Security Platform Engineer
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Job Location:
Midrand - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
20 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Introduction
Our client based in Sunninghill JHB requires a Security Platform Engineer to join their Cybersecurity SOC team.
The Secuirty Platform Engineer is responsible for the tools the Security Operation Centre (SOC) uses every day.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Deploy configure and maintain all security monitoring and analysis tools
- Develop custom dashboards alerts and reports
- Onboard new data sources into the Security Information Event Management (SIEM) system
- Optimise system performance and ensure platform stability
- Prune false positives and create opportunities for automation within SOC processes
Desired Experience & Qualification
- Bachelors Degree educated in a relevant field
- Platform-specific certifications are desirable such as Splunk 3
- 4 years in a role focused on managing large-scale security or data platforms
- Expertise in a specific cyber security platforms and SOC systems (e.g. SIEM SOAR UEBA EDR TDIR) scripting (Python regex) data management and system architecture
- Expertise in Microsoft M365 including Entra Intune Defender Purview Priva Azure Exchange Teams
- Certified Architect or other vendor-specific credentials. Hands-on experience with your specific security platforms is more important than specific certifications
Subject Line: Security Platform Engineer
Interested
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Splunk
- IDS
- Network security
- Computer Networking
- Identity & Access Management
- PKI
- PCI
- NIST Standards
- Security System Experience
- Information Security
- Encryption
- Siem
