Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Provide technical expertise as input into cloud security capabilities and appropriate controls for departmental/SARB Group projects to contribute towards business objectives.
• Provide operational and management support through effective reporting and dashboard creation where relevant.
• Design and deploy industry-aligned cloud security solutions to meet business requirements. 
• Use and maintain cloud security technologies to identify potential security issues across technologies, solutions and applications within the SARB Group.
• Respond to minor security breaches by implementing operational countermeasures, including making technical configuration changes.
• Support the investigation and containment of major incidents using advanced information.   
• Innovate, design and implement opportunities for improvements/enhancements, integration, consolidation and automation to ensure cost-effective and optimal use of CSO technology and resources in support of protecting business solutions.
• Research and keep abreast of new and changing cloud and cybersecurity technologies and architectures.
• Scan the external threat landscape and identify vulnerabilities within SARB Group solutions and assist solution owners with remediation activities relating to ever-evolving cyber threats. 
• Provide technical input into addressing audit findings, penetration tests, threat intelligence-based ethical red teaming (TIBER) and other risk assessments. 
• Work closely with the governance teams to develop policies, standards and a Group Cybersecurity Strategy. 
• Attend to service and incident requests and ensure the resolution thereof within agreed service level standards.

Qualifications

Job requirements

 To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology (IT) (NQF 7) or an equivalent qualification;
• relevant cybersecurity certifications such as CompTIA CASP+; and
• a minimum of 5-7 years of job-related experience in a security operations environment and related systems (e.g.  Active Directory; Cloud Access Security Broker; database activity monitoring; endpoint detection and response; security information and event management; security orchestration, automation and response; vulnerability assessment; scanners; Azure; and Entera).