
- Receiving ad-hoc requests from internal as well as external parties and then responding appropriately

**OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE**

**Key Performance Area (KPA) Key Performance Indicator (KPI)**
- Monitor anti-virus alerts and respond to any alerts. 2nd Line support.
- Monitor The Bank’s networks for security alerts and investigate a violation when one occurs.
- Install and use software/hardware, such as firewalls and data encryption programs, to protect sensitive information
- Manage SIEM
- Remediate results from penetration testing reports
- Research the latest information technology security trends
- Ensures authorised access by investigating improper access; revoking access; reporting violations
- Administration of End Point Security Solutions and researching, designing & developing additional protection technologies.
- Document policies, procedures and diagrams of the endpoint security environment.
- Maintain information security technology management based on the industry good practice frameworks consistent with the applicable laws and regulations.
- Create new ways to solve existing production security issues.
- Perform vulnerability testing, risk analyses and security assessments.
- Deliver technical reports and formal papers on test findings
- Respond to information security issues during each stage of a project’s lifecycle
- Develop plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorised modification, destruction, or disclosure and to meet emergency data processing needs.
- Assist the team with below tasks
- Ensure all endpoints have been fully patched within 30 days of patch release date.
- Ensure Anti-virus is up-to-date with the latest version and pattern files.
- Ensure patching agents working 100% on all endpoints.
- Ensure Anti-virus agents works 100% on all endpoints.

Internal processes

**Maintenance of security technologies and upgrades**
- Assist Security Analysts with complicated tasks
- Providing ideas to optimise and tweak the security environment

**LEARNING AND GROWTH**

**Key Performance Area (KPA) Key Performance Indicator (KPI)**

Contribution to Teamwork in **Contribution to making the department a great place to work**
**Department**
- Contribution to teamwork (level of teamwork, accountability, delivery, quality and speed of information shared)
- Contribution to efficiency and effectiveness of area
- Effort to forge and maintain quality inter-personal relationships
- Take accountability for the achievement of operational objectives within own area of control
- Support and drive the business’s core values

Personal and Intellectual Capital

**Take ownership for driving own career development**
**Development**
- Preparation and signing off of training/ skills development plan
- Achievement of objectives/ milestones set out in the development plan
- Development of knowledge base and intellectual property
- User training on modified products i.e. when changes are made provides training to the appropriate trainers so that Branches are made aware

**REQUIREMENTS (What is required to perform the Essential Duties)**

**Minimum Ideal**

**Qualifications **Matric Various Security qualification

**Experience **Minimum 3 years Security Analyst with hands 5 years Security Analyst on experience in the following technologies:
Been working in financial services in the security team
- EDR

Azure Security
- Anti-virus

Trend Micro Product knowledge
- Endpoint Encryption
- Firewall Management
- Web Proxy design and management
- Good network knowledge and DMZ understanding
- SIEM
- Vulnerability Scanning and

Remediation
- Cloud Security

The Bank Feb 2016

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required (Competencies & level of competencies) max 6**

**Minimum Ideal**
- Problem solving ability
- Attention to detail
- Speed of execution
- Risk management skills
- Proactive
- Ability to work under stress / pressure

**WORKING CONDITIONS (office bound/on-site/travel)**

Office bound - Weekly Standby and After-hours support required

**Salary**: R1,000.00 - R2,000.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Sandton, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Bachelors (preferred)



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