SecOps Blue Team Specialist
SecOps Blue Team Specialist
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About Redherd
Redherd is a specialist cyber security recruitment firm working across offensive defensive and cloud security domains. We help security teams scale globally placing exceptional talent into impactful roles from start-ups to security consultancies to Fortune 500s. If youre looking for a role where your skills actually matter well help you find it.
About the Company
Our client is a respected multi-channel retailer headquartered in Cape Town known for its customer-first ethos and digital transformation journey. The security function is growing with dedicated investments in both red and blue capabilities. This is a high-impact role within a collaborative and ambitious cyber team working to build and enhance a mature internal security operation.
Role Overview: Cyber Security Specialist Blue Team
This is a hands-on technical role focused on blue teaming incident response and transforming SOC capabilities. Youll work across the Cyber team GRC and broader IT to improve detection defence and reporting while maturing toolsets and processes. Youll also play a key role in automation threat hunting and metric-driven reporting.
Key Responsibilities
Respond to and investigate security incidents including containment and root cause analysis
Maintain and enhance defensive toolsets such as XDR SIEM and EDR
Enable active defence through continual control validation across infrastructure cloud platforms and applications
Investigate and implement new technologies and automation to improve detection and response
Collaborate with red team and threat hunters to improve posture based on discovered TTPs
Support the build-out of threat intelligence capabilities
Conduct proactive threat hunting and feed findings back into blue team processes
Develop and maintain reporting dashboards and key cyber security metrics
Build strong stakeholder relationships to support security operations implementation
Support broader security initiatives and cross-team collaboration
Champion internal security solutions define standards and guide implementation of improvements
Job Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
Matric and relevant IT or Cyber Security degree/diploma
Minimum 3 years hands-on cyber security operations experience
Strong experience in incident response and blue teaming
Familiarity with EDR Microsoft security stack SIEM platforms
Broad understanding of IAM data security vulnerability management infrastructure/cloud/platform security
Willingness to assist after hours or be on standby if needed
Advantageous:
Certifications such as SANS Cyber Defence CREST Incident Response
Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK
Ability to script or automate (e.g. Python PowerShell etc.)
Employment Type
Full Time
