Head – Cyber Security Infrastructure Services Job at City of Cape Town

Job role overview

  • Date posted

    April 15, 2026

  • Closing date

    April 24, 2027

  • Hiring location

    Cape Town Western Cape

  • Qualification

    Bachelors

  • Experience

    8 years

Description

Requirements

  • A relevant three-year tertiary qualification, preferable a Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or Computer Science
  • Information Security Management Certification will be advantageous
  • Eight (8) years’ or more relevant experience covering all aspects of the Information and technology function of which three(3) years should be at management level
  • Driver’s licence.

Key Performance Areas

Responsible for deployment of Cyber Security program including:

  • Network Security Firewall, IPS and SWG
  • Application Delivery Controller and WAF
  • Endpoint Management
  • Identity Lifecycle Management
  • Incident Management
  • Participate in City working groups including
  • POPIA Incident Response Committee
  • Business Continuity Committee
  • Risk Committee
  • Data Working Group
  • Map and report compliance to applicable standards including ISO27001
  • Provide evaluation and remediation guidance on all security events in the IS&T technology estate
  • Relationship management and communication with senior management/peers to translate corporate/functional business objectives into a strategic/tactical business plan for the Cyber Security
  • Report to the Manager: Cyber Security on operational security status, threat posture and various IT security operation matters
  • Ensure continued improvement of information security and regulatory compliance
  • Responsible to support the implementation of cyber security strategy

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