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Mid-level Cyber Security Engineer
About the job Mid-level Cyber Security Engineer
EMPLOYMENT TYPE:
Permanent
COMPANY:
A large retail chain based in Cape Town
LOCATION:
Cape Town (Hybrid working model)
JOB OVERVIEW:
The Cyber Security Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing a
highly secure network solution that protects against potential cyber attacks and hacking
threats by maintaining the cyber security environment on-prem and in the cloud.
- Applicants need an excellent understanding of technology infrastructures using Firewalls, VPN, IDS/IPS, Web-Proxy, Cloud Security and Security Audits.
- Applicants must be comfortable working with various technologies, security problems, and network troubleshooting.
DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:
- Give input on best practice security standards on new systems, network design, and
respective third-party integrations. - Design, implement, manage, monitor, and upgrade security measures for the protection of the organization's data, systems, and networks
- Create and maintain documentation as it relates to network configurations, security
architecture and best practice principles. - Support and maintain all network security devices across multiple sites (Globally)
- Daily administration of firewall rules, IPS Policies and Filters via change control procedures.
- Monitor performance, logs, reports and alerts of potential threats or attempted breaches related to security incidents and remediate accordingly.
- Collaborate with management and department leaders to assess near and long-term
network security assessments, vulnerabilities and risks. - Troubleshooting all network and security issues and incidents
- Responding to network and associated systems security breaches
- Ensuring that the organization's data and infrastructure are protected by enabling the
appropriate security controls - Testing and identifying network and system vulnerabilities
- Daily administrative tasks, reporting, and communication with the relevant departments in the organization
- Evaluating the organization's security needs and establishing best practices and standards accordingly
- Routinely conduct penetration testing
- Taking appropriate security measures to ensure that the organization's infrastructure and existing data are kept safe
- Conducting testing and scans to identify any vulnerabilities in the network and system
- Knowledge of current cybersecurity trends, as well as the continued research of emerging trends and hacking techniques
- Taking an active role in the change management process
- Willing to travel and be on standby
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to seek out vulnerabilities in IT infrastructures
- A deep understanding of how hackers work and the ability to keep up to date with the fast pace of change in the criminal cyber-underworld
- Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of IT systems
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to take responsibility and be decisive
- Ability to work within a small team
- Effective planning and organizational skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ethical hacking
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
- Solid understanding of the OSI model and renowned ports and services
- Understanding of cybersecurity methodologies
- The ability to evaluate system changes for security implications and the knowledge to
make recommendations for improvements - The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and to work under pressure
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
- Formal Cisco certification ideal CCNA/CCNP (Security)
- Formal Cloud certifications ideal Azure & Google Cloud Platform
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- Minimum of 3 years of cybersecurity support experience
- Must have experience in the areas of vulnerability threat management and intrusion prevention.
- Experience with SIEM technology.
- Understanding of cyber security methodologies
- The ability to evaluate system changes for security implications and the knowledge to make recommendations for improvements.
- The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and to work under pressure
- Experience in any of the following will be beneficial:
- Trend
- Micro
- Vision
- One Splunk
- Linux
- Tenable
- Nessus
- Google Cloud Platform
- MicrosoftAzure
**Please note: If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.